Alexander Rieckhoff
Alexander Rieckhoff (* 1969 in Villingen ) is a German crime novel writer and journalist.
Life
After completing his Abitur and military service, Rieckhoff did an apprenticeship as a banker and then turned to journalism. He was a volunteer and editor at the Schwarzwälder Bote and studied political science and history in Konstanz and Rome. In Rome he worked for ZDF and received a scholarship from the Friedrich Ebert Foundation . He stayed with the Second German Television even after graduation. He has been working as an editor in Mainz since 2002.
Rieckhoff became known as an author through the Black Forest thrillers written together with Stefan Ummenhofer with the unorthodox teacher Hubertus Hummel in the lead role. The thrillers have a lot of local color and, like " Der Bulle von Tölz " or the Allgäu thrillers by Michael Kobr and Volker Klüpfel, rely on a mixture of suspense and slapstick . Rieckhoff himself sees one reason for the success of the crime thrillers in the fact that in times of globalization people are thinking again about what is happening on their doorstep and away from the big cities.
The authors emphasize that a good regional crime thriller cannot take place anywhere, but with the specific topic only or primarily in the respective region.
For example, the themes of the Black Forest crime novels deal with a murder in the famous “ Black Forest Railway ” (in: Silent Night) or within a sect residing in the Black Forest that is reminiscent of the “ Fiat Lux ” community and its mouthpiece “ Uriella ” (in: Honigsüßer Death). "Honigsüßer Tod" was published in October 2009 by Piper Verlag . After the duo had successfully published several Hummel cases at Romäus Verlag, Piper secured the services of the authors.
Trivia
Rieckhoff played soccer at FC 08 Villingen in his youth . For some time he has occasionally been used as a stadium announcer at games of the club's major league team. Together with his co-author Stefan Ummenhofer, he wrote a book on the occasion of the club's 100th anniversary (A life in black and white. 100 years of FC 08 Villingen).
Books
General
- 2003: The steam locomotive clinic: living and working in the Offenburg repair shop. (Schwarzwald Verlag) ISBN 3-922663-77-X
- 2008: A life in black and white. 100 years FC 08 Villingen (together with Michael Eich and Alexander Rieckhoff) (Romäus) ISBN 978-3-9809278-7-1
- 2008: murders on the doorstep. The most puzzling criminal cases in South Baden (together with Stefan Ummenhofer and Ralf Döbele) (Romäus) ISBN 978-3-9809278-8-8
Black Forest crime novels (together with Stefan Ummenhofer)
- 2000: Ice Age: Hummel's First Fall (Mory's) ISBN 3-9802492-1-2
- 2003: Silent Night: Hummel's second case (Romäus) ISBN 3-9809278-0-6
- 2004: Dawn: Hummel's third case (Romäus) ISBN 3-9809278-2-2
- 2005: Fooling around: Hummel's fourth case (Romäus) ISBN 3-9809278-3-0
- 2006: Black Forest puzzle: Hummel's fifth case (Romäus) ISBN 978-3-9809278-4-0
- 2007: Ring manhunt: Hummel's sixth case (Romäus) ISBN 978-3-9809278-6-4
- 2009: Honey Sweet Death: A Black Forest Crime (Piper) ISBN 978-3-492-25435-9
- 2010: Toadstool: A Case for Hubertus Hummel (Piper) ISBN 978-3-492-25940-8
- 2011: Penalty: A case for Hubertus Hummel (Piper) ISBN 978-349-227192-9
- 2011: Vertigo: A case for Hubertus Hummel (Piper) ISBN 978-349-227288-9
- 2013: Black Forest Beach: A Case for Hubertus Hummel (Piper) ISBN 978-3-492-30419-1
- 2015: Black Forest Smoke: A Case for Hubertus Hummel (Piper) ISBN 978-3-492-30794-9
- 2019: Dead costume: A Black Forest thriller (Bastei Lübbe) ISBN 978-3-431-04131-6
Individual evidence
- ↑ Focus Online : Regional crime stories - crime scene neighborhood. dated March 10, 2008
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rieckhoff, Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German crime writer and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Villingen |