Detective Ishraq Alvi

A child is dead. Everyone says it was an accident. Detective Ishraq Alvi knows better.

When nine-year-old Riya is found drowned in the char lands of Noakhali, her death barely makes a ripple. She was poor, she was young, and the people around her had reasons to let it go quietly. But Riya had something rare for a girl in her position - an inheritance. And now she's dead, and the money is gone.

Ishraq Alvi, Dhaka's most unconventional detective, travels to the remote riverine islands of Noakhali to find out what really happened. What he uncovers is a web of family betrayal, land disputes, and cold-blooded greed stretching from the muddy banks of a forgotten river all the way to the corridors of power in the city.

Set against the raw, atmospheric backdrop of rural Bangladesh - the endless flatlands, the shifting rivers, the communities that have learned to keep their secrets - Detective Ishraq Alvi is a masterfully plotted mystery that asks a simple question: who speaks for those the world would rather forget?

Taut, atmospheric, and deeply rooted in Bangladeshi life, this is crime fiction that doesn't just entertain - it lingers.