Dead Set : An Inspector Chen Novel

Inspector Brad Chen—one-time football star and master detective—is not the man he once was. He's on crutches, with his leg in a cast, nursing a thirst for Amaretto and a raging pain-killer addiction. Then he's unexpectedly recalled from sick leave when the high-profile federal Minister for Immigration is found brutally murdered in her Canberra flat.

Tracey Dale's proposed refugee policy was always controversial, and the list of suspects, which includes neo-Nazis, ambitious colleagues and a vengeful wife, becomes ever longer.

As Chen and his beautiful driver Constable Kate Malone search for the killer, they display an uncanny talent for discovering corpses. But are these other deaths connected to the minister's murder or simply a series of bizarre coincidences?

Get set for a rollicking ride because Dead Set is the freshest, funniest Australian crime fiction debut in years.

Praise for Dead Set:

'Chen is a wonderfully sardonic original in this brilliant debut. May he last as long as Hardy.'

Australian

'A big round of applause for Kel Robertson for dashing the hopes and dreams of a generation of wannabes with his searing, crackling debut...Chen is one of the most appealing graduates of the school of rule-breaking, tough-talking, wise-cracking, screw-up cops to come along in a while.'

Courier-Mail

'Both author and character are destined to be new stars on the Australian crime scene.'

Advertiser

'Brutal, polished writing, witty dialogue, eccentric characters and an ending that leaves you breathless make Dead Set one of the most absorbing and satisfying crime novels of late. And a distinctly Australian one at that.'

'Robertson gets the mix between comedy and drama right. There is enough humour to make the story engaging, but enough drama to give it substance...another fine addition to Text's stable of crime writers.' Australian Book Review

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