Kolkata’s grandest festival is about to become its deadliest.
In Durgavenge, Angandeep Kr. Chatterjee takes readers into the heart of Durga Puja, where the city’s celebrations are overshadowed by a series of chilling murders. Beginning on Mahalaya, the killings unfold across the sacred days of the festival, each death carefully mirroring the divine retribution associated with Goddess Durga. As fear spreads through the streets of Kolkata, a disturbing pattern begins to emerge.
Nineteen-year-old Jayashish “Joy” Dey, a part-time genius and full-time troublemaker, finds himself drawn into the investigation alongside his best friend, Aratrika “Aru” Roy, and a desperate police inspector. Their search leads them through a dangerous maze of stolen weapons, black-market crossbows, and a long-buried tragedy that refuses to remain forgotten.