Every Trick in the Book
by Bernard O'Keeffe
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Pub Date 15 Feb 2024 | Archive Date 22 Mar 2024
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Description
Sex, Money, Drugs…DI Garibaldi is on the case
‘When the body of Alex Ballantyne is found in Barnes Pond police are baffled. Who would kill the newly retired teacher? Investigations reveal that Ballantyne had been blackmailing several of his colleagues. Sex. Money. Drugs. It seems that Ballantyne knew all about his victims’ secrets, and they were prepared to pay to buy his silence.’
So runs the blurb of Schooled in Murder, the crime novel written by Ben Joseph, the pen name of Liam Allerton, ex-teacher and writer, found dead in Barnes Pond the morning after giving a talk at the Barnes Book Festival.
The eerie similarity between the death of the writer and his character leads DI Garibaldi and his team back to the book, where they discover more connections to real life. As they delve into the links between fiction and reality, the question looms: could the key to the writer’s murder be hidden within the pages of his own novel?
A Note From the Publisher
• With hints of Agatha Christie, there are multiple suspects in what is effectively a locked room mystery
• The victim was obsessed by crosswords and O’Keeffe uses crossword inspired clues to tantalise readers
• Like the previous D I Garibaldi novels, Every Trick in the Book, is set in the affluent suburb of Barnes in South West London.
• The victim was obsessed by crosswords and O’Keeffe uses crossword inspired clues to tantalise readers
• Like the previous D I Garibaldi novels, Every Trick in the Book, is set in the affluent suburb of Barnes in South West London.
Advance Praise
'Gentle humour, oodles of clues…perfect comfort reading’. The Times
‘Terrific’ Robert Elms. BBC Radio London
'How could any bookish fan of detective fiction resist such a premise? Well-paced, carefully plotted and written with what I can only imagine is a knowing smile, this was a delightful page-turning read.' Bookographia
‘An ingenious page-turner’ Daily Mail
‘Absolutely gripping…a truly adhesive piece of writing’ John Carey
'It’s a job for DI Garibaldi, likeable country music-loving copper. A fine, twisting mystery, tthe real pleasure lies in seeing Garibaldi dismantle the murderous self-interest of the London upper-middle classes' Mail on Sunday Best New Fiction
‘DI Garibaldi takes the biscuit. Ingenious, entertaining, surprising – everything you want in a satisfying murder mystery’ Gyles Brandreth
Marketing Plan
The Times Crime Club
Crime blog tour
BBC Radio 4, Loose Ends
Interviews on LBC, Talk Radio, RTE
UK wide festival appearances
The Times Crime Club
Crime blog tour
BBC Radio 4, Loose Ends
Interviews on LBC, Talk Radio, RTE
UK wide festival appearances
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781739471606 |
| PRICE | £9.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 368 |
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