"Two dead bodies changed the course of my life that fall" October 1988 Santa Teresa California narrates PI Kinsey Milhone 38. One is shady PI Pete Wolinsky, shot and robbed. Second is homeless alcoholic Terrence Dace from kidney and liver failure. He rejected children, bequeathed fortune to Kinsey. Pete's gun shows up in Kinsey's car, dropped by Felix, killed after he retrieved friend Dace's stolen stuff.