Jan Zweyer

Jan Zweyer (real name Rüdiger Richartz; born December 12, 1953 in Frankfurt)Cholfirst-Krimi: Mord nicht ausgeschlossen (Cholfirst criminal story: Murder not excluded   is a German writer.

 Career 
First he studied architecture and finished it with an exam. Then he studied social sciences and got an exam in it, too. and worked as a clerk for science. After that he worked as a  journalist who is only paid when he can sell his stories. He has been working for an international industrial company for some years and only writes in his free time. Zweyer writes detective stories which deal in the Ruhr Area and are very popular in Northrhine-Westphalia because he describes it very naturalistically.

 Novels 
1998 Glück auf. Glück ab 
1999 Alte Genossen 
 1999 Siebte Sohle, Querschlag West 
 1999 Tödliches Abseits 
2000 Georgs Geheimnis 
2001 Tatort Töwerland 
2002 Glänzender Tod 
2004 Verkauftes Sterben 
2005 Als der Himmel verschwand 
2007 Franzosenliebchen Grafit Verlag   
2009 Goldfasan Grafit Verlag,  
2011 Persilschein, Grafit Verlag,  

 Short stories 
2002 Nur wir allein
2002 Das Skelett von Königsborn
2004 Mit Walther in Aldekerk
2004 Margarethe

Other websites

Official Homepage
German detective story lexicon

 References 

Category:Writers from Frankfurt
Category:1953 births
Category:Living people