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Nina, a rich widow, is convinced that Connor, her new young husband, is cheating on her. If she can prove that, he gets nothing under their prenup.
Connor had been unhappy in their marriage and sought out Tabitha, his childhood sweetheart. They start an affair.
As soon as Tabitha started sleeping with Connor, she felt like someone was following her, even trying to run her off the road. She’s jealous of Connor’s wife Nina and shows up in town during Nina’s annual Fourth of July party. She’s stopped on the beach in front of Nina and Connor’s house by the police and Steve, Nina’s head of security. But they let her go.
Before their marriage, Nina found something in Connor’s past that was troubling: he had a college girlfriend who went missing.
Nina ends up dead at the July 4th party. Her death is ruled an accidental drowning.
After Nina’s Death:
Connor wants to wait a year or so to marry Tabitha. But surprise: Tabitha is pregnant. They marry. Nina’s sister contests her will and Connor’s inheritance.
Soon Tabitha is suspicious of everyone: Steve, Nina’s security guy. Juliet, Nina’s former personal assistant, who offers Tabitha a necklace to wear to an event, Mrs. Danvers-style. It’s an iconic Nina piece and the press picks up the story. Connor is furious at her naïveté.
The police arrest Tabitha for Nina’s murder. She proclaims her innocence and cuts a deal with the police and DA to wear a wire and collect evidence for them.
She discovers that Juliet is actually a) the former college girlfriend of Connor’s AND b) the illegtimate daughter of Nina’s first husband and the housekeeper (he raped her).
Tabitha and Connor are kidnapped by Juliet (who killed Nina) and Steve, the security guard. Tabitha manages gets away but can’t find Connor, who was shot in the melee.
Connor is found dead. Juliet and Steve are also dead in the resulting shootout. Tabitha settles the lawsuit with Nina’s sister for $5 million and donates the rest to charity.
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Discussion of The Wife Who Knew Too Much
First off, did The Wife Who Knew Too Much remind anyone else a little bit of Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier? The former dead wife, the personal assistant who urged the naive new wife to wear something with disastrous results? Okay, moving on.
The characters: Did you sympathize with Tabitha? She knew she was cheating with Connor and didn’t care. The pregnancy was a bit of a plot device to tie the two of them together.
Making Juliet the same person as Connor’s missing college girlfriend was a twist I didn’t expect. Making her the daughter of Nina’s first husband (and presumably the heir to everything) was also a surprise.
I think I would have liked Connor as a villain better. Tabitha’s unconditional love for him when he had lied to her about Juliet was a little annoying to me.
The ending of The Wife Who Knew Too Much felt a little artificially sweet to me and it seemed that the book tried to make Tabitha seem like a victim in all this when I don’t think that’s entirely fair. Yes, it was nice that Tabitha set up a charity but I thought she should have kept some of the money for her daughter’s care and education. Connor’s family was pretty awful and I doubt they’d support her. Plus, she’d been arrested and deserved some kind of compensation.
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