Enzo Fiorelli paid for his exploits with a long stretch in jail. Released, he inexplicably walked out of his witness protection program, blowing his cover forever, and returned to Mt Thomas. The Heelers struggle to keep a lid on the community's righteous resentment for the man who caused so many of them so much pain. At first it's only hate mail, and then it's a brick through the windscreen of Enzo's expensive car... but then it's a bullet through one of his tyres. Is it the community? Is it Enzo himself, trying to get the Heelers to give him full-time protection? And why has he returned to Mt Thomas, where there is so much hatred directed towards him. Enzo is intelligent and plausible and the hate mail he is receiving is genuine. He has no trouble persuading Sally Downie to take him on as a client. Tom, who loathes Enzo for the pain he caused the community, finds himself opposed to Sally. But, Sally is a professional solicitor and must take her client's side whatever her personal feelings towards Tom.
Prominent among Enzo's victims is Joe Fantini. Joe was shattered by Enzo's scams. He lost his family market garden and found himself at odds with his own brother, Dave. Joe is embittered and seeking revenge - definitely someone for the Heelers to keep an eye on.
Meanwhile, Mt Thomas' plumbing technician extraordinaire, Charlie Clarke, has seen a UFO. Or he thinks he has. Dash and Maggie soon find the wreckage of a light plane crash in the bush near Charlie's place - mystery solved. Until, that is, Maggie notices that the pilots have been shot. Investigations soon reveal there were two passengers on board, both violent criminals with cop-killing on their records.
When Enzo's daughter Gulia is kidnapped, the Heelers really have their hands full. Is the culprit Joe, the embittered victim? Or the two passengers from the plane? Or is this another one of Enzo's attempts to win police protection for himself? The Heelers discover that Gulia is the beneficiary of a trust fund account. When she turns eighteen years of age she gets access to the money, and she is turning eighteen in two days' time. Reason enough, it seems, for someone like Enzo Fiorelli to risk coming back to Mt Thomas.
But when Sally Downie is abducted, it seems the return of Enzo to Mt Thomas and the arrival of the two men may well be linked. Could the vendetta against Enzo Fiorelli end in the death of Tom's new love?
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