Essington Holt, intrepid art collector, nouveau millionaire, is intrigued when an old friend from his outback days suggests a meeting in Paris. Robert Carbentus' claim to own a Van Gogh had always fascinated Essington and he was in the mood to know more. But when Robert fails to turn up for the meeting, detained, indefinitely, by a terrorist bomb, Essington is sparked into action, and steps straight into danger.....