Where neither the police, nor a certified psychiatrist, nor a Cambridge professor can help you, Dirk Gently's detective agency steps in – the leading expert on divorce cases, missing cats, and aliens from other worlds. Who better than him to answer the most complex questions of our time: What do a cat and Coleridge have in common with quantum mechanics and a Chesterfield sofa? Can a deceased person sue for defamation? And does a genius truly reside in the subconscious of each of us, ready to tackle any task – even one that at first glance seems insurmountable?