Review: As Long As We Both Shall Live by Joann Chaney

Release date: January 15, 2019

Publisher: Flatiron

Genre: Mystery/Thriller

Blurb:

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…
As Long As We Both Shall Live is JoAnn Chaney’s wicked, masterful examination of a marriage gone very wrong, a marriage with lots of secrets…

“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?

Review:

It’s official, this book is the very first one that I’m adding to my best of 2019 shelf! Yes, I realize that we’re just days into a new year, however this was such an original, engaging read I’m confident about adding it so early!

While I really loved the story itself, (I’m a sucker for a domestic suspense) what really made this one stand out for me was the authors style. There was something darkly humorous about the writing, black comedy at it’s finest that just reeled me in and never let go. Diving into Matt and Marie’s marriage was wickedly fun, they’re a unique couple to say the least and then there’s a heavy police procedural vibe as you also hear from two detectives working the case, Loren and Spengler. It was a nice balance and the whole book flowed really smoothly and just when you get settled in and think you know where things are going, you get knocked on the ass with some twists. I never would’ve worked out the end on my own which I love, highly recommended if you want something that reads fresh.

As Long As We Both Shall Live in three words: Wicked, Addictive and Unpredictable.

Overall rating: 5/5

Thanks to the publisher for my review copy.

14 thoughts on “Review: As Long As We Both Shall Live by Joann Chaney”

Renee (Itsbooktalk) says:

January 9, 2019 at 12:27 pm

Now I’m even more excited fo this one! Best of 2019 already when you’ll read a gazillion books says a lot:)

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novelgossip says:
January 9, 2019 at 2:18 pm

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You know how sometimes there’s just that perfect storm when you’re reading and everything just works absolutely perfect for you?? That was this book for me

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- Renee (Itsbooktalk) says:
  January 11, 2019 at 12:47 pm
  
  I hope I feel the same, psych thrillers are So hard for me sometimes:)
  
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- novelgossip says:
  January 11, 2019 at 7:19 pm
  
  Yeah I know! But the whole police procedural thing was really cool I bet you would like that aspect
  
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