Ph.Dead

Forensic psychologist Dr. Bentley Gamble is murdered, and becomes a ghost. To move on to the next realm, he must solve his own murder. His is but the latest in a series of murders to occur at his dysfunctional college campus, the Elmer Butte (pronounced "byoot") College of the Liberal Arts. Murder isn't even the half of it.

Sexual assault is common on the EBCLA campus, but the fine print of employment contracts makes people frightened to expose the truth. This may have something to do with who gets bumped off. Small wonder everyone calls the college Elmer Butthead. Besides murder, the sex crimes lead to blackmail and various permutations of insanity and mayhem.

The ghost detective gets it all sorted out, but not before he learns to have ghost sex and pulls his fair share of pranks to get even. Ghosthood messes with his DNA, and he finds it harder and harder to act human when instead he can be haunting people and taking possession of their souls.

The novel's dark humor and satire of eggheads are used to make a very real point about the problem of sex crimes on campuses across the nation.