The Searcher

by Tana French

like you should do more with it than just breathe it; bite off a big mouthful, maybe, or rub handfuls of it over your face.

Because he’s in the habit of someone bringing in ideas. If there’s no woman in it, he doesn’t know what to have for the dinner, or what to watch on the telly. And with no woman in it, you won’t know what colors to paint the chambers in that mansion over there.”