As Long as We Both Shall Live by JoAnn Chaney

As Long as We Both Shall Live by JoAnn Chaney | Published January 15th 2019 by Flatiron Books |  324 Pages | Goodreads

✅ REVIEW

This is a crazy and entertaining read.

I didn’t know where this novel was going me when I started reading, but the ride took me all around and left me spinning. Matt and Marie have been married for over 20 years and to celebrate their upcoming anniversary they go on a hiking trip where Marie accidentally falls off a cliff, or so says Matt.

Matt becomes a suspect and his chances of being cleared by the police are diminished when the detectives find out his first wife died under murky circumstances.

I enjoyed the story but found it convoluted at some points. My favorite character was Loren, one of the detectives who is good at his job but also great at cracking jokes. The novel is narrated from different points of view including Matt and the detectives working the case.

Overall, I liked the novel and recommend it to readers of mysteries and thrillers.

ARC provided by Publisher via Netgalley

✅ PUBLISHER’S DESCRIPTION

“What happens when you’re really, truly done making your marriage work? You can’t be married to someone without sometimes wanting to bash them over the head…

“My wife! I think she’s dead!” Matt frantically tells park rangers that he and his wife, Marie, were hiking when she fell off a cliff into the raging river below. They start a search, but they aren’t hopeful: no one could have survived that fall. It was a tragic accident.

But Matt’s first wife also died in suspicious circumstances. And when the police pull a body out of the river, they have a lot more questions for Matt.

Detectives Loren and Spengler want to know if Matt is a grieving, twice-unlucky husband or a cold-blooded murderer. They dig into the couple’s lives to see what they can unearth. And they find that love’s got teeth, it’s got claws, and once it hitches you to a person, it’s tough to rip yourself free.

So what happens when you’re done making it work?”

✅ BOOK SOURCE AND FORMAT

Arc, eBook