The Infinite Blacktop (Claire DeWitt Mysteries, #3)

by Sara Gran

I didn’t want a steady job and I didn’t want a steady life and I didn’t want to love anyone.

“If life gave you answers outright,” Silette wrote, “they would be meaningless. Each detective must take her clues and solve her mysteries for herself. No one can solve your mystery for you; a book cannot tell you the way.”

No one ever welcomes the truth. No one ever congratulates you for pointing it out and you will not be thanked.