Anusuya's husband, Rafiq, a college professor and theatre director, mysteriously disappears. Rafiq's student Janaki is also missing. But the police refuse to register a missing-persons case as locals believe it a case of ‘Love Jihad’. And, this is where the nexus between politics and communalism gets deeper.

First published in Hindi by Rajkamal Publications, Vaidhanik Galp, a political thriller, written by Chandan Pandey has also been published in English entitled 'Legal Fiction' by Harper Collins in 2021. The English translation is by Bharatbhooshan Tiwari.

Broadcaster Achala Sharma discusses the novel with its writer Chandan Pandey in the 13th episode of Cineink podcast series 'Kitaab Kaulum'.

In the trivia on books, Pervaiz Alam looks at the history of books for blind people with a focus on 'braille books'.