In this psychological thriller, Nina is the first Mrs. Ford. She is extremely wealthy and highly suspicious of her husband, Connor. She is so suspicious that she writes a letter in case she is found dead of an apparent suicide, pointing authorities to her husband and his girlfriend.
Tabby is a small-town girl. She and Connor had met when she was seventeen while she was working on his grandmother’s estate. Much to the chagrin of his grandmother and Tabitha’s grandmother, they had a fling until a stop was put to it.
Years later, Tabitha is a waitress. Who walks into the restaurant she works at? Connor. She has never forgotten him. And apparently, he has never forgotten her either. It doesn’t take long for them to fall into each other’s arms, and she becomes the other woman.
Before long, Nina is dead of an apparent suicide, drowning herself in the pool. Tabitha becomes the new Mrs. Ford and is plunged into a world of massive wealth and luxury. Things happen that cause her to doubt Connor, things that make her think the first Mrs. Ford’s death wasn’t suicide. Things that make her think maybe Connor pushed her into that pool. Her fairy-tale world has become more like a tale of horror. Her dream of being with Connor forever has become a nightmare where she is afraid for her own life.
Some people will do anything for love, anything for money. Some will kill for it. Is Connor deceiving Nina, or is it someone else?
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If you like a book that will keep you on the edge of your seat, you will love this book. NetGalley sent me a copy of this book to review in exchange for an honest review. If you would like to purchase your own copy, I’ve provided an Amazon link below.
Amazon Link: The Wife Who Knew Too Much
Favorite Sentences:
The silence lengthened as we gazed at each other.
You think things can’t get worse, and then they do.
New Words Learned:
deign – to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one’s superiority that is involved
redolent – suggestive; reminiscent (usually followed by of)
About the Author:
Michele Campbell is a graduate of Harvard College and Stanford Law School and a former federal prosecutor in New York City who specialized in international narcotics and gang cases.
A while back, she said goodbye to her big-city legal career and moved with her husband and two children to an idyllic New England college town a lot like Belle River in It’s Always the Husband. Since then, she has spent her time teaching criminal and constitutional law and writing novels.
She has had many close female friends, a few frenemies, and only one husband, who – to the best of her knowledge – has never tried to kill her.
Sounds a bit like the plot of “Rebecca”.
I have read Rebecca many times. It is one awesome book. But The Wife Who Knew too Much didn’t put me in mind of that classic by Daphne du Maurier one bit.