The Theoretics of Love (New South Books publisher)

Can Dr. Clarissa Circle keep herself off the autopsy table? Fresh out of school, anthropologist Dr. Clarissa Circle finds herself thrust into a mysterious forensic investigation after exposing what was thought to be a Native American burial ground as a mass grave of not-so-recently murdered bodies. Was a cult behind the killings? Were these ritual murders? Hired as a consultant to the local police department, Circle spends half her time dusting bones and the other half knocking boots with homicide detective Willy Cox and an aging hippy who goes by the name Methuselah. A double suicide is discovered, and the plot thickens. Other disturbing events unfold, and questionable characters surface and collide in this kaleidoscopic murder mystery/ love story that is also madcap fun.