Rahul Mehra, a retired chief of Indias Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), came across a thriller/suspense novel based on the narcotics mafia. Although selfpublished, the novel became a bestseller. Rahul noticed that a chapter bore uncanny resemblance to a situation that had occurred when he was with the NCB. A top Indian publisher went all out to contact the author to publish the same under its banner. Rahul too was keen to meet the author to find out how and why a delicate situation known only to him surfaced in the novel. When the author was contacted, events unfolded rapidly which had a...