The Vanishing Witness (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798177055541)

A whistleblower is dead, and a corrupt construction deal is the reason why. When the case against Mumbai real-estate tycoon Raghav Bendre lands on the desk of Ananya Rao - a young, principled public prosecutor facing the biggest trial of her career - everything depends on one man: Imran Sheikh, the site supervisor who saw too much, and the only witness willing to speak.

Then, days before he is due to testify, Imran vanishes. The police say he fled. The defense calls the prosecution's case a fabrication built on an empty chair. But Ananya isn't buying it - and her off-the-record investigation pulls her deep into a Mumbai where builders, politicians, and judges all answer to the same money.

In a courtroom where every testimony is theatre and every silence has a price, Ananya must find her witness before the system swallows him whole. Because if Imran doesn't take that stand, a murderer walks free - and the next person to vanish might be her.