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Old Games
by Fiona Hardy

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Lian Hingee, Feb 2026

Unbury the Dead, the debut novel from award-winning writer (and beloved Readings staffer and former long-serving Readings Monthly crime-fiction columnist) Fiona Hardy, was a breath of fresh air in the increasingly crowded genre of Australian crime fiction. Unbury introduced…

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