Shortlisted for, the Queensland Premier's literary award and winner of the ned kelly award for best first crime novel. It's a decade since the infamous inquiry into corruption tore the state of Queensland apart. But for ...Shortlisted for, the Queensland Premier's literary award and winner of the ned kelly award for best first crime novel. It's a decade since the infamous inquiry into corruption tore the state of Queensland apart. But for george verney, disgraced journalist and bit-player in the great scandals of his day, the inquiry has never quite finished.