We are thrilled that Fiona Hardy’s phenomenal Unbury the Dead crime novel, has made Readings Bookshop’s list of 100 bestselling books of 2025 – and in the Top 50 no less, at No. 48!

The novel – Shortlisted for the 2025 Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Fiction – is about best mates Teddy and Alice; hired hands with flexible moral boundaries. Whatever the mess, they can be relied upon to fix it with no questions asked. But sometimes it’s not as simple as cleaning up.Teddy is searching the suburbs for a missing teenager with her occasional sidekick Art, while Alice’s mission is to drive one of Australia’s richest men along Victoria’s east coast to his final resting place before anybody finds out he’s dead. But when a surprise revelation sees their cases collide, Teddy and Alice turn the tables on their wealthy employers to shake out the truth.

Unbury the Dead ia a superbly fresh and pacey high-stakes drama with two irresistible heroines, and its sequel – Old Games is out on February 24!