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#qotd How many books you managed to read in 2025? The Forgotten Daughter is the kind of book that doesn’t announce its power loudly. It waits, watches, and then slowly tightens its grip until you realise you’re fully immersed. Set in the rain-soaked underbelly of Mumbai, the story follows Vishy, a quiet bookseller with a past he refuses to explain, as he searches for a missing girl named Meher. What begins as a simple act of concern turns into a confrontation with corruption, complicity, and the moral fatigue of a city that has learned to look away. This is noir at its finest—grounded, grim, and deeply human. Anirudh Joshi’s writing is precise and atmospheric. The monsoon is not just weather; it becomes a living force, mirroring the emotional weight of the narrative. His metaphors are sharp yet restrained, and the prose often slips into a poetic cadence without ever losing its edge. The result is a city that feels lived-in, bruised, and painfully real. What truly elevates the book is its emotional restraint. The Forgotten Daughter does not spoon-feed motives or emotions. Instead, it trusts the reader to sit with discomfort, silence, and unanswered questions. Vishy is a compelling protagonist—not because he is heroic in the conventional sense, but because he chooses to care when apathy would be easier. At under 150 pages, the novella moves fast, but never feels thin. Quietly devastating, morally unsettling, and deeply memorable, this is a noir thriller that lingers long after the final page.

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