Dirk Gently Series by Douglas Adams

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is a ghost-horror-detective-time travel-romantic comedy epic.Dirk Gently is a private detective who isomer interested in telekinesis, quantum mechanics and lunch than fiddling around with fingerprint powder, so his investigations tend to produce startling and unexpected results... moreDirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is a ghost-horror-detective-time travel-romantic comedy epic.Dirk Gently is a private detective who isomer interested in telekinesis, quantum mechanics and lunch than fiddling around with fingerprint powder, so his investigations tend to produce startling and unexpected results. A simple search for a missing cat uncovers a bewildered ghost, a secret time-traveler, and the devastating secret that lies behind the whole human history and threatens to bring it to a premature end.Sadly the cat dies.--front flap less

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... moreWhen 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... less

Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot...step aside. Here to save the day--or at least the universe--is Dirk Gently, holistic super sleuth. Created by Douglas Adams, best-selling author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dirk Gently is a universe-class detective in rare form... moreSherlock Holmes, Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot...step aside. Here to save the day--or at least the universe--is Dirk Gently, holistic super sleuth. Created by Douglas Adams, best-selling author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dirk Gently is a universe-class detective in rare form.Refusing to become bogged down by simple details such as fingerprints and alibis, Dirk Gently takes on the challenges of a world facing total destruction at every turn: the trauma of a truly filthy refrigerator, the secrets of telekinesis, and the attacks of an angry eagle. He comes out holding the key to the meaning of life, but can he make it fit the lock? Find the answer to the meaning of this question in this first ever collection of two bestselling Dirk Gently novels.--front flap less

Douglas Adams changed the face of science fiction with his cosmically comic novel The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and its classic sequels. Sadly for his countless admirers, he hitched his own ride to the great beyond much too soon. Culled posthumously from Adams’s fleet of beloved Macintosh computers, this selection of essays, articles, anecdotes, and stories offers a fascinating and intimate portrait of the multifaceted artist and absurdist wordsmith... moreDouglas Adams changed the face of science fiction with his cosmically comic novel The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and its classic sequels. Sadly for his countless admirers, he hitched his own ride to the great beyond much too soon. Culled posthumously from Adams’s fleet of beloved Macintosh computers, this selection of essays, articles, anecdotes, and stories offers a fascinating and intimate portrait of the multifaceted artist and absurdist wordsmith.Join Adams on an excursion to climb Kilimanjaro…dressed in a rhino costume; peek into the private life of Genghis Khan—warrior and world-class neurotic; root for the harried author’s efforts to get a Hitchhiker movie off the ground in Hollywood; thrill to the further exploits of private eye Dirk Gently and two-headed alien Zaphod Beeblebrox. Though Douglas Adams is gone, he’s left us something very special to remember him by. Without a doubt. less