In this episode, author Salil Desai talks about his journey into novel writing, the influences and inspirations that have shaped his storytelling - from Hitchcock and Colin Dexter to Hakan Nesser and P.L.Deshpande, his beloved fictional character Inspector Saralkar who has been with him for 6 books already, the art and craft of coming up with a suitable title, and of course, his book with the unlikely murderer, The Grudges of Gajanan Godbole.

Host: Suparna Chatterjee (www.suparnachatterjee.com)

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Guest: Salil Desai

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Books and references:

Malice Aforethought by Francis Iles/Anthony Berkeley

The Murder of Roger Akroyd by Agatha Christie

Books by Salil Desai

Killing Ashish Karve

The Murder of Sonia Raikonnen

Three and a Half Murders

Murder Milestone

The Kid Killer

206 Bones

The Grudges of Gajanan Godbole

The Sane Psycopath

Murder on a Side Street

Lost Libido and Gulp Fiction

Podcast Theme Music by B. Prasanna and Khurshed Batliwala 

Instagram: @b_prasanna and @khurshedbatliwala

Haradhoner Doshti Chhele:

https://youtu.be/z4S3fVtyCFc?si=XsuWsCUmXZ-GbrFr