The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove (Pine Cove Series, 2) by Christopher Moore by Moore, Christopher

Available from Nook & Cranny Books when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

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