If you’re looking for an engaging thriller for your summer reading, look no further! Michelle Campbell’s newest book begins in a country club setting that is perfect to set the mood for summer flings and forbidden affairs.

Connor and Tabitha first meet during their late teens and immediately have a connection. Connor is the grandson of a wealthy club member, and Tabitha is an employee at the club.
Their involvement is frowned upon by the country club management and their parents. All too suddenly, they must go their separate ways, losing touch with each other.

Years later, Tabitha is waitressing at a local bar when Connor walks in. Again, they instantly connect, but this time the stakes for their romance are much higher than a parent’s disapproval. Connor is now married to a wealthy older woman and an affair could cause him to lose everything. In spite of the risk, they enter into an affair that results in disastrous consequences for them both.

It wasn’t too difficult to figure out who could not be trusted, but there was a sneaky twist involved that put a different spin on the story. I enjoyed it and recommend to readers who love a good thriller.

Many thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for allowing me to read an advance copy and give my honest review.

Synopsis: Nina Levitt is one of the richest women in the world. After the death of her first husband, she inherited his fortune, met and married Connor Ford, and was living the dream. On a trip away from his wife, Connor returns to his hometown in New Hampshire and reconnects with Tabitha, a summer love from his youth. The story opens with a letter Nina writes to be opened in the event of her untimely death. Sometimes, knowing the whole truth can get you killed.

I heard about this book from so many other reviews and was so excited to get to read it! I particularly loved the chapters describing Tabitha and Connors first summer they met, it felt very genuine. I had a really hard time connecting with Connors character, but I guess that was kind of the point. In the end the twist really took me by surprise and I was super happy with the ending. I also love any book that is set in a sunny beach location and the descriptions were done beautifully.

Be sure to pick up this twisty domestic thriller when it comes out on July 18th!📚🛁

This was my first Michele Campbell book and WOW I'm blown away! This book kept me engaged the entire way through, and held so many twists and turns I never really knew what was coming next. In fact, when I finished I thought back to how the book started and I'm so impressed that Campbell was able to weave so many details into this story. I was kept guessing numerous times in this book and page after page continued to shock me. Really loved this one!

This was a fast paced novel of suspense which had me flipping the pages for the next twist. Nina’s diary drew me in and I couldn’t wait to get to the ending.
Many thanks to St. Martin’s Press and to NetGalley for providing me with a galley in exchange for my honest opinion.

Tabitha and Connor fell in love a teenagers. You know the kind of love: the first love, they are young and passionate, it burns too deeply and ends too soon. Alas poor Tabitha never recovered. Imagine her surprise when years later, Connor comes to the diner she works at and fate wants to give them a second chance but….he is married to one of the wealthiest and highly regarded older women in society. An older woman who is so positive that she is going to be murdered by her husband that she kept a diary and in it, she foretold of her death.

But could it be that fate sorted itself out. The wife dies and Connor and Nina can be together again. Don’t want to give away any more than that.

This book is a crazy, to say the least, mysterious, twisty thriller that will keep you reading to the last page.
Would definitely recommend.

Good summer read. The first chapter sets up the situation to be solved in the book: a millionaire, Nina, is dead and a note is discovered suggesting if she's found dead, her husband Conner, is to blame. The story then follows Conner, the husband, and a Tabby, former girlfriend, turned lover and eventual wife, with eventual solving of the mystery. Tabby ends up knowing too much putting her own life at risk.

If we weren't in the middle of a pandemic, this might have been.the Beach Read of the Summer. Still it might be the Summer Read of '20. Fast paced, with twists and turns to keep your interest, Campbell has written one heck of a good story. A page-turner for sure. Great escapism in these turbulent times. Highly recommended.

