Wow! A can't put down page turner! My first read by this author and won't be my last. A story of a second chance at love full of secrets, lies, betrayal, and twists and turns. Suspenseful and edgy it kept me glued to the pages.

Tabitha can't believe it when her ex boyfriend is seated in her section at the restaurant she works at. It has been years since she has seen him, but it hasn't been years since she has thought about that summer she spent with him. Now, he's married to a millionaire and living the life of the wealthy while nothing really has changed for her. Until he tells her he never stopped loving her and wants to be with her... the only problem is the prenup, which he promises to take care of. Tabitha lies in wait for Connor to get back in touch with her, not knowing what it happening in his life, until Connor's millionaire wife is found dead. The police rule it a suicide and Connor and Tabitha are now free to be together, but if it sounds too good to be true, it usually is.

I am usually one to fall asleep early, especially when I'm reading. The day I started this book, I couldn't put it down, and I read it well into the night. The morning after I finished it, my husband commented that I must have liked the book since I stayed up later than him 😂 and I did really like the book! I was invested in the characters, the story line, and the back-and-forth chapters. It caught me immediately from page one. This would have absolutely been a five-star read for me if it hadn't been for the ending. When discussing this book with a friend, she said she went from reading a good thriller to an action movie, and that is the perfect way to describe this book. The plot didn't need the end drama; it would have been perfectly good tying up a few things maybe five chapters early 🤷🏻‍♀️ Even though I didn't love the ending, I still think this was an enjoyable thriller that kept me guessing. Throw this one in your beach bag and get lost in Tabitha's world for the day.

Fun thriller to read. What really happened to Nina? That is the question you will ask yourself throughout the whole book. You will also be wondering who is bad and who is good. It was an interesting read to get to the bottom of what happened. I was feeling exactly like Tabitha during the book going back and forth on who to trust and who not too. This book keeps you guessing.


*I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley and am voluntarily giving my honest opinion*

The Wife Who Knew Too Much was a quick read that’ll leave you wondering right to the very end. For a lot of the book, I didn’t like the main character Tabitha... mostly because I felt her to be too naive and trusting a man who so obviously was only after power and money in life.

The story begins with a diary entrance by the wealthy Nina who’d married into wealth only to become a young widow after her husband’s death. One night she meets Connor a very much younger man with whom she immediately falls for despite a friend’s counsel against it. In her diary entrance, she fearfully writes how if she were to be murdered the fault would lie on her husband’s hands & in her death she demanded justice be brought to all those who had conspired against her.

After this we flashback to when Tabitha and Connor had first met as teenagers, falling quickly into love only to fall quickly out of it once Connor’s grandmother forbade their relationship. Fast forward back to the present, Connor and Tabitha meet again, that spark between them igniting once again.

Everything changes when Nina, Connor’s wife is found face down in a swimming pool and the coroner labeling it as suicide despite suspicious facts surrounding it all.

Now pregnant, Tabitha is thrust into this world of sharks that is the one percenters and in it she must come to the realization that all is not as it seems with Connor and Nina in no way committed suicide. It’s a dog eat dog world with the rich, and if Tabitha doesn’t figure out what truly happened to Nina.. she may just end up face down in a pool as well.

Another summer winner from Michele Campbell! I have loved all of her books and I think she just gets better and better. This was a one sitting read full of suspense, twists, and a fantastic plot. I highly recommend this one and any book by Campbell!

Thank you to NetGalley and St.Martin's Press for the ARC.

The Wife Who Knew Too Much is a story full of secrets and lies. Tabitha is surprised when her ex-boyfriend Connor walks into the restaurant where she works years after their devastating breakup. He’s married to wealthy and well-known Nina Levitt but very unhappy. Tabitha and Connor quietly rekindle their relationship and following a 4th of July party, Nina is found dead.

Tabitha and Connor are free to be together but an investigation into Nina’s death, initially believed to be a suicide, adds tension to their relationship. As Tabitha attempts to adjust to her new life and answer mounting questions, she discovers a note from Nina, adding to her concerns. Does Tabitha even know Connor? Is there anyone she can trust?

I wasn’t buying Tabitha and Connor’s romance — It was rushed and she didn’t think twice about anything. I felt like Tabitha was still the 17 year old girl she was when they first met, not a woman now in her 30s. I know it’s a fictional story, I’m just growing weary of weak and naive female leads. The ending was ok but felt anticlimatic after all the buildup and the reveal.

Despite my apathy toward Tabitha and other aspects of the story, I had to know where this was headed! The Wife Who Knew Too Much is a quick and entertaining read, ideal for this time of the year, especially poolside or at the beach.

