The Glass Coffin Paradox Book 1 (Critical Mass) by Bhanushree at Inkitt

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Copyright

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons—living or dead—is purely coincidental.

First published on Inkitt in 2025

Summary

What if the dead could whisper through silence… and science was the weapon? In a high-security lab sealed tighter than a vault, a tech magnate is found dead—no wounds, no trace of a killer, and no way in or out. The only witness? A shattered frequency no human ear can hear. Disgraced physicist Dr. Nivaan Rao is pulled out of exile to investigate the impossible. Brilliant, bitter, and haunted by a past explosion that ruined lives—including his own—he sees patterns where others see chaos. Partnered with Inspector Ayesha Mehra, a razor-sharp detective with secrets of her own, Nivaan must decode a murder buried in science, silence, and sabotage. But as they unravel the paradox, one name echoes louder than all others: Karma. The truth could redeem them—or destroy everything they have left.

Genre: Mystery

Author: Bhanushree

Status: Complete

Chapters: 21

Rating: 5.0 1 review

Age Rating: 18+

Series Introduction

Welcome to the world of Critical Mass—where every equation is a clue, and every crime defies logic.

In this razor-sharp series of standalone scientific thrillers, disgraced physicist Dr. Nivaan Rao is forced into the world he never wanted to return to—the world where science, secrets, and death intersect. Each case is a riddle wrapped in impossibility: locked rooms, vanishing suspects, murders with no weapons. The only way out? His fractured genius—and a partner who doesn’t trust him.

Teaming up with the unshakeable Inspector Ayesha Mehra, Nivaan must confront the shadows of his past while unraveling crimes that can only be solved by those who understand the hidden language of the universe.

But behind every mystery lurks a silent force known only as Karma—watching, waiting, and pulling the strings of a conspiracy that could end them both.

Each book is a standalone case. The truths they uncover are anything but.