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I studied English at Oxford, and started out in advertising. It wasn’t for me, and I soon escaped to train as a teacher.

I turned to crime writing when I stopped teaching. The Final Round, the first DI Garibaldi novel, came out in 2021, and the series has grown from there.

If I had to describe the books, I’d call them cosy procedurals—books with dark elements but not hard-boiled, gritty or violent.

As The Times put it:
“Bernard O’Keeffe’s series is as genteel as the suburb (SW13) in which it is set. Swearing, graphic sex and gore are, for once, off the menu. The gentle humour, oodles of clues and happyish ending create perfect comfort reading.”

Like DI Garibaldi, I live in Barnes. When I’m not writing, I’m usually reading, listening to music, p ...more

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Average rating: 3.67 · 473 ratings · 124 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Final Round (Garibaldi #1) 3.68 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 2021 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Regrets 3.41 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Private Lessons (Garibaldi #2) 3.77 avg rating — 93 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Every Trick in the Book (Garibaldi #3) 3.71 avg rating — 62 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	10 Things To Do Before You Leave School 4.47 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Masked Band 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Carousel of Time (A DI Garibaldi Novel Book 5) 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Masked Band

There’s something about a mask. Not the ones we wore in the pandemic for protection, but the full-face ones we wear for...well, for what, exactly? Disguise? Fancy Dress? Criminal Acts?

I hadn’t given masks much thought until I went to a concert in 2019 at Shepherds Bush Empire with my wife. It was to see Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets. Nick Lowe we were familiar with (I’d been a fan since his Brin Read more of this blog post »

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Crossworld: One Man's Journey into America's Crossword Obsession

by Marc Romano

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The Power of Guilt: Why We Feel It and Its Surprising Power to Heal

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Season

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“Over the years in which Milly had been driving Garibaldi, an intimacy had developed between them. There was something about sitting side by side, facing forwards and not looking each other in the eye that made frank conversation easy”
― Bernard O'Keeffe, The Final Round

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“Phil laughed. 'I suppose we'll have to go? Of course you'll go. You always go. That's the thing about you lot. You can't stand each other but you can't miss the chance to remind yourself why.”
― Bernard O'Keeffe, The Final Round

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“Now, at the station, his actions last night and his conversation this morning seemed even worse. The passing hours had thrown their horror into sharp relief and Garibaldi yet again found himself wondering why, when he was trained to make the right calls and to consider everything anyone did carefully and logically, he had a habit of doing the exact opposite when it came to his own behaviour”
― Bernard O'Keeffe, The Final Round

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