Killing Ashish Karve: An Inspector Saralkar Mystery Tapa blanda - 1996

Salil Desai is an author and film maker based in Pune. He has penned two crime novels, The Body in the Back Seat (now re-published as Killing Ashish Karve) and Murder on a Side Street as well as a collection of short stories, Lost Libido and Other Gulp Fiction. His writing has received praise from well known Indian authors, Shashi Tharoor and Shobhaa De and his books have received good reviews in The Hindu, The Pioneer, DNA, First City, The Tribune, Afternoon Despatch & Courier etc. An alumnus of Film & Television Institute of India (FTII), his dramatized training videos are much appreciated in the corporate world, while his short films ' Making Amends' and ' ... To Khayega Kya' have been screened at various film festivals. Salil also conducts workshops in creative writing and film making for aspiring authors at British Library and leading educational institutions. Over 400 articles, travelogues and features written by him have appeared in The Times of India, Indian Express, DNA, The Tribune, Reader's Digest etc. He lives with his wife and two sons in Pune.