This story, fictitious as it is, is a true depiction of what society is like not only in Italy - where the story is set - but in every community, country and nation around the world. Playing politics and exercising greed are evidently the cause of so much turmoil and unrepentant loss in this world. Needless to say, money is always involved. It keeps the cogs churning and leaves no one empty-handed.
There is a wide gap between the haves and the have-nots and, as is most usually the case, the have-nots are the ones who lose out. It is never the other way round because, as we all know, seeking justice is not at all a straightforward and unencumbered task.
As for the denouement, it makes the perfect end to a well-written story simply because it reflects true life, where problems are left to fester, where bad people almost always get away with their discreditable acts, where good guys' intentions are not always honoured and where crimes, at times, remain unsolved.
Briefly, the plot goes like this: an owner of a factory hired Castagnetti to find out who had torched his car and why. What set out to be mindless vandalism wasn't mindless at all but a case of arson and systematic intimidation. It seemed that elements within a construction company had been burning the property of people who owned land that was about to be re-designated as residential. Where did their information come from? Castagnetti needs to solve the case before his client, and his city, are both buried in cement.
White Death (2011) is the second and latest book in the Private Investigator Castagnetti series. It is not as edgy and intriguing as the first in the series, The Salati Case (2009), but still makes for an enjoyable read. For more information on the author and his books, visit www.tobias-jones.com
Rating: 3/5
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