Ruben Brandt, a famous psychotherapist, is forced to steal 13 paintings from the world’s renowned museums and private collections to prevent his suffering from terriblenightmares he has as a result of subliminal messaging he received as a child. Accompanied by his four patients, he and his band of thieves strike regularly and with greatsuccess: the Louvre, Tate, Uffizi, Hermitage, MoMA... ‘The Collector’ quickly becomes the most wanted criminal in the world. Gangsters and headhunters chase him around theworld while the reward for his capture keeps rising, approaching a hundred million dollars. A cartel of insurance companies entrusts Mike Kowalski, a private detective andleading expert on art theft, to solve the ‘Collector Case’.