" Now,” I said, “why don’t you come with me and see what I do? Because obviously you don’t trust me. And I want you to trust me, Leon,” I lied. “It’s important to me that you trust me.” I didn’t care if Leon trusted me. But I did want him to keep paying me. "

― Sara Gran , Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead (Claire DeWitt Mysteries, #1)