Kismet
The Kayankaya Series: Book #4
- By: Jakob Arjouni
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 7 hours 25 minutes
Description
Introducing Kemal Kayankaya, a wise-cracking private detective in Frankfurt—or, as Kayankaya calls it, “the ugliest town in Germany.” As a Turkish immigrant raised by Germans, he’s regularly subjected to racism in the gritty, working class town, and getting work isn’t easy. So when his immigrant friend Rosario asks Kayankaya to protect him against some thugs demanding protection money from his restaurant, the down-and-out Kayankaya takes the job—except these are no ordinary thugs. They turn out to be battle-hardened Croatian nationalists looking to take over the rackets in Frankfurt, and they do not take kindly to Kayankaya’s interference with their plans. What ensues is a brilliant novel about organized crime, immigration, the fallout from the Balkan wars, and the madness of nationalism from one of Europe’s finest crime writers.
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The Kayankaya Series Series

Happy Birthday, Turk!
By: Jakob Arjouni & Anselm Hollo
Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
Length: 4 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
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More Beer
By: Jakob Arjouni & Anselm Hollo
Narrated by: Steven Crossley
Length: 4 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
Wisecracking PI Kemal Kayankayacares more about sausage and beer than politics, but when he is hired to defendfour eco-terrorists charged with murdering the owner of a chemical plant, hefinds himself stuck in the middle of Germany’s culture wars. It doesn’t takelong for Kayankaya to realize that the whole situation stinks and that both theLeft... Read more »
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One Man, One Murder
By: Jakob Arjouni
Narrated by: Steven Crossley
Length: 5 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
Love is never easy—especially when your girlfriend is an illegal Thai prostitute who has been kidnapped (again) by a gang of sex traffickers. Fortunately for the hapless fiancé, wisecracking gumshoe Kemal Kayankaya is on the case. The son of a Turkish garbage collector, he knows a thing or two about living in the ethnic fringes of the ugliest... Read more »
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Kismet
By: Jakob Arjouni
Narrated by: Steven Crossley
Length: 7 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
Introducing Kemal Kayankaya, a wise-cracking private detective in Frankfurt—or, as Kayankaya calls it, “the ugliest town in Germany.” As a Turkish immigrant raised by Germans, he’s regularly subjected to racism in the gritty, working class town, and getting work isn’t easy. So when his immigrant friend Rosario asks Kayankaya to protect him... Read more »
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