Vadhsutra - 'Kaalika' prakaran (Marathi Edition) Hardcover – December 12, 2025

A midnight double murder rattles Mumbai. Another pair of bodies turns up by the sea. No weapon. Few marks. The same quiet signature. ACP Ravikant Kulkarni takes the case and finds almost nothing to hold - cameras that blinked, witnesses who only remember a loud TV, and timings that repeat at dawn across other Maharashtra cities. Politics press for quick answers. Rumours run ahead of facts. Then a quiet man walks into Sion Police Station to file a missing-person report for his sister, years after she vanished. The form is ordinary; the timing is not. Ravikant starts to follow thin, stubborn threads: a ferry-counter reflection in glass, a ledger entry that refuses to be a coincidence, a dented white SUV that keeps returning to the story. Around him, a training hall teaches breath before strike, a police desk learns to file without mockery, and bystanders decide to act in the next two minutes. Under the Shadows: The Kalika Case is a tense, humane crime drama that moves through lanes, lockups, clinics, and courtrooms. In the end, the question is simple and serious: can law, routine, and everyday courage push the dark back? Read more