(2.5 stars rounded down)

<u>The Wife Who Knew Too Much</u> is very much like a suspense/thriller lite. With obvious plot clues peppered throughout the first few chapters, I was able to pretty much predict the entire twist only about a third of the way in. <spoiler>The only thing I wasn't able to predict (or was never truly convinced of) was Connor's innocence. But, conveniently, he's killed off. So not to worry!</spoiler> The novel's conclusion seemed promising, but then it just went way off the rails too suddenly and ended like a daytime soap opera.

This started with an interesting and original enough premise, but as it progressed, it devolved into the typical over the top and unbelievably far-fetched thriller/suspense novel that everyone seems to be eating up these days. And while yes, I recently gave 4 stars to something akin to this type of thriller (<u>The Guest List</u>), it's because it kept me interested, as well as entertained and guessing, and provided me with enough characters to care about. I tend to prefer thriller/suspense novels with a little more substance.

Nina Levitt thinks she is going to die.

Nina didn’t have much when she married Edward Levitt, one of the wealthiest men in Manhattan. He was a cheating bastard, but Nina stayed. And when he died, she got everything. She got the house, she got the wealth, and she got the board seat at his company. She was beautiful and stylish and rich. She could have had any man she wanted. She wanted Connor Ford.

Nina wasn’t stupid. She had him checked out by a private detective. And she got an airtight prenup. And she got married again, to a man decades younger but who she dearly loved. And now she thinks he’s trying to kill her.

Tabitha Girard had known Connor when they were teenagers. They spent the summer at the same country club. Tabitha was working, fetching sodas and towels by the pool. Connor was there because his grandmother was a member. Despite knowing how crazy it was, Tabitha sneaked out of the house to see him almost every night. It was a love like she’d never known and didn’t think she would ever find again. And she didn’t. Divorced, an arrest record, serving drinks at a dive bar, Tabitha was just trying to get by. Then Connor was seated at a table in her section, and her heart was soaring all over again.

He said he loved her and wanted her back, but his marriage to Nina gave him some loose ends he needed to tie up. And then Nina died, and Connor came back for Tabitha. But is that make for a fairy tale ending, or has Tabitha just stumbled into a nightmare marriage with a man who’s already killed one wife?

Master of suspense Michele Campbell is back with The Wife Who Knew Too Much. This twisted tale of secrets and lies, misinformation and manipulation will keep you turning those pages until you know for sure who did what. As you get closer to the end, you think you know who did it, and then it all changes, and you figure out who really did it. And then it all changes again.

I really enjoyed The Wife Who Knew Too Much, much like some of her previous books. Campbell always provides strong characters, a solid story, and enough thrills to take you away from all your daily cares. As a beach read or a sofa read or a bathtub read, The Wife Who Knew Too Much is an entertaining nail-biter that you’ll want to add to your TBR shelf!

Egalleys for The Wife Who Knew Too Much were provided by St. Martin’s Press through NetGalley, with many thanks.

I’m not going to summarize this, the blurb tells you plenty. I am having a hard time putting into words, but I just didn’t care for this one that much. The writing was just ok and I didn’t really care for most of the characters. 2.5 rounded to a 3.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an arc in exchange for an honest review.

The Wife Who Knew Too Much is a fast paced thriller that delves into the rich life in New York and how far people will go to get their hands on a taste of fortune. Love, loss, betrayal all comes together to a boiling point, who killed Nina and who stands to benefit the most from her death?! I was on the edge of my seat trying to figure out who did what and how it was all connected. Very well put together story that has you on edge and questioning everyone throughout!

4.5 out of 5 stars

I would like to thank Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for allowing to read an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

I believe this is my first Michele Campbell novel and I didn't know what to expect but it turned out to be a really good, fun and twisty thriller. I will admit that at first I did not like Tabitha but that was before we really got to know her. She ended up being a very interesting character. I always enjoy watching characters navigate the wealthy and powerful world after living in the "outside" their whole lives. Each character tends to have their own way of trying to fit in.

The mystery was well written and I really cared about Nina and felt for her in a lot of ways. The setting was pretty awesome and this held my interest very well. I won't say much more because the twists are fun and I don't want to risk spoiling this you all! Would I recommend this to a friend? Well, duh! Of course I would! Pick this up today!!!

Tabitha falls for the rich kid as a teenager and never really gets over him. He renters her life years married to an enormously wealthy woman and she can't resist him. He proclaims his undying love for her and they begin an affair. Then his wife suddenly dies. The story was highly unbelievable to me - mainly in the relationships. Tabby is needy, naive, gullible and lovestruck - unfortunately not endearing qualities. I'd hoped for a surprising twist but didn't get one.

I, like many of the other readers, was pulled into this novel by the way it started. Michele Campbell gets your attention right away when Nina pens a letter stating if something happens to her (ie., if she dies), then it will have been her husband and "her" that did it. Intrigued, right? Absolutely.

