Detective Kurtz has just a touch of obsessive compulsive disorder. All the rituals make that clear without saying he has OCD. He reminds me of Detective Monk only he is way higher functioning. If something happened to his sister though I could see that shoving him right over the edge. I don't know if an aid would be enough to help him work again. I also don't know how good a detective he is. the only things he comes up with are things almost anyone would notice. Put him on the trail of a murderer that would be the real test. Sorry about the tangent. THis story wasn't about him being Monk it was about showing not telling a story. It really does a good job of that.

I was shocked about how little he knew about his sister and yet he was absolutely sure he needed to do a welfare check. That was a bit odd for me. I would think he would have at least known what her degrees were in even if he didn't know where she worked... Actually I would expect him to know that too. This is a rare quirky set of siblings and I would love to read more about them.