A Very Important Teapot: Bk1 of the Dawson and Lucy Thrillers

Dawson's pursuing the lovely Rachel Whyte. But Rachel's engaged to Pat Bootle. Then Dawson's best friend sends him to Australia to "await further instructions". Why are secret agents from three countries and the Aussie underworld chasing him? Why has Pat Bootle turned up in Australia? Who is the beautiful but mysterious Lucy Smith? What's the teapot's secret? And how do guns actually work?