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 — 7 Apr 2013
The Magician's Daughter by Mama Kin
In The Magician’s Daughter, Mama Kin delivers soul as both a balm and a vitamin, there to soothe you as well as pump your heart full of musical adrenaline…
Review — 30 Jan 2013
The Healer by Antti Tuomainen
It wouldn’t be Dead Write without a Scandinavian entry, and February’s is The Healer, a Finnish crime book set, interestingly, in a post-apocalyptic future where flooding and riots are…
Review — 30 Jan 2013
Hanging Devils: Hong Jun Investigates by He Jiahong
Based on true events, Hanging Devils sees lawyer Hong Jun back in 1990s Beijing. He’s returned from the US to a new China, and his case sends him to the…
Review — 29 Jan 2013
Suspect by Robert Crais
Armed with an entirely new set of characters, Robert Crais has crafted another thriller that is tense from the very beginning of the nail-biting prologue. Scott James is a cop…
Review — 28 Jan 2013
The Holiday Murders by Robert Gott
The Holiday Murders is so satisfyingly local that you’ll spot the location of no less than three current Readings stores in the map on the front cover. However, it is…
Review — 30 Jan 2013
I Hear the Sirens in the Street by Adrian McKinty
Northern Ireland, 1983: the unfortunate home of the Troubles and the fortunate home of Catholic Detective Inspector Sean Duffy. Smart, funny, tough and sad, he’s not impartial to a bit…
Blog post — 11 Dec 2012
Q&A with Matthew Condon, author of The Toe Tag Quintet
Matthew Condon chats with our crime-nut, Fiona Hardy, about his new novel
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Did I enjoy it? Absolutely. The Gold Coast has in its own way emerged as one of…
Blog post — 15 Nov 2012
The Best Crime Fiction of 2012
This year we’ve seen a bumper crop of books, music and film and over the next few weeks we’ll be presenting our favourites, voted for and selected by Readings staff.
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Review — 29 Nov 2012
Meet the Misses
Oh, I can’t resist Lisa Miller.
In her divine Car Tape albums, she wrapped her vocal chords around lesser-known country, blues and folk songs and made them all her own…
Review — 25 Nov 2012
The Toe Tag Quintet by Matthew Condon
Upon their retirement, some people find they like to take up volunteer work. Or perhaps golf. Or perhaps some recreational cane-waving at young miscreants. In Matthew Condon’s The Toe Tag…
