Tobias Jones Presents The Salati Case

Tobias Jones’s first book for Faber was The Dark Heart of Italy (2006), his critically acclaimed exposé of the darker side of Italian life, the flip side of la dolce vita, a nation riddled with corruption and political skullduggery – an anti-tourist guide. For his second book Tobias went in search of the good life – Utopian Dreams (2007) investigated alternatives, both religious and secular, to a 21st-century way of life obsessed by materialism and selfish gain. Again, a travel book with a difference.

The Salati Case

In his third book Tobias has returned to Italy, pursuing its dark heart, but this time through crime fiction. The Salati Case is the first in a series of crime novels set in the northern Italian city of Parma, featuring a new detective on the block, Castagnetti.

In a 20-minute interview for our December Faber Podcast, a Crime double-hander with Nicola Upson, Tobias Jones introduces his new detective and explains his fondness for bees; he reveals which writers and characters left their mark on him as a writer, in particular the influence of American crime writer Ross Macdonald; he outlines just what the Salati Case is; and he lets us in on what’s lined up for the second outing for Castagnetti, White Death.

You can download our interview with Tobias Jones here. Our interviewer, George Miller, also filmed this short piece.

The Salati Case is available now in paperback.