Brother Kemal: A Kayankaya Thriller (5) by Jakob Arjouni

Author:Jakob Arjouni [Arjouni, Jakob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Hard-Boiled, Thriller, Crime
ISBN: 9781612192765
Google: Qxu8ngiF8PwC
Amazon: 1612192750
Publisher: Melville House
Published: 2013-09-23T23:00:00+00:00

I was still sitting thoughtfully at my desk when Katja Lipschitz called ten minutes later.

‘Hello, Herr Kayankaya.’

‘Hello, Frau Lipschitz.’

‘I’ve spoken to our publisher. If you’re still prepared to do the job I’d like to hire you as bodyguard for Malik Rashid for three days at the Book Fair.’

‘Yes, I’m ready to do it. Did you tell your publisher my fee? We don’t want problems about it later.’

I didn’t know why, probably it was just a cliché picked up from cheap TV films. But I thought there could be some difficulty in meeting financial obligations in the book trade.

‘It’s all decided. Send me your contract by email.’

‘I’ll do that at once. The advance is a minimum daily fee, a thousand euros plus taxes. As soon as that’s in my account I’ll take a look at Rashid’s hotel. What was its name again?’

‘The Harmonia in Niederrad.’

‘When does Rashid arrive?’

‘At noon on Friday, is that all right for you? Midday Friday until midday on Monday, three days?’

‘That’s okay. Shall I fetch him from the airport or the railway station?’

‘No, my assistant will do that. Rashid, you and I will meet at twelve at the hotel to discuss everything. From then on he’ll be in your care.’

‘Fine. See you at twelve on Friday, then.’

‘I have one request, Herr Kayankaya. It’s possible that journalists will approach you during the Fair. Rashid and his novel will be much discussed, so his bodyguard could be a subject of interest as well. Have you read his book, what you think of it as a Muslim, and so on …’

‘And you’d like me to keep my mouth shut.’

‘Well, what you told me about your attitude towards religion, and your manner in general … don’t misunderstand me, I thought it was very … interesting to talk to you, but … you see, journalists don’t like anything complicated. And a Turkish bodyguard who compares God to hot stones and possibly doesn’t take the man he’s guarding, an internationally famous author who is generally considered to have written a very important and sensational book, well, possibly doesn’t take him entirely seriously – anyway, it wouldn’t be simple to get that across. And then the papers might say: best-selling author mocked by own bodyguard, or something like that.’

‘Don’t worry. I’m not at all interested in getting into the papers.’

‘That’s what I thought. I just wanted to warn you – some journalists can be very pushy.’

‘Thanks.’

‘And something else …’

‘Yes?’

‘In Rashid’s daily schedule you’ll see what events he’s taking part in. One of them is a panel discussion at the House of Literature with Dr. Breitel …’

She paused, giving me time to react, and when I said nothing she went on to explain, ‘One of the editors of the Berliner Nachrichten. The title is “The Ten Plagues …” ’ Another pause for my reaction. ‘It’s out of the Bible, when God sent plagues of heat, locusts, hail and so on into the country … Oh, I don’t remember all of it. Anyway, the discussion will

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