The Alternative Detective A Novel Author:Robert Sheckley The first adventure of Hob Draconian, the Alternative Detective. Hob started the Alternative Detective Agency in order to avoid regular hours. It's a career move typical of Hob: He first moved to the Mediterranean resort island of Ibiza as a hippie during the Summer of Love, & has spent most of the last 3 decades hanging out there, taking life e... more »asy. But looming destitution has chased Hob back to the U.S., where the culture shock & his ex-wife are making him miserable. Then Hob gets a call: Five custom sailboards have gone missing back on Ibiza. Not his usual sort of case -- but he's happy to return to Europe, & is soon in the middle of something serious: real criminals with real guns that tend to end up pointed in Hob's direction. A mystery with a comic heart.« less