This was the third book I've read by Michele Campbell, and it didn't disappoint! The book is fast-paced with lots of twists and turns, and was hard to put down. I was able to figure some things out fairly early, but there were still other curve balls I didn't anticipate. I also loved how the title worked for more than one character. Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin's Press, and Michele Campbell for allowing me to read an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

This is the book of the Summer! 5/5 Stars! Michele Campbell has once again blown me away with her writing, unique characters, and never-ending thrill ride with the Wife Who Knew Too Much. This thriller revolves around a young woman named Tabitha and a chance encounter with her first love Connor. After their chance encounter, nothing is as it appears. There is murder and sabotage from the East Coast to Dubai. One would really like to say they know their first love, but do they really? Could Connor be the same boy Tabitha fell in love with 13 years ago? Is Tabitha the same girl Connor fell in love with? Nothing and no one are what they appear in this novel. Michele Campbell has the innate ability to create dynamic characters whose true characters are revealed in layers throughout her novels. Once you think you have everything and everyone figured out, you realize you were wrong. The Wife Who Knew Too Much did not disappoint, but I am disappointed to have to wait another year for Campbell's new novel.
Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the ARC.

First rate edge of your seat thriller! As a huge fan of Michelle Campbell, I was thrilled to get a copy of this book and it did not disappoint. Tabitha and Nina have both been married to the same man at different times, both faced terrible consequences from their marriages. When Tabitha reconnected with Conner after many years she knew she was still in love with him, the only problem was he is married to another woman, a very famous woman. Multi layered story with many twists and turns, just when you think you know what happened you find out you are wrong. Highly recommended. I would give 10 stars if I could.

A page-turner for sure! I was bound to enjoy this story as it compiled all my favourite themes: a woman scorned, high society wealth, and a mystery so twisty I needed a seatbelt. I must admit that I found the characters to all be terrible people, and it’s hard to immerse yourself in a story without anyone to root for, but Michele Campbell was somehow able to do it. The story reminded me a little of The Last Mrs Parrish, so if you were a fan of that one you’ll definitely enjoy this book. A fun read!

This fast-paced thriller will grab you and keep you guessing until you reach the very last page. When waitress Tabitha runs into her first love after years apart, sparks reignite, despite knowing that he is married to a wealthy woman and nothing good can come from reconnecting with her past. Alternating perspectives ratchet up the tension, usher the reader into the glamorous but dark world of the ultra-rich, and follow twists and turns that get progressively wilder as the book goes on. Fans of Mary Kubica and Shari Lapena will also enjoy this novel.

Thank you, NetGalley, for my e-ARC.

Tabitha Girard lives her life on the outside looking in. Raised by her grandparents, she works at the country club serving and cleaning up after the spoiled, rich, and entitled. That is, until she catches the eye of one of them, Connor Ford, who also happens to be her crush. They embark on a clandestine summer fling. As is the case with most whirlwind romances, this one also ends in heartbreak. Life goes on...both making bad life choices. Tabitha with Derek and Connor with Nina.

Years later, they are re-united when a expensive car pulls up to the restaurant where Tabitha works as a waitress. Emerging from within is Connor, older(but still gorgeous), obviously wealthier, but...unhappy. Caught off-guard, Tabitha is wary, but unable to resist him. They (cautiously) start spending time together, catching up and making up for lost time. But, unlike Tabitha, Connor has a lot at stake. And...he's married. It is during one of their times apart that something comes up. Suddenly, Tabitha finds herself in a precarious situation and desperately needs Connor's support.

So, she goes in search of him. And...makes a complicated situation even more so. Better for some, worse for others. Worst for Nina. Nina, herself, alluded to her own death in her diary, pointing a finger at Connor and a woman referred to as "her."

The plot shifts in time. Some chapters are written from the alternating perspectives of Tabitha and Nina, with a couple as entries from Nina's diary. The story started with her recording of July 4th, the day she died. I was hooked. I anticipated a suspenseful whodunnit. But, what I got was a mediocre mystery with a convoluted plot, extraneous characters, and a farfetched climax. This was the third book I've read by Campbell and not her best work.

Tabitha's life hasn't been easy. After some ups and then everything seemed to go wrong, her marriage, her career (thanks to the husband) and then him ending in jail and divorce. She is back to waitressing in her small home town when he man she has always loves walks back into her life. Conner is married to an extremely wealthy women but isn't happy, he has always loved Tabby and wants her back in his life.
From the minute he comes back things start changing.

I was quickly sucked in from the first chapter. I connected to Tabitha being this down to earth girl and finding the love of her life again after all those years. But then it slowed way down for me. Then sped back up for a good drama filled ending. Overall it was fun domestic mystery with murder, love, loads of money and of of course backstabbing.

Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin’s Press for my review copy!

Good story line with good twists. It's definitely hard to figure out who is telling the truth, who is delusional, and who is out to get the money. I liked this book and it was an easy read but it also felt very chick-flicky to me.

Thank you to St. Martin's Press and Netgalley for the gifted copy of The Wife Who Knew Too Much. All opinions are my own.

Tabitha had a difficult childhood and thought her life had turned around at 17 when she met Conner. After a summer together they broke up and left Tabitha scarred. Her life continued to be difficult until the day Conner walked into the diner where she worked. They started back where they had left off but there's a problem.....Conner is married. He's married to Nina, a very wealthy and powerful woman. Shortly after they meet again Nina is found floating in her pool. Who would have a motive to kill her? Can Tabitha trust Conner? This doesn'took good for either Tabitha or Conner.

The story is mainly told from Tabitha's point of view with a few glimpses told from Nina's point of view. They are complete opposites. Nina is wealthy and runs her deceased husband's large company while Tabitha is a struggling waitress.
The only thing they have in common is Conner. This book kept me guessing who did it. I was able to figure out part of it fairly early but there were enough surprises and twists to keep me wanting more.

This is my second book by Michele Campbell and I have enjoyed both. I am looking forward to her next book.

General Fiction (Adult)
Mystery & Thrillers
June 28, 2020

for me it was just a : meh !

I found the characters to be undeveloped and at times boring or plain stupid. The plot of an old romance turned billionaire by mariage, living the high life and coming back to his struggling high school sweet heart could be catchy but ultimately the characters did not carry the story.
I found the author shielding away from researching her international jet set information ( Arabs man do not wear a ‘dress’, Tangiers is not in the UAE, one cannot travel from Paris to Spain to Greece to Tangiers ending in the Emirates …. anyhoo )

The book is an easy, fast, by the pool read. More on the romance side than the mystery side.

It is always a challenge to be offered an early copy in exchange for an unbiased review and not loving the book.
thanks to St. Martin's Press and Michele Campbell for the ARC for my honest opinion.

Thanks to St. Martin’s Press, Michele Campbell, and Netgalley for my gifted copy of The Wife Who Knew Too Much.

This was a very entertaining and captivating domestic thriller. The action developed quickly and always moved swiftly. There was rarely a dull moment in the book. In addition, Connor and Tabitha were both well-developed characters, and I appreciated how some characters from the beginning of the book came back in later. Most of the characters were despicable, awful people, but fun to read about in a thriller.

Once again, if like me, you enjoy a good thriller and/or story revolving around a murder while in quarantine...check this one out. It’ll be released on July 28th.

The Wife Who Knew Too Much by Michele Campbell Reviewed May 6, 2020

This is my fourth [author: Michele Campbell. I really liked both "A Stranger on Beach" and "She was the Quiet One" but didn’t really love "It is Always the Husband".

This story starts out with rich and beautiful Nina Levitt writing in her diary
I’m writing this to raise an alarm in the event of untimely death. This is hard for me to admit
even to myself. For obvious reasons. He’s in love with someone else. And he wants my money” </i>
Nina is found dead in her swimming pool.
So the husband did it. Right? Hmmm since this is revealed right off the bat, I was sure that wasn’t correct!!
Described as Mystery/Romance/Second Chance.
Yikes! the characters were so unlikable ~ and wasn’t a fan of their use of some language, and the romance was just sex. I wasn’t buying that Connor ever loved anyone. I wanted to like sweet, naïve Tabitha.

Hmmm only ¼ into story and I am having second thoughts that this wasn’t going to work for me. However, since I was only 25% into the novel, I was sure it would get better!!!
I am a big mystery fan so was curious.
Yep! Soon got a lot better and the twists began.
Saw that some reviewers were disappointed with the ending but I liked it!!

I really knew Michelle Campbell wouldn’t let me down!

Want to thank NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for this early release granted to me in exchange for an honest professional review. Publishing Release Date scheduled for July 28, 2020

Sometimes you read a thriller and you know what is going to happen before it happens. Then you sometimes you read a thriller that knocks your socks off. You never see what's in front of you. The Wife Who Know To Much was one of those. I was so surprised by the ending. I did not see it coming. I was wrong the whole time.