- An opera diva is almost sandbagged on stage, but she doesn't want any gendarmes involved, so her manager hires opera-loving Stu to investigate. Posing as her new paramour, Stu flushes her torch-bearing ex-husband and a hot-tempered tenor out of the scenery as suspects. Kookie almost ankles from his square, undercover assignment as a spear-carrier, but a blonde ingénue from the Bronx keeps him on task.—David Stevens
- Stuart is hired by Renaldo, manager to soprano Zina Felice. She received a threatening note, followed by almost being killed on stage by a falling sandbag which was obviously intentional. Renaldo hired Stuart not only because of the risk to Zina but because Zina herself is threatening to quit, reneging on her contract, rather than have any sort of police investigation. The note was a traditional cut and paste job done on Zina's own personal stationery, meaning that someone within the operatic company could be the perpetrator in having easy access to the stationery in Zina's dressing room. While Stuart assigns Roscoe to tail Zina much against her own wishes, Stuart assigns himself, Kookie and Suzanne to undercover roles, he as only the latest of Zina's romantic interests, Kookie with a walk-on role on stage, and Suzanne as Zina's new maid/dresser. As Stuart believes he discovers the reason for Zina's reluctance to cooperate, he and his team also find that many people in the company have motive in the complex backstage web of relationships, from the conductor Jon Barone, to the male lead Paul Descartes, to Zina's understudy Rosa Marcini, to the aging stage manager nicknamed Papa Puccini whose sideline is to add to the collection of head shots plastered all over his office, to Renaldo himself.—Huggo
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