De Cock and his team investigate a murder at a gallery, where a man has been found buried outside.
Has been-painter Erik Tromp's corps is found in conceptual artist Borrestein's creation, compromising composts heaps in the garden of Giselle de Hoog's gallery. The team finds the art world ruthlessly competitive, with city official de Jager in a crucial position. Tromp has debts, a wife filing for divorce and illegal drug connections.—KGF Vissers