Smoke and Mirrors (novel) explained

Smoke and Mirrors
Author:	Kel Robertson
Country:	Australia
Language:	English
Genre:	Novel
Publisher:	Ginninderra Press, Australia
Release Date:	2008
Media Type:	Print (Paperback)
Pages:	258
Isbn:	9781740274920
Preceded By:	Dead Set
Followed By:	Rip Off

Smoke and Mirrors is 2008 crime novel by Australian author Kel Robertson.^[1] It won the 2009 Ned Kelly Award for Best Fiction.^[2] It is the second novel in the author's series about Australian Chinese Federal Police detective Brad Chen.^[3]

Abstract

Ace detective Brad Chen is lured back to work by the double murder of a Whitlam government minister and the editor of his political memoirs. The body count rises as Chen uncovers the deadly secret behind the most momentous events in Australian political history.

Reviews

• AustCrime Blog^[4]
• Fair Dinkum Crime^[5]

Publication history

After the novel's original publication in 2008 by Ginninderra Press,^[6] it was reprinted later that same year by the same publisher.

In 2010 it was reprinted by Pan Macmillan.^[7]

Awards and nominations

• 2009 won Ned Kelly Award for Best Fiction - joint winner with Deep Water by Peter Corris

See also

• 2008 in Australian literature

Notes and References

1. Web site: "Smoke and Mirrors" by Kel Robertson . Austlit. 22 June 2023.
2. Web site: Previous Winners: Best Fiction . Australian Crime Writers Association. 22 June 2023.
3. Web site: Brad Chen series . Austlit. 22 June 2023.
4. http://www.austcrimefiction.org/content/smoke-and-mirrors-kel-robertson "Smoke and Mirrors by Kel Robertson", AustCrime Blog
5. http://fairdinkumcrime.com/2010/05/11/smoke-mirrors-kel-robertson/ "Smoke and Mirrors by Kel Robertson", Fair Dinkum Crime
6. Web site: Smoke and Mirrors (Ginniderra Press) . National Library of Australia. 22 June 2023.
7. Web site: Smoke and Mirrors (Pan Macmillan) . National Library of Australia. 22 June 2023.