Lois Meade is intent on enjoying her daughter's wedding, even though her son turns up with a mysterious young cellist named Akiko Nakamura. Never afraid to get her hands dirty, Lois wastes no time enlisting Inspector Cowgill for help when Akiko's cello, and then Akiko, go missing. Lois discovers to her horror that this could be another in a string of murderous musical thefts. She must race against the clock to find the girl and protect her son, before the music stops permanently.