The Incredible Banker by Ravi Subramanian

There is an Indian branch of the foreign bank which is known as Greater Boston Global Bank (GB2) and Ronald McCain is the CEO of the bank who has been sent to set the things right in the bank considering that the Indian employees have a laid back attitude. One fine day, he is called by RBI Governor and things go in tizzy for him or rather for the bank and it is on him now to set the things right and respond to the RBI. With all the eyes of media and CBI on GB2, will Ronald be able to deliver is a question.

The story begins with a bomb blast and readers’ will not realize the connection of this bomb blast until the end of the story. This bomb blast is the connecting key to the twist in the story. Like in his earlier novels, in this book as well, Ravi brings out a different nature of the fraud which can happen in the bank. It is clearly visible from the plot that he uses his experience in the banking industry to the maximum. Book is divided into various chapters and it helps readers’ to switch on between past and present and the thread in the story doesn’t break.

One fine day, CBI lands up at Deepak’s home and he is taken into custody for his Naxalite connection and the entire nation undergoes a shock and so does the Bank. What happens next? How does Karan and his newspaper team is able to unearth the credit card fraud? Is Deepak actually a Naxalite or does he has such connection? Who is that Basketball coach? How is connected to the plot? Will Karan be able to help Deepak in spite of the fact that Deepak didn’t do any good to him in past? All this and more….finally what happens? Intriguing, isn’t it?

The Incredible Banker is more than a bank fraud, this time the story has a different twist which actually comes as a surprise and may be initially the book appears to be a routine, but I suggest to hold on and to keep reading. It is about work, love, hate, dedication and mean motives and hidden agendas. It may not come across with the freshness we felt in “If God was a Banker”; however, it is worth a read and makes a good time pass and together with the earlier two books makes a good banking triology.