"With Sadie's assistance, the town library is gearing up for an annual Thanksgiving exhibit on the area's rich Native American history. After years of being asked, an old Silver Peak family has finally agreed to display a family heirloom: an unusual stringed instrument of native origin. Spike Harris has been practicing on it so he can play it at the exhibit's closing, but the irreplaceable instrument goes missing, then is found -- apparently vandalized and damaged beyond repair. Just as Sadie thinks she's figured out who was behind the damage, the instrument goes missing again right when Spike's concert is to begin."--Page 4 of cover.