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It's Always the Husband, A Novel, by Michele Campbell

It’s Always the Husband

By Michele Campbell

Published by St. Martin’s Press
Now in mass market paperback!

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In college, Kate, Aubrey and Jenny are inseparable. Twenty years later, their friendship takes a deadly turn . . .

Three young women who could not be more different meet as college roommates and become fast friends.  Wealthy, privileged, blonde and gorgeous, Kate Eastman seems like she has it all.  But her Park Avenue upbringing conceals a tragic loneliness and a wild side powerful enough to drag down everyone around her. Aubrey Miller comes from a poor family and can’t believe her luck when she winds up at prestigious Carlisle College rooming with Kate and Jenny. Aubrey would follow Kate anywhere — to parties, to nightclubs, even to her death.  Jenny Vega — bright, pretty, ambitious — is the practical one, the striver, who’d rather study and get ahead than party. She adores her roommates, and she knows they’re bad for her. Will she save them from themselves, and each other, or will she become another victim of the chaos that follows in their wake?

A terrible tragedy at the end of freshman year leaves these three young women with a dangerous secret. Twenty years later, older but perhaps no wiser, they return to the scene of the crime. When one of them winds up dead, it could be suicide, or it could be murder. If it was murder, was it the husband – like the cops think – or was it the best friend? This book will keep you guessing until the very last page.

Praise for IT’S ALWAYS THE HUSBAND

“The most riveting whodunit suspense of summer.”
— Redbook (naming It’s Always the Husband one of “20 Books You Need to Take to the Beach This Summer”)

“Fans of Ruth Ware and Gillian Flynn meet your next obsession.”
— BuzzFeed (naming It’s Always the Husband one of “8 Thrillers You Will Devour This Summer”)

“Michele Campbell tells a riveting, suspenseful tale of love, hate and murder.”
— Us Weekly

“A shocking page-turner from the first page to the addictive last.”
— PopSugar

“The new page turning thriller by Michele Campbell, It’s Always the Husband leaves readers guessing until the very last page.”
— Huffington Post

“A whodunit suspense novel that will keep you guessing with every page.”
— Elle (naming It’s Always the Husband one of “6 Books to Cure Your Big Little Lies Withdrawal”)

One of “15 New Thrillers That’ll Have You Sleeping With the Lights On”
— PureWow

One of “15 New Thrillers That Could Be This Year’s ‘Gone Girl’”
— BookBub

One of “The Top 10 Thrillers for Fans of Gillian Flynn”
— Culturalist

One of “15 Hot New Summer Beach Reads”
— Working Mother Magazine

Mass Market Paperback | 464 pages | 978-1250309419

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The Wife That Knew Too Much, by Michele Campbell

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