An opera singer is killed at a performance Max and Miranda are attending
Max Winter: Look, despite all the attitude, Miranda's shy. Lonely, even. Sometimes she needs a little push.
Carmen Lorenzo: Are all men born stupid or is it just you?
Max Winter: I can see no good way to answer that question.
Max, Miranda, Inés and Carmen are at an opera performance in some caves. After the show, the male star is found dead, stabbed in the back. Initially it seems like everybody loved him and nobody had any motive to want him dead, apart from a sacked drummer with an alibi for the time of the murder. A suicide victim is linked to the case as she is revealed to have worked at the opera house. Later, a casual comment by Carmen helps Miranda see the truth, leading to an unexpected series of on-stage confessions.
Tropes
- Artistic Licence – Gun Safety: Max places his gun on a table in easy reach of a murder suspect.
- By-the-Book Cop: Inés calls Miranda 'the woman who loves procedure'.
- "Eureka!" Moment: an unrelated comment by Carmen makes her see the victim in a new light, meaning the case is no longer at a dead end.
- Everybody Did It: Variation here with 'Everybody confessed'.
- Hidden Depths: Max reveals a love of opera.
- I Am Spartacus: 27 women confess to the murder in turn.
- Identification by Dental Records: Roberto identifies a second body this way.
- Let Off by the Detective: Inés quietly files the case away.
- No Social Skills: To Max's horror, Miranda insensitively tells a grieving widow that she is the likeliest suspect, according to data.
