Susanna in bath

Synopsis:
Hans Achberg is addicted to beauty. As an art collector, he specializes in paintings depicting beautiful women, and as a man he also adores picture-perfect women. When he meets art agent Susan Palmer at the Venice Biennale, he is hooked. But Achberg has problems. First, the living work of art Susan proves rather inaccessible, and second, a blackmailer claims to know about Achberg's untaxed money in Liechtenstein. When two of his friends, also with contacts to Susan and black money in Switzerland, are killed, Achberg has to make a decision: Will art ruin him or help him live?
From the author:
Wolfgang Herles, born in 1950, was editorial director and presenter of the ZDF cultural magazine 'aspekte' for over ten years and now does the book program 'Das blaue Sofa'. He was head of the ZDF studio in Bonn until 1991. Herles made numerous major portrait films, developed, among other things, the program 'Bonn direkt' (now 'Berlin direkt') and hosted various talk shows; he is also the author of numerous political non-fiction books. Most recently, his novel 'Die Dirigentin' was published.