- An opera singer tries to make her debut before a stalker can fulfill his promise to kill her.
- In Genoa, rising opera singer Andrea Beaumont wanders in foggy streets, frightened of a voice which scares her, saying she will find out before she dies, and drops a scarf which is picked up. Jessica enjoys Stella Knight's opera rehearsal, but director Drew Granger, also Andrea's ex-fiancé, is impossibly moody and cancels dinner. The police reports Andrea was found panicked in the street, but the doctor finds nothing wrong with her, so he just prescribes rest. Her husband Jonas Cole arranges for extra security. Genoese Inspector Piero Amati suggests it's all merely a theatrical stunt. When Andrea tells Jonas she's returning to work, she gets a call with another death threat. Amati now insists they leave her protection to the police- the NYPD has faxed her stalker there, Albert Garmes, was released five weeks earlier but never missed parole meetings. Jessica witnesses another threat call, in the same voice, now taped. The recording makes Rudolfo 'Rudi' Petrocelli the prime suspect. He, meanwhile, makes a blackmail call. The jealous opera people scheme about contract breeches even more then usual given the extra publicity. During a power cut, a prop dagger is drawn, but the wielder scared off before he can cut Andrea. Jessica and Amati know Garmes disappeared ten days ago, but was not seen in Italy. Petrocelli is shot by his intended blackmail-victim and found by Jonas, who picked up his own gun, but claims to have shot in self-defense, so he's arrested. Drew's contract allows him to leave for New York, as he wanted, because of Petrocelli's death and he announces he will do so. Jessica finds proof the body was dead hours before Jonas entered and the voice analysis did not match Petrocelli after all, The killer is still out, and Andrea gets another call.—KGF Vissers
- In Italy, Jessica Fletcher tries to help a friend, opera diva Andrea Beaumont, who is being stalked and threatened by someone who is apparently out to kill her. A year before in New York City, she had been attacked and traveling to Italy doesn't seem to have shaken her pursuer loose. There is much tension in the opera company where Andrea is to perform. The manager, Rudolfo Petrocelli, is up to no good and the company is in financial difficulty. Andrea's arrival has displaced the company's regular soprano, Stella Knight, who is out for blood as a result. The concert maestro, Drew Granger, is madly in love with the married Andrea whose husband Jonas Cole is appropriately jealous. When Petrocelli is found shot to death, Jonas is arrested for murder and it's up to Jessica to untie a very clever knot.—garykmcd
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