Fiona Hardy
Fiona Hardy is a bookseller at Readings Doncaster and Readings Carlton. She is also the author of books for children including How to Make a Movie in Twelve Days and How to Tackle Your Dreams. She is the former crime fiction columnist for Readings Monthly.
Review — 29 Jul 2024
The Crag by Claire Sutherland
Mount Arapiles, in Western Victoria, is a haven for climbers – hundreds of metres of rugged cliff faces and outcrops for all who love the sport, from beginners to experts…
Review — 26 Mar 2024
Love, Death & Other Scenes by Nova Weetman
After playwright Aidan Fennessy dies during the 2020 covid lockdowns, it is 15 months before his family can hold his memorial. Loss is always unfair, but it feels especially so…
Review — 20 Sep 2022
Exiles by Jane Harper
Much to the delight of just about every crime reader in Australia and overseas, The Dry’s Aaron Falk returns in Jane Harper’s latest small-town investigation. Falk’s not in his…
Review — 27 Apr 2022
Wake by Shelley Burr
It has been nearly 20 years since Evelyn McCreery went missing. She went to sleep one night, in the bed next to her twin sister Mina’s; the next morning she…
Review — 31 Jul 2023
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
As cherry harvest season begins in the warm Michigan springtime, Lara cannot believe her good fortune in the midst of the pandemic: all three of her grown-up daughters are back…
Review — 3 Jul 2023
The Skull by Jon Klassen
Otilla is running through the wood. We don’t quite know why, only that she has run so far that the familiar wood isn’t so recognisable anymore. Then she stumbles upon…
Review — 3 Jul 2023
Bulk Nuts by Mandy Ord
The small moments in life – good, bad, confusing – are not always given the time they deserve. In Mandy Ord’s illustrated graphic memoir, those moments are given their chance…
Blog post — 5 Dec 2022
2022 Crime fiction highlights
Each December, as we barrel towards Christmas, I really enjoy looking back over the year in crime. There are books that feel like they've been a part of the crime…
Blog post — 11 Nov 2022
The best new crime reads in November
After 12 years, this is my final dead write column.
It’s grown in size to take over an entire page (which worked for me, since I always have far too…
Review — 2 Nov 2022
Clarke by Holly Throsby
When the police officers arrive at Barney’s house, nobody on the street is surprised. It’s been years since Ginny Lawson disappeared from that home, and everybody’s been waiting for confirmation…
