The Silent Ledger

In the humid heart of Bengaluru, a mid-sized bakery chain known for its artisanal breads begins to show inexplicable discrepancies in their daily accounts. Elara Menon, a meticulous internal auditor recently promoted from Mumbai, is assigned to investigate the anomaly just as the company announces that her predecessor had vanished under mysterious circumstances shortly after taking over the review. As she digs through invoices and delivery logs, she discovers that the numbers don't just add up wrong—they seem calculated to hide something far more sinister involving the bakery's most loyal suppliers and a shadowy figure who was never listed on any payroll. With the city's relentless monsoon season beginning to blur the lines between rain and tears, Elara realizes the dead man wasn't merely an auditor; he was the last person who knew how the real bread was baked in this industrial district.