Twelve year old Nelson longs to play the violin, but there’s no way his parents can afford to buy him oneSo
when Nelson peers into a builder’s skip he can hardly believe his eyes!
There, half-hidden by splintered floorboards, lies a violin case!
Nelson drags it from the skip and once back home he opens the case.
Inside lies a beautiful violin! Fearing his parents would insist that he
returned the violin Nelson keeps it hidden in the cellar.
But
Nelson has been seen taking the violin. From then on he is pursued
relentlessly by a gang of scary men, determined to catch him.
Nelson
tells his best friend Ben how scared he is and now they are both
trapped in a nightmare world. Who are these ruthless criminals? And why
will they stop at nothing to get their hands on this violin?
Now, shut away in darkness in a strange house miles from home, Nelson and Ben are in serious danger...