A prospective investor vanishes without a trace.
A key employee is murdered in cold blood.
MyMagicHat, a high-value, supercharged Bengaluru–based e-retailer is about to take an unprecedented gamble that will change the ecommerce market in the country forever. But, suddenly, things start to go awry just as the company unexpectedly runs out of cash. To make matters worse, a massive data theft follows, causing panic among investors.
Is someone trying to kill the company?
When Inspector Dhruvi Kishore is brought in to investigate the incidents, she finds that in the dog-eat-dog world of e-retailing, crime, too, is driven by technology. Hidden in mountains of data and unverified claims lie clues that lead her to unearth a massive fraud – one that justifies anything. Even murder.
RV Raman is the bestselling author of Fraudster and Insider, and was the head of KPMG’s Consulting Practice and the co-head of their Risk Advisory Services. He was also a partner at A.T. Kearney and Arthur Andersen. Over a career spanning three decades and four continents, he has advised several banks, financial institutions, regulators, stock exchanges and corporates on matters of strategy, operations and risk management.
He currently teaches business strategy at IIM Trichy, mentors young entrepreneurs and advises select clients. He lives in Chennai and can
be reached through his website www.rvraman.com. Saboteur is the third novel in his corporate thriller series that explores white-collar crime in India.