W is for Wasted / Sue Grafton

Kinsey Millhone is permanently stuck in 1988, which is probably about when I read A is for Alibi, the first in Sue Grafton's alphabet detective series.  It's fun to time-travel back to that nostalgic era each time a new installment comes out.  X,Y, Z is all that is left.

Anyway, in W is for Wasted we learn a bit more about Kinsey's distant family ties when a homeless man dies and lists Kinsey as family.  Not only is the family link a surprise, but the fact that this seemingly destitute hobo has left half a million dollars to Kinsey, bypassing his own children.   The book ends with an exciting fight in which Kinsey fends off a crazy doctor with murderous intents with a pair of garden shears.