A review by nothingforpomegranted
As Husbands Go by Isaacs

lighthearted mysterious sad fast-paced

4.0

I have been loving these cozy mysteries with New York as a strong starts with Susie, who is Morris, and her husband, Jonah, who is successful plastic surgeon. They have three triplets, all boys, and the marvel begins with Susie‘s first person reflection on what went wrong. it is obvious from the beginning that something bad has happened to Jonah; however, I wasn’t expecting him to be murdered, except that I accidentally had the back of the book while I was not quite far enough into it. Susie, sarcastic tone and engaging and lighthearted, despite the heavy subject matter. I am still finding it challenging to read about spouses dying, but nonetheless, I really enjoyed this and I really enjoy Susan Isaac writing. This was in a nostalgic New York 2010, and most of the plot features Susie going around the recommendation of the police department in Long Island and New York in order to solve her husband‘s murder herself.  she never believes that she was the victim of the hooker whose apartment he was found in, and she was reluctant to believe that he, always a devoted husband and father would have gone to a prostitute in the first place. ultimately, she is vindicated, and her research determines that in fact, Jonah did not go to this prostitute for the purposes of sex; rather he was conducting his own internal investigation into one of the partners at his private plastic surgery practice. The ending happened a bit too fast in my opinion and so much suspense, the conclusion was a little bit clean and the nose, and we didn’t actually get to see Susie finalize her discovery. We jumped right to Dr. confession. I also would have liked to see a little bit more closure with Grandma, parents and in-laws, as well as the triplet boys.