 Symphony conductor Alex Benedict is a musical genius, but he has a problem, which comes in the form of a beautiful, young, gifted classical pianist named Jenifer Welles. The two have been having an affair, and Jenifer has grown tired of secrecy. She gives her lover an ultimatum: divorce his wife or suffer public exposure. Since Alex s mother-in-law controls the symphony, he can t afford either option. He murders Jenifer, staging a suicide. But Lieutenant Columbo isn t convinced, finding more and more evidence that the musician s death was murder. But can he prove that Alex Benedict was involved, especially when an unexpected second suspect is thrown his way...?