The Infinite Blacktop: A Novel

"This is the third in a series of noirishly existential mysteries featuring Claire DeWitt (introduced with panache in Claire DeWitt And The City Of The Dead, but it’s not absolutely necessary to read them in order), a brilliant private eye with a complicated backstory and a conveniently flexible moral compass. Here, we meet her at three points in her life as she attempts to solve three mysteries, one in the present and two from various points in her past. Sara Gran subverts all the tropes of mystery novels to ask readers to ponder the one question that Claire’s always trying to find the answer to: What is the purpose of life? These are mysteries like you’ve never read before."