Jakob Arjouni

Kayankaya

More Beer (Jun-2011)
One Man, One Murder (Jun-2011)

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  And Still Drink More!
  

  • Oct-1994
  • / Mystery
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  One Death to Die
  

  • Apr-1997
  • / Mystery
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  While investigating the disappearance of Sri Dao, a Thai girl smuggled into Frankfurt for the flourishing sex trade, Kemal Kayankaya, the gritty P.I. with an attitude, uncovers an underworld of illegal aliens, corrupt cops, hustlers, and pimps. I...

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  Magic Hoffman
  

  • Jan-2000
  • / General Fiction
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  Idiots
  

  • Jun-2005
  • / Literary
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  Like a postmodern Aesop, Jakob Arjouni wittily punctures pretension and self-deception. These tales are characterized by ironic humor with an underlying note of melancholy.
  
  Among the delightful idiots collected here, the author offers a domine...

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  Kismet
  

  • Jul-2008
  • / Suspense
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  It all began with a favour. Kayankaya and Slibulsky had wanted to help out Romario, the owner of a small Brazilian restaurant, when he is threatened by extortionists. Then suddenly there were two bodies on the floor of Romario's restaurant, their fac...

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  Chez Max
  

  • Mar-2009
  • / Mystery
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  Happy Birthday, Turk!
  

  • Feb-2011
  • / Mystery
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  A Kemal Kayankaya MysteryA Turkish worker - Ahmed Hamul - is stabbed to death in Frankfurt's red-light district - certainly no reason for the local police to work overtime. Kemal Kayankaya, however has a different attitude. He is 26, born in Turkey, ...

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  More Beer
  

  • Jun-2011
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  Kayankaya
  

  A Kemal Kayankaya MysteryFour members of a radical ecological group are accused of the murder of the director of a chemical plant near Frankfurt. While admitting to material damage of the plant they deny any involvement with the murder. According to ...

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  One Man, One Murder
  

  • Jun-2011
  • / Mystery
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  Kayankaya
  

  Winner of the German Crime Fiction Prize A Kemal Kayankaya MysteryA distressed artist comes to Kayankaya for help. His Thai girlfriend has been kidnapped. Kayankaya's raised eyebrow brings protestations of love. He confronts obstructive racist o...

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  Brother Kemal
  

  • Sep-2013
  • / Thriller
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  The return of Kemal Kayankaya, "The ultimate outsider among hard-boiled private eyes" (Marilyn Stasio in The New York Times Book Review)
  
  "A master of crime fiction... The sardonic humor survives intact, the writing is energetic, the plot moves...

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  Happy Birthday Turk
  

  • Sep-2013
  • / Mystery
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  Magic Hoffmann
  

  • Sep-2013
  • / Thriller
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  Fred, Nickel and Annette share a dream, to escape to Canada, away from the crushing boredom of provincial Germany. Canada - where you can live free, rent a house on the lake, go fishing, become a famous photographer....but such dreams cost money...an...

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