Description for Brother Kemal
Paperback.
Fifth mystery featuring Kemal Kayankaya
Valerie de Chavannes, a financier's daughter, summons private investigator Kemal Kayankaya to her villa in Frankfurt's diplomatic quarter and commissions him to find her missing sixteen-year-old daughter Marieke. She is alleged to be with an older man who is posing as an artist. To Kayankaya, it seems like a simple case: an upper class girl with a thirst for adventure. Then another case turns up: The Maier Publishing House believes it needs to protect author Malik Rashid from attacks by religious fanatics at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Rashid has written a novel about, amongst other ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
No Exit Press
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781842439654
SKU
V9781842439654
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Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
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About Jakob Arjouni
Jakob Arjouni is the author of the celebrated Kayankaya novels featuring a Turkish detective in Frankfurt. Titles include Happy Birthday Turk, More Beer, One Man One Murder and Kismet. Magic Hoffmann, a standalone novel was shortlisted for the IMPAC Award. His last novel, Brother Kemal, was published by No Exit Press in August 2013.
Reviews for Brother Kemal
The whole series should be on any crime connoisseur's bookshelf
Telegraph
The sardonic humor survives intact, the writing is energetic, the plot moves right along
New York Times
A superb swansong
Andrew Taylor
Spectator
The Kayankaya novels are a classic suite of 'outsider noir' tales and I certainly recommend BROTHER KEMAL to all ... Read more
Telegraph
The sardonic humor survives intact, the writing is energetic, the plot moves right along
New York Times
A superb swansong
Andrew Taylor
Spectator
The Kayankaya novels are a classic suite of 'outsider noir' tales and I certainly recommend BROTHER KEMAL to all ... Read more