Barnes BookFest 2024

2024 Festival Event

Bernard O’Keeffe

Bernard O’Keeffe – ‘Every Trick in the Book’

Crime writer Bernard O’Keeffe talks about the DI Garibaldi series and, in particular, Every Trick in the Book, in which a murder victim is discovered in the very heart of leafy Barnes. When the victim turns out to be a local crime writer, O’Keeffe’s country-music-loving detective needs all his skill to unravel the eerie similarities between the writer’s murder and the murder depicted in his novel. Why are both the writer and the victim found dead in Barnes Pond only hours after giving a talk at the Barnes Book Festival?

Bernard O'Keeffe - every trick in the book
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2024 Festival Schedule

4pm

4.30pm

6pm

8pm

12n

2pm

4pm

6pm

8pm

10am

12n

2pm

4pm

6pm

8pm

A printed version of this schedule can be found on the back of the programme booklet available at the Barnes Bookshop, 98 Church Road.