Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

By Deepa Annaparna

Down market lanes crammed with too many people, dogs, and rickshaws, past stalls that smell of cardamom and sizzling oil, at the end of the Purple metro line lies a jumble of tin-roofed homes where nine-year-old Jai lives with his family.

When a classmate goes missing, Jai decides to use the crime-solving skills he has picked up from TV to find him, but what begins as a game turns sinister as other children start disappearing from their neighborhood. Jai, Pari, and Faiz have to confront terrified parents, an indifferent police force, and rumors of soul-snatching djinns.

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