In The Theoretics of Love, Joe Taylor turns his fierce wit and storytelling talents to love, death, and murder. Fresh out of school, anthropologist Dr. Clarissa Circle finds herself thrust into a forensics investigation after exposing what was thought to be a Native American burial ground as a mass grave of not-so-recently murdered bodies. Circle spends half of her time dusting bones and the other half knocking boots with homicide detective Willy Cox and an aging hippie who goes by the name of Methuselah. The plot thickens as disturbing events unfold and people of questionable character surface and collide in this murder mystery/love story.