"DIRK GENTLY'S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY
BY DOUGLAS ADAMS IS THE SKATEBOARD ON WHICH THE THINKING PERSON PLAYS HOOKY FROM THE UNIVERSE..."
- Philadelphia Inquirer

There is a long tradition of Great Detectives, and Dirk Gently does not belong to it.  But his search for a missing cat uncovers a ghost, a time-traveller, AND...  the devastating secret of humankind!

DETECTIVE GENTLY'S BILL FOR SAVING HUMAN RACE FROM EXTINCTION:  NO CHARGE

Bestselling author Douglas Adams revs up his wit to warp-speed in his latest ghost/horror/detective/time-travel/romantic comedy epic, teetering once again "on the fringe of inspired lunacy!"
- United Press International

"ANYONE WHO RELISHES A HILARIOUS AND IRREVERENT BIT OF LUNACY WILL GREET WITH DELIGHT THIS NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY."
- San Diego Union

OVER 8 MILLION DOUGLAS ADAMS BOOKS IN PRINT

DELIGHTFULLY WEIRD... THERE ARE PASSAGES THAT ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO READ WITHOUT LAUGHING LOUD AND LONG..."
- The Boston Sunday Herald

When a passenger check-in desk at London's Heathrow Airport disappears in a ball of orange flame, the explosion is deemed an act of God.  But which god, wonders holistic detective Dirk Gently?  What god would be hanging around Heathrow trying to catch the 3:37 to Oslo?

And what has this to do with Dirk's latest - and late - client, found only this morning with his head revolving atop the hit record "Hot Potato"?

Amid the hostile attentions of a stray eagle and the trauma of a very dirty refrigerator, super-sleuth Dirk Gently will once again solve the mysteries of the universe...

"FUNNIER THAN PSYCHO, MORE CHILLING THAN JEEVES TAKES CHARGE AND SHORTER THAN WAR AND PEACE....  THE LONG DARK TEA-TIME OF THE SOUL IS ANOTHER SEMIPRECIOUS GEM IN ADAMS' GLITTERING DIADEM OF HUMOR."
- The Birmingham News

"CLEVER AND FUNNY... MR. ADAMS CREATES A UNIVERSE OF URGENT TRIFLES THAT ADD UP TO AN ASTRONOMICAL FARCE...."
- The New York Times Books Review