SimranMishra683
Banaras is a city that remembers everything-except the people it chooses to forget.
When a series of women are found dead near the ghats, the city responds the way it always has: with ritual, silence, and careful denial.
Avyuktha Mishra, a journalist trained to notice what others overlook, begins tracing patterns through faith, routine, and absence. But in a place where belief shapes truth and certainty can be weaponized, looking too closely is dangerous.
As suspicion settles on the obvious shadow, Avyuktha must confront an unsettling possibility-
that the most convincing answers are not always the correct ones,
and that a city skilled at looking away may be complicit in what it allows to continue.
A slow-burn psychological crime novel about misdirection, faith, and the cost of believing you are right.
Content note: Violence, death, psychological manipulation.