<b>She's had her hands full sorting out both clues and clutter in the village of Long Farnden. But a mother's work is never done, and Lois Meade is discovering detective work is both dirty and dangerous ... </b><br><br> A wedding is always a happy occasion, even if Lois Meade must remind herself she isn't losing a daughter, but gaining a policeman. Luckily, her new son-in-law is in the Tresham force - and the nephew of her friend and collaborator Inspector Cowgill - so Lois has another link to the law at her disposal. <br><br> But sleuthing suddenly seems a little too close to home when her youngest son invites a mysterious young woman, Akiko, as a guest. Lois isn't the only one who wonders why she refuses to talk about herself or her past. And when a thief waltzes off in the night with the young woman's cello, Lois wastes no time in enlisting the inspector to help find the valuable instrument.<br><br> Before Lois can take note of the whereabouts of the vanishing cello, Akiko goes missing. The discovery that this could be another in a string of murderous musical thefts means Lois must pull out all the stops to find the girl and protect her son - before the music stops permanently ...
