Hahaha! Man, I think I need to reread Hitchhikers. Somewhere in the depths of my jumbled reading memories, this reference is there, floating like so much flotsam Adams' books create. I personally love Derk Gently a little more than Hitchhikers. Shh. . . don't tell anyone. It's probably an unpopular opinion. I'm really looking forward to checking The Mysterious Death of Jim Smith, but I have to admit to being a bit freaked out. I have a phobia of sharks and every time I see your cover, I jump. Is it based of the real story of the shark in an aquarium barking up a human arm?