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.<BR>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?