Publisher Description

What happens when you're really, truly done making your marriage work?As Long As We Both Shall Live is JoAnn Chaney's wicked, masterful examination of a marriage gone very wrong . . .'My wife! I think she's dead!' Matt frantically tells park rangers, as he explains 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's a tragic accident.But when police discover Matt's first wife also died in suspicious circumstances, they have a lot more questions for him.Is Matt a grieving husband, or a cold-blooded killer? Detectives Loren and Spengler 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?PRAISE FOR AS LONG AS WE BOTH SHALL LIVE"Chaney grabs readers with her opening line: 'If you try to kill your wife without a plan, you will fail.'... Marriage laid bare, with a riveting account of evasion and pursuit--and a zinger of a coda." Booklist, starred review"Chaney alternates past and present, creating an unbearably urgent narrative, and she has a shockingly firm grasp on the barbs and ennui of long-term marriage. A perfectly paced, shock-studded chiller from an author to watch." Kirkus Reviews, starred review

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If you try to kill your wife without a plan, you will fail. There are plenty of assholes who do just that, men who decide to murder their significant other on the spur of the moment because they're angry or drunk or jealous . . . and they get caught. They always get caught . . .

Author Biography

JoAnn Chaney is a graduate of UC Riverside's Palm Desert MFA program. She lives in Colorado with her family. Her debut novel, What You Don't Know, was longlisted for the Crime Writers' Association's New Blood Dagger Award and was one of BookRiot's Best Mysteries of the Year. As Long As We Both Shall Live is her second novel.

Review

Unputdownable . . . This novel is anything but predictable. The female characters are forces of nature, and the plot twists are deliciously demented, a la Gone Girl and Big Little Lies * People *
Deliciously dark plot twists come out of nowhere in this thriller about a marriage gone sour * Good Housekeeping *
A wicked page-turner, dripping in dark humor, and a hell of a ride you won't realize you are on until it's too late to get off . . . If you're a fan of thrillers get thee this book now without knowing anything about it—trust me! * Book Riot *
A nuanced and thoughtful writer . . . with echoes of Gone Girl * New York Times *

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Grieving husband? Or cold-blooded killer? JoAnn Chaney examines the dark side of marriage in this startling thriller.

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This outstanding dark debut . . . is breathtaking from first page to the last

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Grieving husband? Or cold-blooded killer? JoAnn Chaney examines the dark side of marriage in this startling thriller.

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