Bernard O'Keeffe
@bernok1.bsky.social
Writer of the DI Garibaldi novels. The Carousel of Time out now. Music. Books. Barnes. #QPR. Patron of the Bloody Barnes Crime Writing Festival https://bernardokeeffe.com/
Seven years ago someone filmed me playing Elizabethan Bowls at Barnes Bowling Club and quietly uploaded it to YouTube. I only discovered it recently. Here's what the game looks like - and a delivery of mine that makes me smile every time I watch it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPdy...
Elizabethan Bowling Barnes - George v Bernard
YouTube video by Lucas Papanicola
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I had great fun talking to the Off the Shelf podcast about DI Garibaldi, how I came to write crime fiction, the Bloody Barnes Crime Writing Festival, biscuits, and my favourite independent bookshop. Listen here - shorturl.at/8lNCR
One unavoidable consequence of alphabetical order is the neighbours you keep... @richardosman1.bsky.social #crimefiction
Garibaldi turned up on the Only Connect wall last night. My detective finally makes it onto his favourite quiz show... #DIGaribaldi #OnlyConnect #TakesTheBiscuit
I went back and reread the entire Inspector Morse series by Colin Dexter. What did I discover? Quite a lot about Morse – and rather more about my own crime writing than I expected. Inspector Morse Revisited: bernardokeeffe.com/inspector-mo... #crimefiction #inspectormorse @thecwa.bsky.social
Inspector Morse Revisited
On re-reading Inspector Morse I don’t often re-read books. This may be because when I was an English teacher re-reading books pretty much came with the territory, and the pain of …
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How teaching turned me to crime. Why I started writing crime fiction - bernardokeeffe.com/turning-to-c...
The Carousel of Time is now available as an audiobook - shorturl.at/elsSD And with its release, all five DI Garibaldi mysteries are now available in audio. Browse the complete audiobook series here: shorturl.at/ypBJ1 #Audiobook #CrimeFiction #DetectiveFiction
Looking for a good summer read? The latest DI Garibaldi mystery, The Carousel of Time. "A cleverly constructed story. Thoroughly enjoyable." — Daily Mail "Perfect comfort reading." — The Times #summerreading #crimefiction
Delighted that The Carousel of Time (DI Garibaldi #5) features in the latest Crime Writers’ Association Readers’ News. You can read it here: shorturl.at/N9kpZ @thecwa.bsky.social
What goes around comes around... Why do carousels keep turning up in our stories? From Joni Mitchell to Hitchcock to Mad Men, a few thoughts on the painted ponies that go up and down - bernardokeeffe.com/round-and-ro...
Round and Round: Why We Can’t Resist a Carousel
There’s something about them. The painted horses bobbing up and down. The wild organ music. The smiling children holding onto the pole with one hand and waving with the other as they go round and r…
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The return of DI Garibaldi, the only detective in crime fiction with a #QPR season ticket. The Carousel of Time out on 19th Feb - shorturl.at/izQ4y #CrimeFiction
What goes around comes around... Always a thrill when what started as an idea in your head ends up as a book in your hands. The Carousel of Time — the fifth DI Garibaldi novel — out on 19th February
Barnes, 'a leafy suburb of west London, is an unlikely hotbed of crime' 'O'Keeffe does not hold back on skewering the pretensions of a social set' 'A cleverly constructed story. Thoroughly enjoyable' Delighted to see this review of the new DI Garibaldi novel in the @dailymail.co.uk
Delighted to be part of Bloody Barnes, a brand new crime writing festival at the OSO Theatre on the Green in Barnes. Three days of murder, mystery and mayhem - 6-8 February 2026. Tickets are on sale now: www.osoarts.org.uk #BloodyBarnes #Crime
Delighted to be part of Bloody Barnes, a brand new crime writing festival at the OSO Theatre on the Green in Barnes. Three days of murder, mystery and mayhem - 6-8 February 2026. Tickets are on sale now: www.osoarts.co.uk #BloodyBarnes #Crime
Coming next February. Grab an early bargain with this pre-order offer from @waterstones.bsky.social This week only! shorturl.at/Eierr #crime #mystery #crimefiction
Think you've heard all there is to hear about #TheBeatles? Read this book by @ianleslie.bsky.social and think again. Best thing I've read this year.
Any #QPR fans dream of this place at night? DI Garibaldi, the detective in my series of crime novels, does. He also dreams he's the #QPR manager. Maybe someone should give him a call... @qpr.co.uk
From teaching Shakespeare to plotting murders in Barnes - my journey from English teacher to crime writer - bernardokeeffe.com/turning-to-c... #crimefiction #detective #Barnes @ianrankin1.bsky.social @muswellpress.bsky.social
"‘A thrilling incursion into suburban low life… will stay with the reader long after turning the last page.’ – Daily Mail. The audiobook of The Masked Band is out now! shorturl.at/Phm29 #CrimeFiction #AudiobookRelease
'He remembered the line from Larkin - 'man hands on misery to man'. That's what he'd done - handed on the misery of being a QPR season ticket-holder to his son. And he didn't regret it one bit.' DI Garibaldi. Possibly the only #QPR - supporting cop in crime fiction.
Great to see 'The Masked Band' in this month's @dailymail.co.uk pick of classic crime shorturl.at/Q1r25
Cosy up with classic crime this month
This month's classic crime picks are full of terrifying twists and turns
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Had a great time talking to Robert Elms on BBC Radio London this morning about #QPR, country music, Barnes, and the latest DI Garibaldi novel, 'The Masked Band'. You can listen to it here (starts at 33. 46) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Robert Elms - Bernard O'Keeffe and 'Hiding Mengele' - BBC Sounds
Author Bernard O'Keeffe talks about his latest murder mystery 'The Masked Band'.
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Thanks to the brilliant #BarnesBookshop and @muswellpress.bsky.social for a great launch last night for #TheMaskedband - and thanks to all who came along.
📖 HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to Bernard O'Keeffe @BernardOKeeffe1 with ‘The Masked Band’!
Inspector Morse Revisited. What I learned from re-reading Colin Dexter's Morse series bernardokeeffe.com/inspector-mo... #crime #books #amreading #amwriting @thecwa.bsky.social
First a winner of the @theguardian.com Prize Crossword and now, as I discovered today, a winner of #TheObserver Everyman! How do I feel? Like a confused venom hooter(4,3,4) #crossword #cryptic
Coming soon - the new DI Garibaldi. Out on February 20 and available now for pre-order. See here for details - bernardokeeffe.com
