Private Lessons by Bernard O’Keefe is about the murder and subsequent attacks of people working as private tutors in London. The main policeman is Garibaldi and he has a habit of quoting different people that few of his colleagues can follow. He does however, with the help of his sidekick Gardner, manage to solve the murder and attacks of the tutors. An entertaining storyline and different police personalities make an excellent read. I will read other books by the author. Highly recommended

I read this with the Pigeonhole. It is very quick to get you involved, and has a number of strands to the story. O'Keeffe's writing strength is in the characters. This book is about the detective, Garibaldi, rather than the plot. I had to suspend my belief rather too much when following the police investigation. Unfortunately I did not find Garibaldi very engaging. He seemed chauvinistic and superior. Although he considered all his colleagues lacked his intelligence, he was very slow to work out the motive and discover the murderer. I had identified the murderer and motive by about the middle of the book - and I'm not especially clever!