Rudi Kost

Rudi Kost

Rudi Kost (* 1949 in Stuttgart ) is a German journalist , editor , publisher , author of detective novels and critic.

Life

Rudi Kost graduated from the Johannes-Kepler-Gymnasium in Bad Cannstatt in 1968 and then began a traineeship at the Cannstatter Zeitung , for which he had worked as a freelancer for several years. In 1969 he switched to the central editorial office of the Eßlinger Zeitung as part of a traineeship , where he then worked as an editor and deputy head of politics. From 1975 to 1978 he studied at what was then the Eßlingen University of Education , was then head of the features section at the Eßlinger Zeitung and made a name for himself as a theater , film and literary critic . Together with Peter Kreglinger , he was the presenter of the program Thema Film at what was then Süddeutscher Rundfunk from 1978–1981 .

He has been a freelance journalist, author and editor since 1985. He wrote articles for school radio and (specializing in detective novels) features , reviews , epilogues and biographies .

He worked u. a. for the then Süddeutscher Rundfunk , Schweizer Rundfunk , Saarländischer Rundfunk , Playboy , Capital , Rheinischer Merkur , dpa , Darmstädter Echo , Passauer Neue Presse , FAZ , Deutsche Bühne , Eßlinger Zeitung , Stuttgarter Zeitung .

Rudi Kost is the author of around 50 PC application guides and was co-editor and co-author of the computer book series So geht's! - Solutions for users with 61 titles. As co-founder and head of Koval Verlag , he publishes language and travel guides (including the moon travel guide Travel to the Moon by Tiki Coast Maker ). He himself wrote travel guides a . a. via Las Vegas , New York City and Schwäbisch Hall .

In addition to several short crime stories, he has been writing and publishing a crime series about the Schwäbisch Hall insurance agent and hobby detective Dillinger since 2007, which, in addition to Schwäbisch Hall , preferably takes place in the villages and small towns of Hohenlohe .

The first novel in the series, Die Nadel im Heustaufen (2007), leads to Hohenberg near Wolpertshausen , where Dillinger finds a farmer dead in his barn. Boiling Hot (2009) is dedicated to the cake and fountain festival of the Hall salt boilers, which takes place every year at Whitsun . Leichenacker (2010) takes place in Bühlerzell and the surrounding area and deals with the different views on biogas plants and the contractors who ensure their material supplies.

Fisch oder dies (2012) is a free processing of the actual and unsuccessful attempt of the Völklingen municipal utilities to do business with a marine fish farm , moved to Hohenlohe . Dillinger macht Wind (2014) deals with the disputes and deals around wind power plants and in a subplot with the Leofels Castle Festival . Dillinger hat Schwein (2016) drafts the scenario of a vegan Germany and the resulting conflicts and critically examines the conditions of today's food production. Dillinger Sees Ghosts (2018) is set in the Hohenloher Freilandmuseum Wackershofen .

In his Stuttgart crime novels, the focus is on Commissioner Grock and his team and their professional and private problems. In Grock the first violin playing (2014) is about a murdered former first violinist and a vanished, presumably valuable musical instrument. Drei Vorhang für Grock (2015) plays at the Stuttgart State Theater and is about a controversial star director who is found dead on the stage.

When Grandma Öchsle rings twice (2013) is an entertainment novel, strongly influenced by the Swabian dialect, about a 69-year-old who does not want to be labeled an old woman and thus causes turbulence in her environment. The main character Emma Öchsle has a guest appearance in Dillinger .

Kost lives near Schwäbisch Hall, is married and has four grown children.

Works

Detective novels

• The needle in the haystack. A Hohenlohe crime story. Piper, Munich 2007; New edition Bookmundo Osiander 2019, ISBN 978-9-4638-6416-9 .
• Boiling hot. A Hohenlohe crime thriller. Piper, Munich 2009; New edition Bookmundo Osiander 2019, ISBN 978-9-4634-2352-6 .
• Mortuary field. A case for Dillinger. Piper, Munich 2010; New edition Bookmundo Osiander 2019, ISBN 978-9-4634-2360-1 .
• Fish or die. A case for Dillinger. Piper, Munich 2012; New edition Bookmundo Osiander 2019, ISBN 978-9-4638-6514-2 .
• Dillinger makes wind. A Baden-Württemberg thriller. Silberburg-Verlag , Tübingen and Karlsruhe 2014, ISBN 978-3-8425-1319-8 .
• Dillinger has a pig. Silberburg-Verlag, Tübingen 2016, ISBN 978-3-8425-1459-1 .
• Dillinger sees ghosts. Silberburg-Verlag, Tübingen 2018, ISBN 978-3-8425-2111-7 .

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About crime fiction

• About George Smiley . Poller Verlag, 1985.
• What's wrong with Trimmel? Poller Verlag, 1986.
• Profiles: author portraits. Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg 1986–1992.

Entertainment literature

• When Grandma Oechsle rings twice. Novel. Silberburg-Verlag , Tübingen and Baden-Baden 2013, ISBN 978-3-8425-1273-3 .

travel Guide

• Atlanta. Koval Verlag, Unterfischach 1995.
• Travel in the USA. Koval Verlag, Unterfischach 1996.
• Schwäbisch Hall. Koval Verlag, Unterfischach 1996.
• New York. Koval Verlag, Unterfischach 1997.
• Las Vegas. Koval Verlag, Unterfischach 1998.
• Travel with the Internet. Koval Verlag, Unterfischach 2001.

PC books

• Word compendium. Markt & Technik Verlag, Munich 1990–2000.
• The Schneider PC. Markt & Technik Verlag, Munich 1986.
• dBase Lexicon. Markt & Technik Verlag, Munich 1988–1991.
• Excel training. Markt & Technik Verlag, Munich 1988/1990.
• Search cleverly on the Internet. Tandem Verlag, 1998.
• Top addresses on the Internet. Serges Verlag, Cologne 2000.

As editor

• The modern German detective novel. Ernst Klett Verlag, Stuttgart 1981–1982.
• That's how it's done! Solutions for users. Markt & Technik Verlag, Munich 1990–1997.
• Visual phrasebook. Koval Verlag, Unterfischach 2000.
• Aldi travel guide. 2004-2019.

Web links

• Rudi Kost's website
• Catalog raisonné Rudi Kost
• Literature by and about Rudi Kost in the catalog of the German National Library