A university is an instutition for higher education and research. It can also be a place where academic brilliance leads to overinflated egos, bitter politics and finally, murder. Cirisha Narayanan, a professor who has risen meteorically, stumbles upon a cryptic message. Aditya Raisinghania, her banker husband, sets up a highly inoovative financial hoax. Her profiteering father harvests Australia's largest bied--the emu--in India. The US elections are on and the debate on gun control has reached a fever pitch.Set in Mumbai, Coimbatore and Boston, Ravi Subramanian creates an impeccably researched world where everyone has a motive to kill. Nothing is as it seems in this cunningly vicious thriller where the plot turns on a dime.

Bankerupt

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Subramanian, Ravi

Mystery

India Penguin

What happens when you cross gamer, banker, politician and terrorist with virtual money?  God Is a Gamer is a world where money means nothing, martyrs are villains, predators are prey, assassination is taught by the ancient Greeks, and nothing is as it seems.  Totally unputdownable, it is Ravi Subramanian s best novel yet.

God Is a Gamer

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

What happens when you have to choose between faith and logic? Temples are places of worship, oceans of tranquillity, or so everyone thinks, till a series of murders threatens to destroy the carefully cultivated reputation of the royal family of Thiruvanathapuram. And when fingers point towards the opening of the hitherto sealed vaults at the Padmanabha Swamy Temple that is under the control of the royals, all hell breaks loose. Meanwhile, a heist at the Wafi Mall in Dubai leads investigators to uncover a massive racket in the smuggling of antiques from the ruins of temples in south India. Things only get murkier when multiple blasts in Mumbai shake the very foundations of the diamond trade in the country. Is there a connection between these incidents? Who is behind the murders? Follow Kabir Khan, Additional Director, CBI, as he breezes through a complex maze of fact and fiction, faith and deceit, religion and commerce to unravel the mystery and unmask the killers with only minutes left at his disposal. Slick, riveting and fast paced, In the Name of God is Ravi Subramanian s most gripping novel yet.

In the Name of God

Everything you wanted to know about money but never asked the grown-ups about They say time is money. But they never really tell you why. They say money doesn't grow on trees. But they don't tell you where it comes from. Aman and Anya are as clueless about cash as you are. Then, they start asking questions. Egged on by clever Dadi and forthcoming Mom and Dad (who want nothing to come in the way of their children and knowledge), Aman and Anya learn what finances are really all about. So go ahead! Read on for a roller-coaster ride through the world of money.

My First Book Of Money

Business & Money

Economics

India Puffin

In If God Was A Banker, the story revolves around two management graduates in the rat race for success. Sundeep is ambitious and selfish, which leads him to achieve his goals through unscrupulous means. Swami is the exact opposite as he sticks to his morals and ethics to ensure success in his career. Swami's ideal and ethics keeps him behind Sundeep in terms of performance at the New York International Bank where they both work. Sundeep's rapid rise up the corporate ladder and his popularity with colleagues disguises his real motives and cunning mind. The story also has a main character, who is a friend and counsellor to both of them and he has his own philosophy which is based on his experience and is genuine. He always taught what he deemed right. Inspite of all the facts, the temptation of untold riches was too strong for Sundeep and he continued on his quest for more ill-gotten financial gain. All through the novel, the backdrop is the corporate bank environment, which is so polluted that the characters are portrayed as people who are ready to deviate from the righteous path at the drop of a hat. Women throw themselves at their bosses to advance their position. If God Was A Banker was published in 2007 and it won the Indiaplaza Golden Quill Book Award. The book has sold more than 260,000 books and has been a national bestseller.

If God was a Banker

Rupa Publications Private Limited

A new Expat CEO, a bank riddled with losses in its Retail banking business, mind numbing politicking amongst the honchos, aggressive loan sales guys battling the listless credit folks Greater Boston Global Bank(GB2) seemed to be like anyother foreign bank. Till it all changed one day when Ronald McCain, CEO of GB2 is hurriedly pulled out of his morning team huddle and summoned by the RBI Governor. What ensued thereon was something Ronald was least prepared for. How could something as catastrophic transpire in an organization, considered to be the Mecca of banking? Ronald has no answers. And when the CBI lands up at Deepak Sarups doors trailing the scent of a the same scandal, Ronald decides to distance the bank leaving Deepak, a senior executive, to fight his own battles. Will Karan, Deepak's one time adversary and now a Journo, bail him out? Will Savitha, his girlfriend, stand by him? And will his family; the CBI and more importantly the country believe what he says? With the media and CBI in hot pursuit, Ronald can't help but wonder what hisfate has in store for him An intriguing tale of love, politics, unbridled aggression and money laundering, "The Incredible Banker" isthe last in the trilogyof banking chronicles Sometimes future can only be seen in fiction. "The Incredible Banker", a tale of corporate politics, deceit, relationships, frauds and money laundering releases in August 2011 raises some interesting and some worrying aspects of living lifetheforeign bankway. A crucial question, to answer which the reader will have to navigate his way through this 300 page blockbuster, is - What does the embedded "Red" in "The Incredible Banker" signify? Read the book to unravel the mystery.

