Fine Arts

A gruesome murder set in the world of the arts: in this delectably malicious thriller, horror lies in wait behind a facade of innocence.

Bittersweet and evil, an obsessive love lurks, waiting for the moment of deliverance. But the past won’t allow itself to be dismissed so easily. The director of a museum is found dead, naked, his head tilted forward, the body dumped in Joseph Beuys’ sculpture Fat Chair. On the surface the evidence seems crystal clear. But before long the yawning chasms of the human psyche make themselves apparent… Evelyn Grill creates a scenario charged with suspense, in which life itself orchestrates all the moves and crime is concealed where it is least suspected.

Evelyn Grill, born near Steyr in Upper Austria, has been living and working as a freelance author in Germany since 1986; she is currently residing in the pretty university town of Freiburg. She has received a range of prizes and grants, most recently the German Academy’s Rome bursary at the Villa Massimo and the Otto-Stössl-Preis, both in 2006. Her work has been published since 1980, including the novels »Into the Ear« (2002), »Winter Quarters« (2004), »Vanitas Or Hofstatter’s Desires« (nominated for the German Book Prize 2005), and »The Collector« (2006). Her books have been translated into English, Hungarian and Polish.