The Bankster Paperback – Big Book, 1 January 2019

Another spine chilling thriller from Ravi Subramanian. The book has been a real page-turner right from the beginning when one starts wondering what a diamond business in African countries has got to do with the insiders of banking operations at GB2 bank in India. The title was apt for the story.It is quite evident from this book that large corporations either private or public are most prone to criminal activities through their own insiders which might sometimes go to the extent of huge financial losses to the whole country, as such, in unimaginable ways and means. It is well elicited in this book of how top executive sitting in corporate office of a multi national bank could resort to such financial crimes through a well organized network of criminals who were recruited into the bank very cleverly and later used to help international fraud agencies to fund agitations and protests against good government causes, thus slowing down the economic and social progress of the country in international arena. The reader will get to know various mind boggling technologies that could be used to assist such activities.All goes well until Karan Panjabi, the high profile journo from Times of India intervenes and investigates the death of his friend and ex-colleague along with two other mysterious deaths of employees who accidentally unveiled the scam and people behind the multi-million dollar racket. A very clever turn of events towards the end and a nail-biting climax brings the story to a happy ending when all the gangsters and banksters involved face their justified fate.The story once again brings out the weaknesses of large corporations in tracking the frauds master-minded by the insiders even though the best of the technologies, processes and filters are implemented at all levels. And in this game, it is observed that the author repeatedly highlights the point that sometimes men use women, strategically, to keep away from the suspicious scanners (like in his previous books too).A great book to read and the author is undoubtedly the John Grisham of India.

This the first book i have read written by Ravi Subramanian.The plot, twists, suspense and the thoughts author puts along the storyline is amazing. But as a fan, i felt the use of conversations including words with Hindi and English together is kind of awkward. Many times, Hindi slang's are used which are totally unnecessary. Even though the book is mostly based on people in Mumbai, it is preferred the entire book is written with only English conversations, because the book language is English. At places most characters get lost to farthest place and few characters which require little attention are focused upon a lot in the beginning. The story is draggy till the half, but after that its fast paced. Anyways these are suggestions according to me, I'm very glad we have Indian authors who are getting very good in this genre. All in All, an awesome thriller,,not to miss.!!

Author is overhyped. Very ordinary style of writing.Liked it for the banking information it has.

Based in three continents it covers the whole gamut of lies, treachery, deceit and a series of murders. It strikes at the premise that bankers build their careers on trust and honesty. The way the bankers, at almost all levels, manipulate and plan their moves to enhance their career without caring about the benefit to customers or the nation is shocking to state the least. Ravi Subramanian writes like Dan Brown and has become one of my favorite authors and have found all his books un-putdownables.

Good for casual read - mahendranath