Jan Zweyer (real name Rüdiger Richartz; born December 12, 1953 in Frankfurt) 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,