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Is part of Inspector Brad Chen Kel Robertson , 2006 series - author novel (number 1 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2006... 2006 Dead Set : A Brad Chen Novel
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'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. Solving the crimes, while searching for a missing friend, Chen is plunged into the murky worlds of international espionage and organised crime. The body count rises as Chen uncovers the deadly secret behind the most momentous events in Australian political history.' (Publication summary)

Affiliation Notes

  • Associated with the AustLit subset Australian Literary Responses to 'Asia' as the work contains a Chinese Australian character.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Text Publishing , 2006 .
      image of person or book cover 8643761628075370639.jpg
      Cover image courtesy of Pan Macmillan Australia.
      Extent: 336p.
      ISBN: 1921145048
    • Woden, Woden Valley area, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,: Kel Robertson , 2014 .
      Extent: 1vp.
      Note/s:
      • Online resource
      ISBN: 9780646917061 (ebook) :
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Works about this Work

Political Thrillers Expose Corrupting Personal Ambition Tony Smith , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 13 June vol. 16 no. 6 2006;
— Review of Dead Set : A Brad Chen Novel Kel Robertson , 2006 single work novel ; Morning's Gone Jon Cleary , 2006 single work novel
Capital Crimes Brigid Delaney , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Limelight , March 2006; (p. 38)
— Review of Dead Set : A Brad Chen Novel Kel Robertson , 2006 single work novel
In Brief : Fiction Michael X. Savvas , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 280 2006; (p. 62)
— Review of Dead Set : A Brad Chen Novel Kel Robertson , 2006 single work novel
The Pursuit of a Capital Offender Dorothy Johnston , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8-9 April 2006; (p. 33)
— Review of Dead Set : A Brad Chen Novel Kel Robertson , 2006 single work novel
Take Three Ian Popple , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 19 March 2006; (p. 14)
— Review of Rendezvous at Kamakura Inn Marshall Browne , 2006 single work novel ; Dead Set : A Brad Chen Novel Kel Robertson , 2006 single work novel
The Slick and the Dead Peter Pierce , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 5 February 2006; (p. 19)
— Review of Dead Set : A Brad Chen Novel Kel Robertson , 2006 single work novel ; The Apricot Colonel Marion Halligan , 2006 single work novel
This Week's Selections Chris Brice , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 4 February 2006; (p. 10)
— Review of Dead Set : A Brad Chen Novel Kel Robertson , 2006 single work novel
Crime File Graeme Blundell , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 11-12 February 2006; (p. 10)
— Review of Saving Billie Peter Corris , 2005 single work novel ; Dead Set : A Brad Chen Novel Kel Robertson , 2006 single work novel ; The Apricot Colonel Marion Halligan , 2006 single work novel ; The Berlin Cross Greg Flynn , 2005 single work novel
[Review] Dead Set : An Brad Chen Novel Tim Coronel , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , February vol. 85 no. 7 2006; (p. 47)
— Review of Dead Set : A Brad Chen Novel Kel Robertson , 2006 single work novel
Crime Debut An Absolute Cracker Guy Mosel , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 11 - 12 February 2006; (p. 5)
— Review of Dead Set : A Brad Chen Novel Kel Robertson , 2006 single work novel
Dead Set on Chen Gillian Lord , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 February 2006; (p. 10)
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