The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)

by Robert Galbraith

One last moment of madness, the space between heartbeats,

But they had already tried, again and again and again, and always, when the first crashing wave of mutual longing subsided, the ugly wreck of the past lay revealed again, its shadow lying darkly over everything they tried to rebuild.

“A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt as dangerous.”