As the story progresses, I find that I'm not really attached to any of the characters. They all seem to lack a moral compass. A lot of decisions seem to revolve around who does and doesn't have money and how can they get money. I understand that happens, but it made it very difficult for me to connect with anyone in this story. I know that could just be me. That said, I did like the twists and turns that the story takes. It did leave me guessing somewhat until the end. That is definitely a talent because my goal is always to figure out what's going on as fast as I can. I figured a few things out....but definitely not everything.

Overall, I found this to be a fun read and look forward to seeing what Ms. Campbell comes up with next.

Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin's Press and Ms. Campbell for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I wanted to love this book. I tried. I stuck with it through the whole thing when I wanted to DNF. I four starred the author’s last book, A Stranger on the Beach, so I had high hopes for this one. It starts out promising, too. It’s Nina’s diary and she writes that if she is found dead it is her husband, Connor, that killed her. Juicy, right?

The story begins with alternating chapters between Nina, the wife, and Tabitha, the hookup/fling/girlfriend? I appreciated seeing the flashbacks on how both of these women came to know Connor.

But, the story soon took a turn for me. It has a way over the top plot with unlikable and frustrating characters. There was so much going on! I felt like I was reading a soap opera! The twist (if you can call it that) wasn’t very exciting either.

There are many four and five star reviews for this, so, if this interests you, I urge you to still read it. It just wasn’t for me.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for an electronic advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

This was my first time reading Michele Campbell thanks to St. Martin's Press. I have to say I was hooked from the beginning. The way it starts you are immediately trying to figure out what is going on. I am definitely going to be seeing what other books Ms. Campbell has written because I want to read more. This is a quick exciting read. It's the best for the crazy times we are in. I definitely recommend grabbing this one.

The Wife Who Knew Too Much is a thrillingly fast read set in the world of the extremely rich. Tabitha is cinderella, moving from nearly broke waitress to more money than she could ever spend. But is it worth it and, more importantly, is it safe?

Recommended for fans of domestic suspense and mystery.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC. The opinions in this review are honest and my own.

The Wife Who Knew Too Much is not my first experience with Michele Campbell. It's also not the first book by her that I've been disappointed with. If I recall correctly, I had a problem with both predictability and believability. Well, the predictability isn't so much a problem here, so there's that. However, believability is just nonexistent. Add to that the irritating and unlikable characters, including a woman who seems to throw her good sense right out the window, and this one lost me. I will add that unlikable characters on their own aren't necessarily a no-go for me, especially in the thriller genre, but combined with everything else, it became a no-go. I did finish, but it reached a point where it was harder to pick up than it was to put down, and once it went so far out there, there was just no coming back.

Michele Campbell has nailed this genre! In a saturated market of eh thrillers, Michele's book stands out among them all as to how to write a great thriller story. Complex, intriguing characters, incredible settings brought to life, and a plotline you swear you can figure out- but are totally wrong...bravo to Michele for her fast-paced/can't put down latest! Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

A little sordid tale of infidelity, money, and murder.

It's been 13 years since Tabitha Girard had met the gorgeous Connor Ford at the country club where she worked as a pool girl and he was one of the rich kids who happened to be there visiting his grandmother for the summer. A romance grew until it was discovered and forbidden. She'd never forgotten him and now, suddenly, there he was -- sitting at a table on the terrace at the second-rate sports bar where she now waited tables. It was meant to be, them coming back together and all those feelings reignited. One problem, however -- Connor happens to be married to Nina Levitt, a woman who is 20 years older than him but incredibly wealthy. But, they can't help themselves. He's going to get a divorce, he says, and seems to be taking a really long time about it. But then Nina ends up dead and finally Tabitha's fairy tale dream is about to come true. Unfortunately, everything is not quite as wonderful as expected and suddenly Tabitha is under suspicion. NO SPOILERS.

It was OK but honestly, this is the kind of story that I really try to avoid and somehow end up reading due to being duped by the synopsis or by other reviews. I need to stop requesting domestic dramas masquerading as suspense thrillers with unlikable characters and thoroughly predictable outcomes. I anticipated the twists from the start and can I say, again, that I really detested all of the characters in this book, especially Tabitha. I mean, honestly, how did anyone believe that this was all going to turn out OK given their decisions, behavior, and the situation. The ending left me scoffing and shaking my head. I was totally disappointed because I had liked this author's previous book. I see that this fit the bill for others and I just have to be more careful in the future.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the e-book ARC to read and review.

I was a huge fan of A Stranger on the Beach, so I was super excited for Michele Campbell’s newest novel and I was not disappointed! From the very first page, I was pulled in and found it difficult to put down. This is a fast-paced, easy read that is perfect for summer beach or poolside reading.

I enjoyed reading both Nina and Tabitha’s story and found myself wondering how far both myself and others around me would go for both love or money. This is also one of those books that reminds us that we’re always a few decisions and circumstances away from our lives becoming unrecognizable.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book.