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After a few pages of not being sure I wanted to read this book, I was hooked. Great suspenseful story, especially if you like your revenge "served cold."

9 stars out of 10. Very good book.
Once again Isaacs proves a dab hand at rattling skeletons in the closets of Suburbia--here,

murder and adultery are skewered with this author's typically savvy wit. In Long Island's

tony Shore Haven, Rosie Meyers makes an unsettling discovery in her kitchen just after her

25th wedding anniversary bash: the body of her husband, peremptorily dispatched with a

butcher's knife. The 40-something "suburban schoolteacher with a bit of a Brooklyn accent"

fears--accurately, as matters turn out--that she will become the odds-on favorite for prime

suspect, and goes on the lam to prove her innocence. With a heroine who gives new meaning to

the word "feisty" (and a host of other smartly drawn characters), Isaacs shows herself in

top form. Her barbs and witticisms garner laughs largely through a kind of recognition

factor: she makes observations many of us might have thought, but lacked the verbal

virtuosity to express. As if to reinforce the familiarity of her consistently on-target

humor, she drops dead-on references to pop-culture icons--Dirty Harry movies, L. L. Bean

apparel, etc. She has a field day lampooning upper-class mores (in Rosie's land of the

privileged, a housekeeper might commit "some upper-class atrocity, like folding the napkins

for morning coffee into rectangles instead of putting them in rings"), but also weaves into

this thoroughly diverting caper unexpected moments of genuine tenderness and sly social

commentary. A sure candidate for the bestseller lists.

Murder mystery with a very unusual ending. I was unable to stop reading through until the very end. Susan Isaacs is one very talented writer.

As usual, Susan Isaacs writes a terrific novel. She really develops her characters and tells a page-turning story that you don't want to put down. You can feel Rosie's confusion, sense of betrayal, anger and untimately, her need for vindication. You can't help cheering her on as she works to prove she didn't kill her rat of an ex-husband.

An older book that was on my book case. From 1993 & a very good story. Glad I hadn't tossed it out. Real good!

Once again Isaacs proves a dab hand at rattling skeletons in the closets of Suburbia--here, murder and adultery are skewered with this author's typically savvy wit. In Long Island's tony Shore Haven, Rosie Meyers makes an unsettling discovery in her kitchen just after her 25th wedding anniversary bash: the body of her husband, peremptorily dispatched with a butcher's knife. The 40-something "suburban schoolteacher with a bit of a Brooklyn accent" fears--accurately, as matters turn out--that she will become the odds-on favorite for prime suspect, and goes on the lam to prove her innocence. With a heroine who gives new meaning to the word "feisty" (and a host of other smartly drawn characters), Isaacs shows herself in top form. Her barbs and witticisms garner laughs largely through a kind of recognition factor: she makes observations many of us might have thought, but lacked the verbal virtuosity to express. As if to reinforce the familiarity of her consistently on-target humor, she drops dead-on references to pop-culture icons--Dirty Harry movies, L. L. Bean apparel, etc. She has a field day lampooning upper-class mores (in Rosie's land of the privileged, a housekeeper might commit "some upper-class atrocity, like folding the napkins for morning coffee into rectangles instead of putting them in rings"), but also weaves into this thoroughly diverting caper unexpected moments of genuine tenderness and sly social commentary.

The day after her lavish wedding anniversary bash, Rosie Meyers gets a big surprise: her nouveau riche husband, Richie, is leaving her for a sultry, sophisticated, size-six MBA. So, when he's found murdered in their exquisitely appointed kitchen, no one is surprised to find Rosie's prints all over the weapon.

The suburban English teacher is the prime suspect — the police's only suspect. And she knows she'll spend the rest of her life in the prison library unless she can unmask the real killer. Going into Manhattan on the lam, Rosie learns more about Richie than she ever wanted to know. And more about herself than she ever dreamed possible.

This isn't my favorite of Susan Isaacs' books, but I really enjoy her style of writing. (My favorite is Shining Through, but the cover looks a bit worn.) Typical of her style: Rosie's husband Richie is "two years from fifty. His jaw wasn't so much chiseled from granite anymore as sculpted from mashed potatoes." Then, two days after their 25th wedding anniversary, she learns he is leaving her for a younger woman. He is found murdered, and she is the prime suspect.

Hilarious read

Witty writing that is fun, although it can get a little too irksoe when it starts going off on a tangent that has no bearing on the story.

All things considered I enjoyed the book, the writing, and the characters. The plot was simple, and secondary, to the richness the author imbued to the scenery and people living in this book.

Susan Isaacs does a wonderful job in 'After All These Years'.
Shortly after her anniversary celebration, Rosie Meyers finds herself alone after her husband leaves her for a much younger woman. Spending another evening alone, she decides to binge on junk food. But she soon loses her appetite when she finds her soon-to-be-ex-husband dead in the house. And the prime suspect? Rosie. The book followd Rosie around, as she narrates in a want-to-be-private-eye style, trying to find the REAL killer behind her husbands murder. Can she find a way to clear her name and get her life back together? Or is she doomed to a life behind bars? Read the book to find out!

An insightful look at love and marriage and homicide--Long Island style. The plot twists, the characters charm and Rosie carries the day. 2 months on New York times Best Seller List.

I was surprised at how much I liked this. It's a murder mystery, but unlike any I've read before. It's funny, sad, wise, and in the end, I still didn't guess the murderer. I liked it.