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 — 22 Mar 2015
The Invisible Man from Salem by Christoffer Carlsson
Similar in tone to last year’s hit The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair (both books were written by authors young enough to fill this reviewer with some jealousy), The…
Blog post — 17 Mar 2015
Best new crime in March
CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH:
If She Did It by Jessica Treadway
Hanna and Joe Schutt are unsure about their awkward daughter Dawn’s first love, the handsome yet unnerving Rud…
Review — 23 Feb 2015
If She Did It by Jessica Treadway
Hanna and Joe Schutt are unsure about their awkward daughter Dawn’s first love, the handsome yet unnerving Rud, but are pleased to see their daughter happy – until the night…
Blog post — 15 Feb 2015
Seven crime novels to read this February
BOOK OF THE MONTH
Wolf Winter by Cecilia Ekbäck
Swedish Lapland, June 1717 (note, this reader virtually never reads things set in the past): Finns Maija and Paavo take their…
Blog post — 12 Feb 2015
Our youngest ever reviewer: Meet Rocket
Bookseller Fiona Hardy recently interviewed her two-year-old daughter Rocket about a picture book they’d read together: Sam & Dave Dig a Hole. Here’s Fiona on what went down.
A…
Review — 24 Nov 2013
North of Boston by Elisabeth Elo
Most of the crime books I love have characters I feel invested in; this, Elisabeth Elo’s first book, I adored for the writing. Pirio Kasparov, head of her mother’s perfume…
Review — 30 Dec 2014
The Girl Who Wasn’t There by Ferdinand von Schirach
Okay, let’s face it: I’m making The Girl Who Wasn’t There my book of the month so that some of you will read it and then we can talk about…
Blog post — 11 Nov 2014
Trends in Book Publishing: Stop Calling Women 'Girls'
There are always trends in books, especially in crime books. You’ll notice everything released in a single month comes from Norway. Or has a misty tree on the cover. Or…
Review — 26 Oct 2014
Blood Will Out by Walter Kirn
In 1998, Walter Kirn is waiting to become a father and up for a noble distraction: driving a paralysed Gordon setter named Shelby from his home state of Montana to…
Review — 23 Sep 2014
Malice by Keigo Higashino
I am not a perfect reader. I can get impatient, huffing if a book hasn’t grabbed me by page three. And then I read something like Malice and it serves…