The Incredible Banker

Rupa Publications India

A cold-blooded murder at the renowned Greater Boston Global Bank (Gb2) has put the bank's reputation in jeopardy. The murderer is unknown and the real reason behind this brutal murder remains a mystery. Karan Punjabi, a press reporter and ex-banker comes across this bone-chilling conspiracy. A conspiracy so intense in the magnitude of its impact that it may cast a shadow on the entire nation apart from destroying the bank. He has thirty six hours in store to find the mastermind behind the murders and the conspiracies that instigated the murder, while somehow managing to stay alive. Will he make it? Or will he succumb through this web of conspiracies? Is the trust that bankers build their careers on just an illusion? Will the dark secrets buried within the walls of Gb2 be exposed to the world? Is the banker at Gb2 fast turning into a Bankster? Or was he always one? Twisted series of events with deceit that seem to lie in every path, The Bankster is a financial thriller which will build up anxiety and occasional incidents of nail-biting as the truth gets unveiled.

The Bankster

Thrillers & Suspense

From the master storyteller and writer of bestselling thrillers, Ravi Subramanian, comes a delightful new series of detective fiction for young children. A charming hill town. A close-knit community. A school cradled in the lap of nature. And three young children in search of mystery... Meet the Super Mystery Solvers or the SMS gang of Aditya and Akriti, the nine-year-old twins, and their close friend Kabir. Together, they solve the mysteries that have baffled the police and authorities of Solan. In this first mystery in the newly-launched SMS Detective Agency series - the SMS gang solves the perplexing case of how and why their school catches fire, not once but twice!

Mystery of the School on Fire (The SMS Detective Agency)

Children's Books

Mysteries & Detectives

Harper Children's

Paperback king, Aditya Kapoor's life is straight out of a modern man's fantasy. His literary stardom is perfectly balanced by a loving wife and a spectacular career. With everything he touches turning to gold, Aditya is on a winning streak. Shreya Kaushik is a student with a heart full of ambition. Young, beautiful, and reckless, Shreya speaks her mind and obsessively chases after what she wants. And what she wants is to be a bestselling author. What happens when their worlds collide? Is it possible to love two people at the same time? Can real ambition come in the way of blind passion? Can trust once broken, be regained? Master storyteller Ravi Subramanian, delves into the glitzy world of bestsellers and uncovers a risky dalliance between a superstar novelist and his alluring protégé. The Bestseller She Wrote is a combustible cocktail of love, betrayal and redemption.

The Bestseller She Wrote

World Literature

Westland

Product Description ‘Please help me … my wife is trying to kill me. ’When police officers Meera Dixit and Aditya Sachdev investigate a panicked midnight phone call, they are drawn into the unhappy story of a couple—a woman slowly losing her grip on sanity and her husband living in constant fear of death.As they delve deeper, the officers realise that this case is more knotted than anything they’ve dealt with before. Is Tanvi Acharya really sick? What caused Rohit’s insomnia?Do deeper secrets lie below the surface?As they try to make sense of the sinister goings-on in the house, Dixit and Sachdev hurtle towards a shocking revelation that they are not prepared for. About the Author RAVI SUBRAMANIAN, an alumnus of IIM Bengaluru, has spent more than two decades working his way up the ladder of power in the amazingly exciting and adrenaline-pumping world of global banks in India. He is the author of ten bestselling books. His first book, If God was a Banker won him the Golden Quill Readers Choice award in 2008. He won the Economist Crossword Book Award for The Incredible Banker in 2012, the Crossword Book Award for The Bankster in 2013 and the Raymond Crossword book award for Bankerupt in 2014. JIGS ASHAR is an award-winning writer and bankerturned consultant. His first short story, The Wait is Killing was adjudged a winner by Jeffrey Archer in the Times of India WriteIndia Season 2 contest; and his second, Make(up) in India, adjudged by Shobha De, was also a winner in the same season. His third story, Duel, was shortlisted for the Juggernaut Short Story Prize for the year 2018. After nineteen years with leading MNC banks, Jigs took the plunge into writing after getting a certification in CreativeWriting from Xavier Institute of Communications. He currently works as a consultant with the World Bank Group. He is also an avid marathoner

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