Yeah, they made a hit show a couple years ago (I didn't watch it, nor read the books, just saying). Chris Liss was speculating maybe there has been some covert advancements in physics, in contrast to the apparent stalling out of the field with aimless things like String Theory (his words, not mine), and these murders are some type of attempted cover up. It's out there, but I can't deny it's got a little appeal to me.