When a check-in desk at London&;s Heathrow Airport disappears in a ball of orange flame, the event is said to be an act of God. But which god? wonders holistic detective Dirk Gently. And how is this connected to Dirk&;s battle with his cleaning lady over his filthy refrigerator&;or to the murder of his latest client? Or are these events just another stretch of coincidences in the life of the world&;s most off-kilter private investigator?
Douglas Adams, &;one of England&;s top exporters of irreverence&; (Chicago Tribune), continues the implausible adventures of supersleuth Dirk Gently in his quest to solve the mysteries of the universe.