But she soon loses her appetite when she finds her soon-to-be-ex-husband dead in the house. Spending another evening alone, she decides to binge on junk food. Shortly after her anniversary celebration, Rosie Meyers finds herself alone after her husband leaves her for another(much younger) woman. Susan Isaacs does a wonderful job in ''After All These Years''. I struggled through about half the book and then skipped to the end to see the outcome. Susan Isaacs does turn a nice phrase now and then, but the emphasis on wealth, which is mentioned in one way or another on nearly every page, is shallow and boring. Who cares? Could have been written by Dominick Dunne, although he would have done a better job of it. entertaining, and imaginative mystery."īook was as represented and arrived within an appropriate length of time. People magazine: "Isaacs scores again with this relentlessly funny. And more about herself than she ever dreamed possible.Į-book extra: "To the Mystery!," a speech to the Mystery Writers of America by Susan Isaacs.Īnother model marriage ends with a corpse in the kitchen, and a spouse on the run. Going into Manhattan on the lam, Rosie learns more about Richie than she ever wanted to know. And she knows she'll spend the rest of her life in the prison library unless she can unmask the real killer. The suburban English teacher is the prime suspect - the police's only suspect. 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 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.
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