The sudden incineration of a check-in desk at Heathrow Airport’s Terminal Two is officially dismissed by authorities as an "act of God." In a world governed by bureaucracy and insurance clauses, this is a convenient legal loophole designed to avoid liability. However, for holistic detective Dirk Gently, the phrase is less of a metaphor and more of a literal lead. Dirk operates on the fundamental principle of the fundamental interconnectedness of all things, believing that no event—no matter how chaotic or explosive—exists in a vacuum. As he navigates a series of seemingly unrelated occurrences, from a client’s bizarre murder involving a spinning head to an inexplicably filthy refrigerator, Dirk begins to suspect that the deities of old haven't disappeared; they’ve simply fallen on hard tim...

The sudden incineration of a check-in desk at Heathrow Airport’s Terminal Two is officially dismissed by authorities as an "act of God." In a world governed by bureaucracy and insurance clauses, this is a convenient legal loophole designed to avoid liability. However, for holistic detective Dirk Gently, the phrase is less of a metaphor and more of a literal lead. Dirk operates on the fundamental principle of the fundamental interconnectedness of all things, believing that no event—no matter how chaotic or explosive—exists in a vacuum. As he navigates a series of seemingly unrelated occurrences, from a client’s bizarre murder involving a spinning head to an inexplicably filthy refrigerator, Dirk begins to suspect that the deities of old haven't disappeared; they’ve simply fallen on hard tim...