''Music Tells All'' by E. R. Punshon (d. 1956), public domain. The story begins during a post-WWII housing shortage. Detective-Inspector Bobby Owen and his wife, Olive, think they have found the perfect country home. However, the idyllic setting is quickly disrupted by their strange neighbors, Miss Bellamy, a woman with a somber personality who plays tempestuous, hypnotic music on her grand piano at all hours, and Mr. Fielding, A frantic neighbor whose manic cheerfulness makes everyone nervous.
The unsettling piano music sets a dark tone over the village. Soon after, a high-speed chase, a jewel theft, and the murder of a stranger drag Bobby into a complex local investigation. Bobby teams up with his frequent collaborator, the melancholy Superintendent Bell, to solve the puzzle.
