William Gadget's last bonus was worth more than his parents' house. His pyjamas are made of pashmina and many Hungarian ducks gave their feathers to fill his plump pillows. He can pontificate t length on the state of the Nikkei when he doesn't know the price of a loaf of bread. By all rights, he should be a happy man. But he's not. He is deeply in trouble. He's forced to flee his flat in the dark of the night after someone threatens to kill him if he doesn't hand over the goods. Which he doesn't have.

It's left to William's eccentric band of friends - Jemal, producer of television's most popular gardening show; accident-prone heiress Min; Dallas, star of Mother Goose!; and self-employed mercenary Mac - to piece together what happened to William Gadget and why. And to get him back...