Amateur flutist and English teacher Sallie Dunbar needs to get away.
Not only is her life in a rut, the events of a frustrating school day have also pushed her to the limits.
She impulsively drains her meager savings to spend Thanksgiving week at a music convention in 1980s London.
Anticipating a relaxing trip filled with sightseeing and perhaps a romantic fling, Sallie unwittingly becomes a killer's target.
A fabulous jeweled flute reputed to possess healing powers has gone missing.
And someone.