Murder by the Numbers — Richard Hicks

Set against the backdrop of San Diego, Murder By The NumbersThe Righteous ONE, is a murder mystery that explores the world of the Enneagram, a personality typing system that is now being taught and used around the world by psychologists, therapists, counselors, teachers, religious leaders, writers, business executives, and a growing number of individuals, as a way of understanding human motivation and personality characteristics.

When a prominent psychologist and Enneagram author is found dead, the apparent victim of a mercy killing, San Diegos Portuguese-American chief-of-police, Eddie DeSilva, pairs up with Pauline Grahama psychologist who uses the Enneagram personality typing system in her practiceto help prove the innocence of the victims daughter. Having just lost his wife of thirty years and been forced to retire following an officer-involved shooting, DeSilva quickly locks horns with the new chief-of-police for meddling in police affairs as he tries to solve the murder and, with Paulines help, comes to understand how the Enneagram can help explain some unhealthy choicesincluding his own.