The Final Round

By: Bernard O'Keeffe

Narrated by: Oliver Hembrough

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

Awful

This was one of the worst I've sat through. It's slow, plot is weak, awful people. The cops kid is the only decent person. Then you get towards the end and realize a majority of what I listened to was pointless and didn't need to be there. Read the summary, it's better than the actual book.