Max and Miranda investigate a dog murder and threats made against a top winemaker
Miranda Blake: [Carmen's] very different to me. And so is Margalida Byass for that matter.
Max Winter: You're not unattractive.
Miranda Blake: I mean, I could never, ever work for my dad, but thanks.
A dog is shot at one of the island’s top vineyards. Max and Miranda go to investigate and find that threatening letters and later covert footage are being sent to the winery owners. A family of rival winemakers falls under suspicion.
Tropes
- Finally Found the Body: The bodies of two teenagers who supposedly ran away together in 1990 are found.
- Hidden Depths: Max reveals he is a wine snob and that he has read Sherlock Holmes novels.
- Let Off by the Detective: Miranda lets Margalida Byass escape after talking her down from killing herself in front of a train.
- Revisiting the Cold Case: Max realises that a teenage couple who supposedly ran away in 1990 may actually be buried on the winery estate.
- Tampering with Food and Drink: One of the winery's best vats of white wine is tainted by a disgruntled former employee.
