Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead (Claire DeWitt Mysteries #1)

by Sara Gran

“You know what it says in the Bible,” Leon said with resignation. “Look out for thine uncle as you would thineself. Or whatever.” “I don’t think that’s in the Bible,” I said. “But it’s a nice thought.”

Satisfaction will be rare. Uncertainty will be your natural state. Sureness will always elude you. The detective will always circle around what he wants, never seeing it whole. “We do not go on despite this. We go on because of it.”

“There will never be any shortage of floods,” I told him, reaching over to take his cold, rough hand. “There will always be people who need to be rescued. And there will never, ever be enough people to save them all.”