Deathly Acquisitions  (Hardcover, Ketaki Karnik)

Ipshita Sabnis, a laid-off investment banker and now reluctant writer of soggy romances, is thrust into the murky world of master assassins, astronomical stock options and rogue management consultancies. A deathly game where she is dispensable and ends justify any means. SURVIVAL. 4 days to Supreme Court judgement on JK Foods, a global giant accused of mixing cocaine into their popular biscuit brand. The demise of JK Foods? REVENGE. Akshay Rathore, scion of an uber-affluent shady arms dealer and one-time victim of JK Foods’ strong-arm tactics. Vengeance is blind to collateral killings. DOMINANCE. Two warring agencies. CCD-20, the Government of India’s ‘no-questions-asked,’ arm. NAIM, the go-to mercenary outfit for decimating governments and mega-corporations. A single point of agreement: everyone is expendable. MONEY. Corrupt stock market manipulators and Rs 15,000 crore in personal networth at stake. LIFE. Ipshita’s one-time intern, Karan Shankar, is her only ally. Dodging bullets and injected with an unknown fatal poison, Ipshita and Karan race to decipher the larger plot. Will they survive the next hour?