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6 Episodes 2009 - 2009
Episode 1
Carla attends the funeral of Jack Kavel, an old friend's husband. At the wake, his widow Georgina asks her to find out who killed her husband. When Carla tells her friend that murder is way too heavy for her, Georgina backs off, but little do they know that five days earlier, Carla was almost a witness to Jack's abduction. In the course of investigating an accident insurance scam for a client, Fleur, Carla tracks down Brad a DJ at a private club - the same club Jack was kidnapped from. Carla is convinced that Brad is scamming her client but when she takes Fleur back to the club to confront him, she soon discovers that her client has a secret of her own and the gun Fleur's carrying in her bag is meant as revenge against her runaway husband Brad who has recently confessed he was gay. As if that's not enough, Carla's connections to Jack Kavel's death arouse the suspicions of the annoyingly sexy Detective Luke Gandolfi. Add a crazy gunman with Carla in his sights, an uncle with a secret, and a soon to be married best friend who needs Carla to cover up for her infidelities, Carla soon realises that family issues are indeed a dangerous business.
Episode 2
Carla's investigation of missing money at the local soccer club is touched by the shadow of Jack Kavel, the dead man recently found dumped in the nets. To make matters worse, her old lover Matt coaches the local team and wherever she turns, there he is. As she tries to connect the money and the body, she discovers that the best player at the club has a load of new stuff he couldn't possibly afford - looks like she's got her man, but is there more to the story? Using her local knowledge and a solid dose of intuition, Carla finds the thief - but in the most unlikely place. Meanwhile she gets a lead on her shooter and goes after him. Face to face with the man who tried to kill her, Carla begins to regret her impetuous behaviour - luckily the venue is too public for the criminal to do her any harm. Carla manages to escape and after calling Gandolfi she hides in waiting for him to arrive and make the arrest. But Gandolfi is too late someone has already got to the would-be killer and shot him dead before they can find out who wants Carla dead and why.
Episode 3
Carla is hired by a society princess to find out who stole her precious jewels. Sounds like a nice, simple, fun job for a change, especially when she seems surrounded by death in the rest of her life. All she has to do is attend parties, look great and indulge in a bit of gossip. Right? Wrong. Carla discovers that in the pursuit of a rich man to love neither wives nor mistresses come out unscathed. Meanwhile her investigations focus on Matt's girlfriend Amanda, a lawyer with something to prove, a large criminal client list and Carla's best chance at discovering who ordered the hit on her. But Amanda's a tougher nut than that and Carla is left with nothing. To her dismay Angela invites Gandolfi over for family dinner. When he manages to face her family's inquisition with good grace and humour, Carla's prepared to cut him some slack - he might be all right after all. How is she to know that her ex is waiting on her doorstep, or that when she kisses Matt, Gandolfi will be sitting in his car watching them?

Episode 4
Hotdog sales and standover men go hand in hand in nightclub land. But when Carla attempts to help out a client suffering at the hands of some heavy competition, she also finds out that the cops don't mind the occasional hotdog, along with their share of standover money. With a dirty cop on her radar, Carla comes up with evidence of an arson attack, but when she tries to investigate, it simply results in her client being badly bashed. But it's not just the cops with sauce on their fingers - Carla's best friend Lisa is finally caught with the wrong man in her bed a week out from her wedding and Gandolfi arrests Matt for the killing of Carla's shooter - Carla's professional life collides head on with her love life.
Episode 5
Who would have thought a six year old's birthday party could cause so much grief? When Carla arrives and discovers her niece sobbing into her fairy floss, she decides to find out why her best friend Gigi won't come to the little girl's party. What she discovers are serious brawls over property development, violence as a negotiation tool and her own uncle's involvement in underworld business. Gandolfi tries to get Matt to talk but Matt has shut down - he's already said too much and knows he's in too deep for Gandolfi to help him. Using a clue from Matt, Carla finally discovers who ordered the hit on both her and Jack, but in doing so becomes the sole witness to a third crime which puts her life in even more danger. Worse, the man who's trying to kill her is her best friend's father, Joe Testro.
Episode 6
Lisa's wedding is back on - just. But celebrations get off to a shaky start when Gandolfi raids Joe Testro's house on the morning of the ceremony. As Carla attempts to perform her duties as head bridesmaid, she must also protect herself from Joe Testro, Don of the local underworld, who is hell bent on wiping Carla from the face of the earth. Before the day is done Leo will woo Angela with a romantic song, Lisa will privately betray and publicly embarrass her father, Gandolfi and Matt will finally come to blows, Teresa will meet Tony's lover Brad and Carla will finally find the final piece of evidence she needs to connect Joe to the death of Kate Andrews. Unluckily for her, Joe has one more trick up his sleeve and Carla must fight to the death before she's finally free from his murderous intents.