The Russian van Gogh is a thrilling international race against time as Harvard Art History Professor and Forensic Art Detective Riley Spenser, the world's leading expert on the paintings of van Gogh teams up with the British Secret Service to chase down a lost van Gogh.

Riley pairs with a handsome British MI6 Agent, Justin Watson and together they hunt a terrorist who holds the van Gogh painting in Russia. You could consider Riley, the female version of Indiana Jones, super smart and resourceful but also feminine.