Brother Kemal (23 page)

Deborah came back with two wine glasses, opened the fridge door and took out a bottle of champagne.

‘Hello? I thought Sunday was our alcohol-free day?’

Deborah smiled mischievously, and her cheeks were glowing, although we hadn’t touched a drop yet. ‘There’s something to celebrate!’

She put the glasses on the table and untwisted the wire round the cork.

‘Sweetheart, you look as if you’d seen Father Christmas, the Easter bunny and a few angels all at once.’

She said nothing, just poured the champagne and raised hers aloft. I raised mine as well and asked, ‘Can you tell me what we’re drinking to?’

Her eyes were bright, and her voice shook slightly. ‘I’m pregnant!’

My mouth dropped open, and then I said, ‘Who’d have thought it!’ Next moment I broke into a grin, and it just slipped off the tip of my tongue: ‘And who’s the father?’

Deborah’s glass crashed into the wall above my head, and splinters of glass and champagne dripped on my head and shoulders. I shook myself before standing up and taking Deborah in my arms. She didn’t return my embrace, but stood as stiff as a piece of wood, put her head back and looked at me fiercely.

‘The father’s my only remaining customer,’ she said at last. ‘Some shitty little Turk.’

‘Little isn’t right,’ I objected. ‘It’s a cliché.’

And then at last she let me kiss her.

KISMET

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As a Turkish immigrant raised by Germans, Kemal Kayankaya is regularly subjected to racism in gritty, working-class Frankfurt, and getting work isn’t easy. So when his friend Rosario asks him to protect his business against some battle-hardened Croation thugs demanding protection money, the down-and-out Kayankaya takes the job.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TURK!

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The police aren’t interested when a Turkish immigrant is murdered in the red light district, but wisecracking detective Kayankaya suspects there’s something bigger going on, and, unfortunately, he’s right.…

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Four eco-terrorists caught vandalizing a chemical plant are also accused of murdering the head of the plant, but witness say there were five men. They hire Kayankaya to help them find the mysterious fifth man.

ONE MAN, ONE MURDER

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When Kayankaya is hired to find a missing young Thai woman, Kayankaya launches a trawl through the immigration offices and brothels of Frankfurt and discovers that lots of young asylum seekers seem to be disappearing into the Frankfurt night.

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One Man, One Murder

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Brother Kemal

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