Bitter Chianti
Fiction, Thriller / Crime
Hamburg-based photographer Frank Gatow is delighted when he receives an assignment to work on a guidebook on the wines of Tuscany. His preparations are going smoothly, but just before his departure a vintner and his son disappear without trace. Another winery has its power and water supplies cut and a third goes up in flames. As if that wasn’t enough, Gatow discovers that the wine samples have been tampered with. At first he simply observes these mystifying events, but when the vintner and his son still fail to turn up, he falls under suspicion himself. A private investigator attaches himself to Gatow’s heels – but then two female vintners unexpectedly come to his aid...
After training as a management assistant in advertising, Paul Grote studied sociology and political science in Hamburg. He spent 15 years living in South America, from were he reported for the press and radio on wine and cookery.
Hamburg-based photographer Frank Gatow is delighted when he receives an assignment to work on a guidebook on the wines of Tuscany. His preparations are going smoothly, but just before his departure a vintner and his son disappear without trace. Another winery has its power and water supplies cut and a third goes up in flames. As if that wasn’t enough, Gatow discovers that the wine samples have been tampered with. At first he simply observes these mystifying events, but when the vintner and his son still fail to turn up, he falls under suspicion himself. A private investigator attaches himself to Gatow’s heels – but then two female vintners unexpectedly come to his aid...