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The Final Round

By: Bernard O'Keeffe
Narrated by: Oliver Hembrough
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Summary

On the morning after Boat Race Day, a man's body is found in a nature reserve beside the Thames. He has been viciously stabbed, his tongue cut out, and an Oxford college scarf stuffed in his mouth. The body is identified as that of Nick Bellamy, last seen at the charity quiz organised by his Oxford contemporary, the popular newsreader Melissa Matthews.

Enter DI Garibaldi, whose first task is to look into Bellamy's contemporaries from Balfour College. In particular, the surprise 'final round' of questions at this year's charity quiz in which guests were invited to guess whether allegations about Melissa Matthews and her Oxford friends are true. These allegations range from plagiarism and shoplifting to sextortion and murder...

©2021 Bernard O'Keeffe (P)2021 W F Howes
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a good idea for a murder plot

I am struggling to finish this because of DI Garibaldi. I keep thinking the author is Peter Robinson and Garibaldi is Banks. The reason? The continous references to literature and poetry ( to prove he's not just a plod) , to his tastes in music and his penchant ( and success) with much younger attractive women. The man is unlikeable. But I want to know how this mystery ends , so I'll stick with it

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Great introduction to Garibaldi

Enjoyed the plot and characters. Narrator did a great job. Definitely read more of the series in the future

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Old fashioned police procedural

A nice old fashioned detective tale, the focus on each character’s internal narrative reminded me a little of Agatha Christie, the plotting also a nod to Agatha Christie, only quibble was it was not difficult to follow the clues to the culprit, beautifully read though, a very enjoyable listen

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Entertaining and pacy detective story with a wry intelligent protagonist

Bernard O’Keefe crafts an intriguing whodunnit and introduces a working-class, self-taught detective who runs rings around the Oxford set he’s investigating, and the story has some truly unexpected twists. This is a must for crime fans. Can’t wait to read the next book - there’s a series - at least two more it looks like. Brill.

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the di

liked the di but the story was a bit weak no real clues for the di to guess the culprit

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Plodding, excruciating dialogue, unbelievable characters

The first chapter was quite well-written. The rest was awful. If I hadn't been listening on a long car journey I would have abandoned it, but having listened to half of it, I decided to finish. Bad mistake.

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