The Ledger of Last Accounts
Amit, a devoted husband and father in Assam's Nalbari district, balances his family's happiness against the relentless pressure of a high-interest housing loan EMI. His wife, Priti, and his eight-year-old daughter, Riya, are his whole world. This small, precious life is violently ripped away by four local goons—Ranjit, Debu, Tapan, and Bimal—who invade his home, committing an unspeakable crime before murdering them and disposing of their bodies.
When the useless local police dismiss the subsequent missing persons case and fail to find evidence after the bodies are recovered, Amit's faith in justice collapses. He finds an unlikely ally in Subodh, a low-ranking but empathetic police sipahi, who covertly provides the trace evidence the official inquiry ignored.
Using his intimate knowledge of the local area and the criminals' routines, Amit transforms. He begins a cold, methodical campaign of revenge, targeting the four killers one by one. The novel charts his terrifying descent from a gentle family man to a precise, isolating executioner, culminating in a detailed, brutal form of self-administered justice that leaves him with a grim, isolating peace.