Luck. You never really miss it 'till it's gone. Just ask Trigg Harvey - someone has taken his. Now, after losing his job, his flat, his friends and his trousers, he'd like it back.

Armed with just a name and misplaced sense of British bravado, Trigg begins his desperate hunt amongst the sun, silicon and neon of Australia's Gold Coast.

It's a pursuit that hurls him beyond the tourist brochures and headlong into the path of elderly amphetamine dealers, cursed Fijian figurines, tanned women and deadly Japanese Mafia.

Despite the odds, Trigg's efforts are finally rewarded when he finds himself within feet of his salvation. Unfortunately, five of Japan's most powerful men stand in his way. Trigg has to draw on everything he's learned about himself and life, not to mention the help of some new friends, to get him through. And not even kidnapping, murder, jail or golf will stand in his way.

From the Gold Coast's illegal casinos to its beaches and luxury mansions, Never Admit to Beige is a laugh-out-loud book that may leave you wondering if losing your luck could be the luckiest thing to ever happen to you.