The Carousel of Time

‘A first class mystery Bernard O Keeffe is on a roll to the big time.’ – Daily Mail. ‘Perfect comfort reading.’ – The Times. ‘An enthralling mix of mystery and murder.’ – Mail on Sunday. What goes around comes around. Every summer four friends gather at Barnes Fair to ride the carousel in memory of Esther, the school friend they lost in a car crash they were all involved in as teenagers. This year, the morning after the fair, one of those friends, Shelley Gregory, is found murdered on that very carousel. DI Garibaldi has questions to ask. Who killed Shelley, and why there? Is her death linked to the tragedy the friends commemorate each year, or do the answers lie closer to home in the quiet Thameside village of Barnes, where Shelley was well known but not always well liked? As Garibaldi pieces together the events of that summer night, he uncovers dark undercurrents beneath Barnes s genteel surface and begins to see the truth: what goes around comes around when you ride the carousel of time.

Author Biography

Bernard O Keeffe worked in advertising before becoming an English teacher, most recently at St Paul s School in London. The first four titles in the D I Garibaldi series are: The Final Round, 2021, Private Lessons, 2023, Every Trick in the Book 2024, and The Masked Band 2025. He lives in leafy Barnes where the series is set.