Deze serie volgt de onderzoeken van een privédetective van Turkse afkomst, gevestigd in Frankfurt, Duitsland. Elke zaak duikt in de complexiteit van het minderheidsleven binnen Duitsland, waarbij spanning, sociaal commentaar en een persoonlijke zoektocht naar gerechtigheid worden verweven. De verhalen bieden een uniek perspectief op culturele ontmoetingen, vaak met thema's als identiteit, vooroordelen en de zoektocht naar ergens thuishoren.
A 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 was born in Turkey, raised in Germany and now working as a Private Investigator. He has first hand experience of resentment against foreigners and now Hamul's wife, Ilter, has hired Kayankaya to find out who murdered her husband.
Four 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 witnesses, five people participated in the sabotage but where is the fifth man? The defendant's lawyer hires...
To rescue a kidnapped prostitute, Kemal Kayankaya must face some of Germany's most depraved and dangerous criminals. Fortunately, some of them are his friends... 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...
Private investigator Kayankaya, a Turkish immigrant who was raised by Germans in a working-class city, agrees to help his friend who is a restaurant owner and has been threatened by thugs who want money in exchange for protection and soon finds himself in a battle with Croatian nationalists who are set on taking over the rackets in Frankfurt.
"First published in German as Bruder Kemal, c2012, by Diogenes Verlag AG Z'urich"--Title page verso.