Bernard O'Keeffe

When the body of Alex Ballantyne is found in Barnes Pond, the police are baffled. Who could want to kill the newly retired teacher? Investigations bring them to St Jude’s, the prestigious private school where Ballantyne taught, and to the discovery that Ballantyne had been blackmailing several of his colleagues. Sex. Money. Drugs. It seems that Ballantyne knew all about...

But all is not as it seems. Hiding behind lifelike masks are five local celebrities. Desperate to keep their identities secret, they are all unmasked when a body is discovered in the lead singer's garden the morning after their post-gig party. Who is the victim? Why was he wearing the lead singer's Mick Jagger mask? And why have all the...

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 all survived as teenagers. This year, the morning after the fair, one of those friends is found murdered on that very carousel. DI Garibaldi’s on the case and he has questions to ask. Who...