Inspector DeKok and his partner Vledder are ordered to protect the eccentric Manfred Nettelhorst's art treasures, exhibited during a special showing in Amsterdam. But before the exhibition has
come to a close, the two detectives are called away to a nearby apartment building to investigate the murder of a man handcuffed to a radiator, shot execution style. That same night, an
exquisite silver ewer is stolen from the exhibition.
Following the crime trail, DeKok stumbles across an invisible line between beauty and unblemished beauty, relating to the collection of both objects and people. Death seems to be a curse that
follows around the unblemished beauty of one Therese de la Fontaine. But is it a curse or the malevolent desires of the person who wants to keep her as a collector's item?
