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.
Blog post — 22 Sep 2014
Q&A with Nadia Dalbuono
Our crime specialist Fiona Hardy talks with Nadia Dalbuono about her writing process, Italy and her debut crime novel.
You’ve spent the past fifteen years travelling the world as a…
Blog post — 10 Aug 2014
Fiona Hardy on the Ned Kelly Awards shortlist for 2014
Last Friday night, the Bendigo Writers Festival started with a flurry of events and the next morning, I set off on the V/Line train, waving goodbye to Melbourne’s tall towers…
Review — 24 Aug 2014
The Few by Nadia Dalbuono
Detective Leone Scamarcio is a straight cop with a bent history: his father was a leading member of the Mob, and while he might not have inherited his father’s criminal…
Review — 17 Jun 2014
Claustrophobia by Tracy Ryan
Beginning renovations can often unearth some unpleasant things beneath the floorboards or behind walls, yet when Pen Barber is cleaning before work begins on the bush-tangled Perth home she shares…
Review — 24 Jun 2014
What Came Before by Anna George
I made a lot of notes in this book, a lot of marks on the page to remind me of particular lines or moments. A note beside the scene of…
Review — 1 Jun 2014
Lonely Graves by Britta Bolt
According to my research (i.e. reading the note at the start of this book), Amsterdam will hold funerals for any anonymous people – those without family, for example – who…
Review — 20 Aug 2012
The Midnight Promise by Zane Lovitt
Private investigator and Melbournite John Dorn is down and out, surrounded by crooks and his own slowly disintegrating world. But John is determined, quietly honest, and smart enough to stand…
Review — 19 Jun 2014
The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
When I thought about it, the last time I did such an intense marathon read of a book was probably when the final Harry Potter book came out. I was…
Blog post — 24 Mar 2014
Crime books to read post True Detective
If you were a True Detective devotee and you’ve been feeling a bit bereft since the finale, then we recommend you turn to literature (as you should in all difficult…
Review — 25 Mar 2014
The Telling Error by Sophie Hannah
Nicki Clements is driving her son’s sports uniform to school when a police blockade puts a dent in her travels. It’s at the barricade that she sees him: the police…
