The Lie Between Stations: A Monsoon Mystery in August

By Prashant Mishra

When a anonymous parcel lands in Tara Iyer's hands on a rain-soaked August afternoon in Bengaluru's theatre district, the nursing student finds herself holding tomorrow's newspaper proof and a secret that someone powerful wants buried forever. A long-dead fire, a missing adoption register, and a younger sibling she never expected to see again pull Tara into a labyrinth of surveillance feeds, leaked court transcripts, and a startup willing to weaponize AI against its own city. In a world where the line between helper and villain dissolves with a single handwritten edit, Tara must decide how far outside the law she will go to make the truth admissible before the next witness disappears.