Boris Meyn

Boris Meyn (* 1961 in Hamburg ) is a German crime writer and historian.

Life

Boris Meyn studied at the University of Hamburg and finished his studies in 1989 with his master's thesis " Paul Seitz - Studies on Public Construction, especially School Construction in Hamburg in the 1950s and 1960s". He was also able to successfully complete his subsequent doctoral studies in the field of art and building history in 1996 with his dissertation “The history of the development of school buildings in Hamburg”.

Boris Meyn is married and has one son. His father is the painter and graphic artist Rolf Meyn .

reception

In addition to the publication of historical crime novels, he has published numerous scientific specialist publications. The author's thrillers are set in the Commissarius-Bischop series in 19th century Hamburg and in the Sonntag, Herbst and Jensen series in Ratzeburg and the surrounding area.

Commissarius-Bischop series

The author's crime novels are set in the 19th century in the Hanseatic city. In the first two books, the investigations are carried out by Commissioner Hendrik Bischop and, starting with the novel “Die Rote Stadt”, also by his son.

In addition to the criminal case, the first work from 2000, “The Dead in the Fleet”, also deals with Hamburg's architectural policy after the Hamburg fire of 1842. The “suspicious machinations” that the author explains also include well-known Hamburg personalities of the time (e.g. Alexis de Chateauneuf , Gottfried Semper and Martin Johann Jenisch ). The case itself is about an unknown man who is murdered and dragged out of the canal. The author believes that his book must be viewed as “walking a tightrope between historical reality and fiction”.

The second book in the series about the Hamburg inspector is devoted to another murder case and the relationship between the inspector and his son, Sören, who was 14 at the time. The expansion of the port in the 1860s is taken up as one of the main themes. Meyn shows which interests collide in such large-scale projects, for example speculators and major shipping companies want to make a profit and have a say in the implementation.

In the third case Sören Bischop comes after graduation returned to Hamburg and as a budding lawyer by the Senate commissioned a series of murders of citizenship deputies investigate. In this novel, personalities such as Johannes Versmann , William Henry O'Swald or a friendship with Adolph Woermann are again incorporated into the events.

Works (selection)

Fiction

• The picture hunters. Detective novel. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-23196-4 .
• The kiss. Novel. Osburg, Hamburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-95510-054-4 .

Commissarius Bischop series :

• The dead in the canal. Novel. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-499-22707-X .
• The iron whale. A historical detective novel. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-499-23195-6 .
• The red city. A historical detective novel. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-499-34407-6 .
• The blue death. A historical detective novel. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2006, ISBN 3-499-23894-2 .
• The shadow fleet. A historical detective novel. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-499-24705-7 .
• Wall of the Dead. A historical detective novel. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-499-25631-8 .
• Elbe Slayer. A historical detective novel. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-499-27160-1 .
• Fememord. Historical detective novel. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-499-29053-4 .
• Storm sign. Historical detective novel. Rowohlt, Hamburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-499-27470-1 .

Series Sunday, autumn and Jensen :

• The wrong death. A case for Sunday, autumn and Jensen. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-499-23893-4 .
• Death in the labyrinth. A case for Sunday, autumn and Jensen. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-499-24351-6 .
• The house of silence. A case for Sunday, autumn and Jensen. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-499-24534-3 .
• Contamination. Detective novel. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-499-25622-6 .

Non-fiction

• The architect and urban planner Paul Seitz. A work monograph. Association for Hamburg History, Hamburg 1996, ISBN 3-923356-73-0 .
• The history of the development of the Hamburg school building (= writings on cultural studies. Volume 18). Kovač, Hamburg 1998, ISBN 3-86064-707-5 (also dissertation, University of Hamburg, 1996).

Web links

• Literature by and about Boris Meyn in the catalog of the German National Library
• Bestselling author Boris Meyn chose Lauenburg as the crime scene. ( Memento from May 11, 2010 in the web archive archive.today ) In: Lübecker Nachrichten . Online, October 2, 2005. (Portrait of crime writer Meyn)
• Old Hamburg is so exciting. In: Hamburger Abendblatt . June 25, 2005. (Double review of the book "Die Rote Stadt" by Meyn and Petra Oelkers "Der Tote im Eiskeller")

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Boris Meyn: The Dead in the Fleet. ( Memento from September 6, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) A historical detective novel. Press release from Rowohlt Verlag.
2. ↑ Boris Meyn: The Iron Whale - What is hidden in the murky water of the Port of Hamburg? ( Memento from September 6, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Press release from Rowohlt Verlag.