Burnt Pages Part I

By Dipta K Kundu

A celebrated author with a past he buried in ash.A young journalist who won't let it lie.Reclusive literary genius Kaustav Mitra has been silent for five years. When he suddenly places an ad for an assistant, investigative journalist Koushiki Roy is determined to get the story. Her obsession is personal, driven by her late father's cryptic final words about Mitra's most famous novel: "I'm certain I've read this before."The interview is a disaster. Koushiki's questions about his past trigger a violent rage, revealing a man terrified of a secret he's long kept hidden.Her search for answers leads her to a forgotten village and the story of a horrific fire that destroyed a family two decades ago. The deeper Koushiki digs, the more the official story unravels. In the scorched ruins of Mitra's childhood home, she finds a handful of burnt pages that survived the flames. The words on them don't just solve the mystery of her father's final words-they point to a lie two decades in the making, and a truth more terrifying than any of Kaustav Mitra's acclaimed novels.Some stories should never be told.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FT3DMXCS
• ISBN13: 9798266509283
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 61 Pages
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.2" x 6.0"