The Corrected Room: A Slow-Burn Psychological Locked Room Mystery

By Aditya Shinde

A powerful businessman is found dead inside his study.
The door is locked from the inside.
There is no sign of struggle.
No forced entry.
Only a room that insists it is telling the truth.

Inspector Aarav Kael is called in when the case begins to settle too easily. The evidence points toward a simple answer, one that fits neatly and asks no further questions. But the room feels wrong. Too precise. Too controlled.

As Aarav looks closer, he begins to see what others miss. A stopped clock. A carefully placed key. Details that do not explain the crime, but shape the story around it.

The Corrected Room is a slow-burn psychological mystery about control, manipulation, and the danger of conclusions reached too soon. As each suspect is examined, the truth moves further away from motive and closer to intention. What emerges is not a crime driven by anger, but by correction.

Quiet, methodical, and unsettling, this locked room mystery explores how order can be used to lie, and how silence can carry more weight than violence.

For readers who enjoy thoughtful crime fiction, psychological tension, and mysteries that linger long after the final page.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GLQXHYLW
• ISBN13: 9798246790922
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 102 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.1" x 7.8"