A case of death threats against a professional footballer turns into a murder enquiry
Max Winter: I play a bit. Had that classic teenage dilemma: professional footballer or policeman.
Real Mallorca's star player is about to sign with a team in Germany, which the fans are not happy about; one of them has been sending death threats in an attempt to make him stay on the island. Before Max and Miranda can catch the culprit, the young star's best friend is found stabbed to death. An upsetting secret is behind the murder.
Tropes
- Career-Ending Injury: The murder victim says his football career never got anywhere because he injured his knee when he was 14.
- Competition Freak: Miranda beats Max again, this time at a penalty shootout.
- Fantasy Sequence: Max pictures himself as Germany’s top footballer and as a pundit cheering himself on.
- Stalker Shrine: The stalker has a wall covered in pictures of her crush.
- Stalker with a Crush: The star footballer has a fan with a serious obsession.
- Talking Down the Suicidal: Max, Miranda and the young football star talk the killer down from throwing themselves off the top of a football stand.
