History Literature / KinseyMillhone

* FriendOnTheForce: Jonah, who would also be a CopBoyfriend if he wasn't married to someone else.

* ComicBookTime: Averted, the books still take place in the 80' despite being written in the 2000s.

* ComicBookTime: Averted, the books still take place in the 80's despite being written in the 2000s.

* AlphabeticalThemeNaming: See the list above

* HotChickInABadassSuit: Audrey from ''"V" is for Vengeance'', who dies under suspicious circumstances when she's arrested for shoplifting and then bailed out.

Each book is named for letters of the alphabet, the most recent being ''"U" is for Undertow''. The series began in 1982 and is still being published, though in universe only six years have passed so far. According to the author, the final book will be called ''"Z" is for Zero'' and will take place in 1990.

* "V" Is for Vengeance (November 2011)

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Dante from ''"V" is for Vengeance'' is this by mob standards, even agreeing to take Phillip's car to satisfy his gambling debt in the first chapter and later proving himself AFatherToHisMen. His brother Cappi, though, is a through-and-through nasty piece of work, double-crossing Phillip as soon as they get to the car and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness murdering a seasoned shoplifter who he has reason to believe will tell the police everything]], among other acts of puppy-punting.

* VillainousRescue: That injury Kinsey sustained to the face on her 38th birthday? [[spoiler:That was Dante trying to save her life.]]

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Dante from ''"V" is for Vengeance'' is this by mob standards, even agreeing to take Phillip's car to satisfy his gambling debt in the first chapter and later proving himself AFatherToHisMen. His brother Cappi, though, is a through-and-through nasty piece of work, double-crossing Phillip as soon as they get to the car and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness murders a seasoned shoplifter who he has reason to believe will tell the police everything]], among other acts of puppy-punting.

* VillainousRescue: That injury Kinsey sustained to the face on her 38th birthday? That was Dante trying to save her life.

** [[MadBomber Chris Emms]][[spoiler:/Terry Kohler.]]

* SteelEardrums: Averted. Kinsey is forced to shoot a man in self-defense at the end of the first book, and her ears don't stop ringing for weeks. It's later mentioned that she never gets all her hearing back. The fact that she has hiding in a metal trash can probably didn't help matters

** [[MadBomber Chris Emms.]]

* GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave: Henry, according to Kinsey.

* LongRunners: It's been twenty nine years since the first book was published and the series is still going strong.

!!Tropes:

* SteelEardrums: Averted ''hard''. Kinsey is forced to shoot a man in self-defense at the end of the first book, and her ears don't stop ringing for weeks. It's later mentioned that she never gets all her hearing back. The fact that she has hiding in a metal trash can probably didn't help matters

* CakeEater: Kinsey finds her eighty-year-old landlord quite sexy, and wonders whether the fifty year age difference would be a hindrance to a relationship.

''Kinsey Millhone'' is series of mystery novels sometimes referred to as the 'Alphabet Mysteries'. They follow the titular Kinsey Millhone, a private investigator in the fictional Santa Teresa, California. Each book is named for letters of the alphabet, the most recent being ''"U" is for Undertow''. The series began in 1982 and is still being published, though in universe only six years have passed so far. According to the author, the final book will be called ''"Z" is for Zero'' and will take place in 1990.

* "A" Is for Alibi
* "B" Is for Burglar
* "C" Is for Corpse
* "D" Is for Deadbeat
* "E" Is for Evidence
* "F" Is for Fugitive
* "G" Is for Gumshoe
* "H" Is for Homicide
* "I" Is for Innocent
* "J" Is for Judgment
* "K" Is for Killer
* "L" Is for Lawless
* "M" Is for Malice
* "N" Is for Noose
* "O" Is for Outlaw
* "P" Is for Peril
* "Q" Is for Quarry
* "R" Is for Ricochet
* "S" Is for Silence
* "T" Is for Trespass
* "U" Is for Undertow