Tricky Business

- Season 1

(2012)

Life for three generations of the Christie family is thrown into disarray when a disastrous get-rich-quick scheme threatens to ruin the family business.

Kate's world is turned upside down when she discovers the full extent of Rick's betrayal. Desperate to save the family business, Kate forms a prickly alliance with rival Matt Sloane.

Rick returns to the business, only to discover Matt has taken his place.

Kate and Matt are unexpectedly thrown together on an out-of-town surveillance job while Rick is forced to face the music regarding his investment.

Kate is drawn into the world of high class male escorts while investigating a credit card fraud. Meanwhile, a missing person case reminds Rick of the risks people take for love, and Emma schemes to reunite her mum with Rick.

Matt and Rick go undercover on a major fraud case to impress Kate. Kate discovers the perks of tracking down a beautician with debts. Chad and Minnie have a showdown in court, with unexpected results.

Matt is hired to locate a lottery winner by a woman determined to claim the prize from her missing husband. Kate's experience as a single mother affects her judgment in a tricky adoption case.

Kate's past returns to haunt her when her daughter Emma goes missing; Matt and Chad go undercover to catch a cheating management consultant; Rick tracks down a key player in the property scam that upended his life.

Kate and Rick arrange a series of sting operations to catch a corrupt builder; Jim's loyalty is tested when he is forced to investigate a mate over an alleged robbery.

Passions run high as Kate and Matt investigate a cheating spouse, Rick exposes an insurance scam involving broken ankles, theft and misguided love, and Jim uncovers a tragic family secret,

Matt is employed to investigate doping in the greyhound racing industry. Rick and Kateput their reputations on the line after they are accused of wrecking a school formal.

Matt's day turns dangerous when he tries to repossess a car from an underworld boss, Kate receives a death threat from an unlikely source, and Rick has a breakthrough in the hunt to reclaim his lost money.

Rick risks everything to repay his debts to Kate and Jim, Matt makes a fateful decision for the sake of Kate's happiness, and Jim and Claire's paths collide when they take separate action to help salvage Lily's university career.