electronic resource
English language
Published Jan. 6, 2006 by HarperCollins.
The town psychiatrist has decided to switch everybody in Pine Cove, California, from their normal antidepressants to placebos, so naturally -- well, to be accurate, artificially -- business is booming at the local blues bar. Trouble is, those lonely slide-guitar notes have also attracted a colossal sea beast named Steve with, shall we say, a thing for explosive oil tanker trucks. Suddenly, morose Pine Cove turns libidinous and is hit by a mysterious crime wave, and a beleaguered constable has to fight off his own gonzo appetites to find out what's wrong and what, if anything, to do about it.
This is a decently funny light romp. It's comedic (and more intelligent about it than you'd expect) but it's also basically forgettable afterward. I enjoyed the time I spent reading it and it was well worth the half-price I paid for it at a bookstore's sidewalk sale.
