Damn, okay.
This was such a fast paced easy thriller to read but really predictable to me. I loved how determined Lucy was to find out the truth, but I loved how the book still made me question things.
Imagine this its a normal day and your colleague is showing off photos of their honeymoon and then you see one of you close friend with a woman, mind this friend is married and just want to know why? Without realizing its so much more than what you think.

A perfect beach read thriller.

This book was a great easy read The author captured you from the beginning and you had to finish the book in one setting to see the end result. Both couples had been friends for a long time and were working on a weekend home together. Lucy discover her friend Scott in a photo that a friend showed her. He was suppose to be in Japan for business but he was in Maldive with another woman. The story takes many twists and turns but Lucy realizes she has been in the dark for along time. The incident involves everyone but Lucy.

3.5 stars.
Thank you to Putnam Books and NetGalley for the opportunity to read The Couple in The Photo!
This book is a decent read that weaves together mystery and romance in an intriguing way. While the plot had its engaging moments, the pacing felt uneven at times, leaving me wanting more consistency. The characters were well-developed and certainly relatable, drawing me into their world. Although the ending left some loose ends, the author’s ability to create a captivating atmosphere made this book an enjoyable escape for me! I liked the (crazy) adventure. Definitely recommend.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this book.

This book got me at the end. I had a guy about one of the members of the couples being involved but one really surprised me- don’t want to spoil it, if you like a good twist, read this book!

This book was ok, just a bit hard to believe. It's about 2 couples who have been friends for years, and suddenly things start looking suspicious for one of them. Without giving anything away, I just found it hard to believe that the couples were such good friends that they had bought a vacation house together, and that none of this had come out before. It was enjoyable, but nothing super exciting.

2 couples, 4 friends, (3 of which have been friends since University)...so many secrets of the past. Eventually, secrets come out and people get hurt. It's a shame all it took was a photo to unravel their picture perfect lives.

Thank you Netgalley and Penguin Group Publishing for allowing me to read this before it's release. This is my first book by Helen Cooper and I can't wait to read more of her work.
The beginning was a little slow for my liking, however, as the story progressed it all started to work together and by the end I couldn't put it down. Even stayed up past my bedtime reading!
I highly recommend you give this book a read, you will not be disappointed.

Wow! This book really got me. I wasn’t expecting any of that! It gets your attention from the very beginning and you do not want to put it down!! The further you get into it the deeper the twists get. You will think you got it figured out, but you don’t! I had my hands on this book every spare minute I had because I just needed to know! I needed Lucy to keep digging and hopefully find something! The ending was well put together! There is something about being on the edge of your seat the entire time, to disappointed with a rushed or vague ending leaving you with unanswered questions. And I’m glad that this book isn’t one of those!! So thank you for that! Thank you NetGalley for giving me access to this eARC. I will be recommending for sure!

The Couple in the Photo is a good beach read. I enjoyed the suspense and the slow uncovering of the history of the friendship. And I very much identified with the main character's ambivalence, missing relationships that never really were what she thought they were. My one criticism is that I grew tired of the near constant shortening of names: Adam was shortened to Ad, Cora to Cor, Lucy to Luce. Yes, I know we all nickname people, but do people named Adam so often go by Ad? The whole book through, I kept hearing Ad-Rock and the rest of the Beastie Boys in my head.

I was sucked into this book! I thought it had a good twist and was a pretty quick read! The plot was different and didn’t feel overly predictable. The characters were not super likable but I related to Lucy trying to get to the bottom of the situation. Great quick twisty read!

Helen Cooper's The Couple in the Photo is an intricately woven story about lies, broken friendships, deceptively perfect marriages, and murder. Lucy is married to Adam and they have two adorable girls. Their best friends are Cora and Scott Waugh, who have been like family to Adam since their university days.

As the newest member of their extremely close knit group, Lucy is fiercely loyal until she sees a picture on her colleague's phone that makes her question everything that she believes, She's sure that the photo is Scott and another woman... a woman who mysteriously turns up dead in the waters of a Maldives resort. But when Lucy mentions her concern to Adam, he vehemently denies that Scott would ever be unfaithful. Is he covering for his oldest friend or is Scott innocent? And why does Lucy's colleague suddenly shut her out after Lucy questions her about the photo? The answers will leave you stunned right up to the very last chapter.

Overall I really enjoyed this book. It started a bit slow but then picked up and kept me guessing until the end. Really enjoyed the premise and twists and turns along the way. This is my first Helen Cooper novel and cannot wait to read more now! Highly recommend.

The Couple in the Photo was a very good book. Lucy Taylor is the main character along with her husband, Adam. Lucy had met Adam when she moved to Leicester for her job. He introduced her to his university friends Cora and Scott Waughs who become their best friends. Cora works for the National Health Service as an Admin team player and Scott worked for an international company. While looking at honeymoon pictures of an associate she sees a picture of Scott with another woman supposing honeymooning in Maldives. She tells Adam about it.

Later listening to the news when it mentions Maldives. A British woman was missing from a resort. A photo of the woman is shown and it is the same woman Lucy saw in the photograph. Her name is Juliet Noor. The police were now involved. This set Lucy on the edge, She needed to speak to Ruth and see the picture again. When she spoke to Ruth she was told that the picture had been deleted. Lucy was surprised as Juliet was missing and later she was washed ashore dead.

