Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Douglas Adams

Feb 2013 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

From Douglas Adams, the legendary author of one of the most beloved science fiction novels of all time, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, comes a wildly inventive novel of ghosts, time travel, and one detective’s mission to save humanity from extinction.

DIRK GENTLY’S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY
We solve the whole crime
We find the whole person
Phone today for the whole solution to your problem
(Missing cats and messy divorces a specialty)

Douglas Adams, the “master of wacky words and even wackier tales” (Entertainment Weekly) once again boggles the mind with a completely unbelievable story of ghosts, time travel, eccentric computer geniuses, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the end of the world, and—of course—missing cats.

Ratings and reviews

I do have to say I'm not as big of a fan of this as I was Hitchhiker's Guide but it was definitely a good adventure for sure. I really want to see the electric monk put into the TV show! He's amazing.

I don't do much reading of books, but this was well done. It keeps you guessing all over the place, and unlike most stories that start to become obvious. This one does not. There are a multitude of reasons why, but you'll just have to discover them for yourself when you read it.

I always scarfed up Douglas Adams' books, and this was no different. Fun, thought provoking, and intriguing, it was a joy to read it again.

About the author

Douglas Adams, a legend of imaginative fiction, ushered in the advent of comedic science fiction with The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. The book developed into a hugely successful series of five novels. The Dirk Gently series—Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul—helped cement Adams as one of the most successful and beloved authors in science fiction.