Recommended reading - Con Kabir

Con Kabir by Vinod Gairola was among the best selected crime mystery thrillers at Paris salon du livre held earlier this year in March.

‌The book is a mix of global politics and conspiracy theories with a unique twist of cons. Yes you read it right, cons. The story telling of this book, is unique in its way. The way story builds up keeping part of it reserved for the last builds the curiosity to finish it fast.

In brief....
A messiah will be born to fight evil that will find and destroy the rich, greedy and vain. He will gain your confidence long enough to get his hands on your money and make you believe he is an old friend that you have not seen in years. A rampant con game is being registered in the country, targeting mainly NRIs (Non resident Indians). They have been conned by different con men either by a tourist guide, a real estate agent. The scams range from street cons, business cons, internet cons and some home improvement cons. The twist in this con game happens when ACP Malik the investigating officer, gets prior strong evidence about the next planned robbery of that con man. However, he realises that all the clues seem to be coming just to him. Is this because of his hard work or has he been tricked into some con game?
 

The plot rebuilds when the identity of the con man reveals as the secret service officer of the Indian government and all of his cons were found to save the life of a terrorist. Who was this terrorist?

The story plot is about two friends, protagonist Kabir who is from India and Ali who is from Pakistan. Both spent their childhood days in Australia. After completing his higher secondary education from Australia, Kabir went to Europe for his further studies. After 10 years Kabir is a secret service agent of Indian Government and Ali is an international most wanted terrorist. Now the book is about why and how Kabir will save his friend who is terrorist now.

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