When at the Waugh's house Lucy asked to see the pictures of their time at the University. She found a picture of the three of them with Juliet and a man named Gus Everley. in the background. Juliet had gone to Leads University the same time Adam, Scott and Cora had gone there. Lucy became obsessed now trying to find out more about Juliet and why Scott was in Maldives. Lucy decides to go and tell the police what she suspects. After talking to them as she is leaving she sees Ruth's husband with the police coming into the station. He is covered in blood. Lucy decides to go and check up on Ruth but when she gets there she sees lots of police cars at the house and that Ruth had been found unconscious on her kitchen floor. When Lucy comes home she finds Adam, Cora and Scott at the house but Scott gets a call and has to leave. Later he comes back to their house upset as he had been at the police station being questioned.. He does admit that he knew Juliet and that he had an affair with her.

This is when the story takes all kinds of twists and turns as Lucy tries to find out what all is happening. I will let the reader find out everything as it is too much going on to put on the paper. Everything builds up to an unexpected and surprising climax,

I really enjoyed the story and all the suspense. The author holds the reader's attention throughout to the ending.

Thank you NetGalley and G.P. Putnam's and Sons for this ARC.

If you knew your best friend’s husband was having an affair would you tell them? What if you thought he actually murdered his lover? That’s the premise of this satisfying thriller.

Lucy and her husband, Adam, are best friends with Scott and Cora. They do everything together, and are even fixing up a vacation cottage.

Lucy is shocked when a coworker shows her a picture from her honeymoon and she sees Scott in a photo with another woman! When Lucy sees that woman has gone missing on the news, she starts to panic that Scott may have done something terrible to protect his marriage.

The Couple in the Photo is told from 2 POVs- Lucy’s, and short chapters from the killer’s perspective. While I figured out early on who the killer actually was, it was a fun ride all the way to the end!

Thanks you to G.P. Putnam's Sons/Penguin for this ARC through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Helen Cooper weaves an intricate web of lies and deceit in this thriller. The shifting perspectives between characters, what was real and what was perceived, kept me guessing throughout.

Lucy sees a photo on her coworker’s phone and in the background is her best friend’s husband, Scott, with another woman. When Lucy confides in her husband, he tells her that it’s a mistake because Scott would never cheat on his wife. Lucy, though, could never unsee the couple in the photo, so she puts her amateur sleuthing skills to work to try and find out if Scott is actually a cheater or if she herself is seeing things that aren’t there.

The book expertly explores themes of infidelity, friendship, family and the unreliability of perception. I recommend this book to anyone who loves a great thriller with many surprising twists. I give this 4 stars. Thank you, NetGalley and Penguin Group Putnam for the eARC.

Solid suspense/thriller from Helen Cooper. This is my first book by this author and will for sure be looking to read her back list. There were plenty of twists and the mystery was good I was surprised by the twists at the end. I would give this 3-3.5 stars and would recommend. I want to thank NetGalley and PENGUIN GROUP Putnam for the arc in exchange for an honest review.

Another solid and satisfying slow burn thriller from author Helen Cooper!

Lucy and her husband Adam have been best friends with Scott and Cora for years--their kids are close, they own a fixer-upper vacation cottage together, and they know each other's dark secrets.

Everyone except Lucy, that is. So when a coworker shows her a picture from her honeymoon, Lucy is shocked to see Scott in it as well, looking rather cozy with a woman who is certainly not Cora. And when that woman later disappears, Lucy is terrified to think what Scott might have done to protect his secret--and his marriage.

The Couple in the Photo is told almost entirely in Lucy's POV (with some chapters from the killer's as well, craftily done to hide his or her identity until the end) as she tries to unravel the lies she knows her best friends, as well as her husband, have been telling her about their past and their knowledge of the woman Scott's seen in the picture with. Cooper keeps readers guessing about how much each character is involved and as we enter the second half of the book, there is a subtle sense of menace towards Lucy, as it becomes obvious that she's put her trust in the wrong people. This is going on the "highly recommend list" and Cooper will remain a new "must read" author.

Thanks so much to G.P. Putnam's Sons/Penguin for allowing me the opportunity to read a copy of this ARC through NetGalley in exchange for a review.

Lucy is talking her coworker, Ruth, about Ruth's honeymoon. Lucy is scrolling through the photos when she sees something amiss. In one of the the photos is her best friend's husband, with a strange woman. Lucy feels conflicted, because it just wouldn't be like Scott. He's madly in love with his wife. But Cora is Lucy's best friend. Things get even worse when the strange woman is reported missing. Lucy has to decide what to do with what she knows, and who she can trust.

I loved this book!!! It was written very well and I can picture myself in Lucy's shoes. The story unfolds in a brilliant way. By the end you don't know who to trust or look at. It was awesome!!!

My thanks to Penguin Group/Putnam, Helen Cooper and Netgalley.
This was one messed up story! And yes, I was all for it!
No trick or treat from me. Go into this one blind.
Again.....such a funked up story.
Recommended.

I went in blind so I didn’t know what to expect… I was so pleasantly surprised!! Great storytelling and descriptions!

I was really intrigued by this title and was excited to get improved for this advanced copy on NetGalley. The book had many twists and turns and was a solid read. I felt bad for Lucy as she tried to figure out who to trust.