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Fiona Hardy

Fiona Hardy is a bookseller at Readings Doncaster.

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.

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The Crag
by Claire Sutherland

Reviewed by
Fiona Hardy, Jul 2024

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 breaking records with new routes. Paramedic Skye Sayers and her…

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Recent blog posts by Fiona Hardy

Crime
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 canon for years; there are some that I still refer…
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Crime
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 much to say about every book), and I’ve worked with…
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Crime
13 Oct 2022

The best new crime reads in October

CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH 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 hometown…
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Crime
11 Aug 2022

The best new crime reads in August

Our crime specialist shares 10 great crime reads to look out for this month. CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH Better the Blood by Michael Bennett More than 150 years ago, on the top of Maunga Whakairoiro – or as the…
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Crime
7 Jul 2022

The best new crime reads in July

Our crime specialist shares 10 great crime reads to look out for this month. CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH Stone Town by Margaret Hickey A teenage boy takes a girl and her sister to Stone Town’s eerie bushland in the…
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Crime
5 May 2022

The best new crime reads in May

Our crime specialist shares 11 great crime reads to look out for this month. CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH Wake by Shelley Burr It has been nearly 20 years since Evelyn McCreery went missing. She went to sleep one night,…
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Crime
7 Mar 2022

The best new crime reads in March

Our crime specialist shares 10 great crime reads to look out for this month. CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH When We Fall by Aoife Clifford As she walks along the beach with her mother, discouraged barrister Alex Tillerson wishes she…
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Crime
7 Feb 2022

The best new crime reads in February

Our crime specialist shares 10 great crime reads to look out for this month. CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH The Cane by Maryrose Cuskelly The northern Queensland town of Quala is reeling: oneof its own is missing. Young Janet McClymont…
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