Thank you NetGalley and Penguin Group Putnam for an early copy of The Couple in the Photo. I moved this up from my list of ARC’s because of the cover and wow am I glad I did. This was a PHENOMENAL book!!!!!! Sad how sometimes you really don’t know people even your husband and best friends!!!!! Soooooooo many twists, my head was spinning trying to figure it all out and I LOVED that it took awhile to know the culprit. Soooooo many good parts and the cover and synopsis was FABULOUS! Thank you again.

Thank you to NetGalley for an advanced copy of "The Couple in the Photo."

This book turned out to be about much more than just a couple in a photo! The main character, Lucy, often feels like the outsider in the best friend dynamic she is in with her husband and another couple, Cora and Scott. Her husband, Cora, and Scott have been friends since university. They have all become best friends, but she isn't privy to the past connection the other three have. Then, randomly sees a photo of a couple from a colleague's honeymoon. She is certain that the man in the photo is her best friend's husband and her husband's best friend, but the woman is not her best friend. When the woman she thought she saw in the photo is then on the news because she is missing, Lucy is sure something is awry.

The foursome, who are completely entrenched in each other's lives and families, start to feel the strain of Lucy's suspicion. The more Lucy digs, the more she realizes that the other three have some deep secrets from their time at Uni and the relationships unravel as she tries to determine what has really happened in both the past and the present.

I was thoroughly engaged in this story from the start. The back story and the past really propelled the plot. It makes you wonder how well can you ever really know anyone? I'll be adding this author to my list of favorites!

Wonderfully written and depth of characters! The MC should have gone to her friend in the first place, but I love that the secrecy built up the reveal at the end! Well crafted!

This is a Wow of a book! You have 2 perfect families that have blended together into one unit, the adults best friends, the children best playmates, and activities shared by all. This perfect life is shattered by one picture ... one of the husbands with another woman in a vacation setting. What seems heartbreaking at first quickly descends into the unthinkable when the other woman goes missing and is later found murdered. Lucy becomes an amateur sleuth, investigating her friend and the other woman; she even approaches the police with her suspicions. She then lives a dual life maintaining her current lifestyle while continuing her investigation. When she finally learns what actually occurred, it is more like she stumbled into the truth. However, Lucy's dogged efforts produce life-shattering results for everyone. This story has layers of suspicion, obsession and deceit with a surprise twist at the end!

Have you ever had a couple friends that become family? The wives are friends, husbands are friends, kids are friends--one big happy group! Lucy loves her life and her tribe-life is good. It all comes crashing down when she recognises her best friends husband is a vacation photo with another woman. Her husband tries to convince her it is a mistake and can't be him but Lucy cannot shake the feeling something is very wrong.

She can't let it go and involves the police. As the whole truth slowly tumbles out, Lucy whole world shifts as she knew it.

The book is well written and keeps you guessing to the end.

The premise of The Couple in the photo drew me in and while it was okay it just fell a little flat for me.

Lucy lives an ideal life with her husband Adam and their best friends Cora and Scott. Everything is perfect until the photo loving Lucy is shown a photo from her co workers honey moon featuring Scott and another woman. The plot is thickened when the woman is named as missing not long after. On Lucy's determined search for the truth she learns that those closest to her may not be who she thought they were.

The issue with this one for me was just the pace was a little uneven and I was able to determine who the murderer and accomplice were pretty early on. I did still read the whole thing and I would overall recommend.

Thank you so much for the opportunity to read and review The Couple in the Photo before the release date! This book follows two couples, Lucy and Adam, and Cora and Scott. They are close friends and often get both their families together until Lucy comes across something that will change everything! I really enjoyed this book! It was fast paced, kept you guessing and held my interest from beginning to end. I couldn’t put it down and I look forward to checking out more of Helen Cooper’s books!

Wow! what a rollercoaster ride. If you like fast paced, suspenseful thrillers, this is the book for you. Lucy and Adam and Cora and Scott are very close and do almost everything together. One day, Lucy was looking at a colleague's honeymoon pictures when she sees Scott with another woman who is not his wife and her best friend Cora. This moment makes Lucy's life unravel and break into pieces not knowing what's real and what isn't. She decides to investigate this before telling Cora but during her investigation, the woman in the picture disappears and secrets and lies come to the surface. This book will keep you on the edge. It has great twists and turns that will keep you enthralled the whole time. Highly recommended! Thanks to NetGalley for providing me with this arc for an honest opinion. .

While I did enjoy the journey, I felt it was easy to guess the WHO.

But Lucy’s commitment to finding out the truth was well worth the read.

The pacing fluctuates, but there are enough twists to keep the reader intrigued.

Helen Cooper is an author with all the tricks up her sleeve! This book tore me to shreds and kept me completely guessing the entire time. The suspense continues to build to the very end and then it all compiles to blow you away. The main character Lucy is such an endearing, hopeful gal and the tumultuous emotional rollercoaster she is quite literally thrown upon pulls you right into the upsidedown inside out along with her! Stunning suspense at its finest!

I really liked the premise and thought it sounded interesting and believable - how many times has someone's life changed because of something as innocuous as a photo?!? I also enjoyed the author's writing style and while third-person made it a bit hard to feel like a true thriller, it was an interesting way to hear the story. I thought it was well-paced and found it following a real-life tempo, which was also refreshing! I did find it kind of hard to get into in the beginning and found the twists predictable, but all in all it was an enjoyable read. I could see this being a fun poolside novel or plane travel companion for sure!

I absolutely loved this book. Once I started reading it, I couldn’t stop. The plot was great and had me guessing the entire time. I’m a sucker for plot twists, and this twist is probably one of my favorites. Definitely one of my top favorites for sure. I don’t think I’ve ever read one of Helen’s books, but I really enjoyed her writing style and will be reading more of her books.

Super twisty and keeps you guessing til the end. This book will make you question how well you really know the people in your life.

The first half of this was very slow for me. It felt like a chore to get through it. The second half really picked up and had me second guessing a lot of things. Over all I recommend this mysterious thriller friendship gone wrong book.

2 stars ⭐️⭐️

Lucy and Adam are BFFs with Cora and Scott. While viewing a colleagues vacation photos, Lucy sees a picture of Scott with another woman. It's bad enough she suspects her BFF's husband is having an affair, but when the mystery woman turns up dead, Lucy begins to think Scott is a murderer as well. On her hunt for the truth, Lucy uncovers unsettling information about Scott, Cora... and even her husband.

It was easy to figure out exactly what was going on in this book from early on, so if you're looking for unexpected twists and turns, skip this one. Overall the story was just okay for me.

Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this ARC in exchange for an honest opinion.

I really enjoyed this thriller. The story is about Lucy and Adam and Scott and Cora, two couples that are best friends and quickly jumps into the action. Within the first chapter, you discover that while viewing her colleague's honeymoon photos, Lucy sees a photo of Scott on vacation with another woman. Lucy becomes obsessed with the photo and getting to the bottom of what happened - especially when the woman Scott is with in the photo is reported missing. I couldn't put the book down!

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for my ARC!

How could Lucy know that something so normal as looking through a colleague's honeymoon pictures would put her on a path that would ultimately have her questioning everything she knows and threaten to blow up her whole life.

Lucy has a seemingly idyllic life. Her sweet caring husband Adam and their married best friends Scott and Cora are an impenetrable unit and are practically family. But when Lucy sees a picture of Scott with another woman on vacation, she starts to realize that not everything is as it seems and when the woman in the picture goes missing Lucy must take a closer look at the people she loves most and consider that they may not be who she thought they were.

This book has you questioning everything from the very beginning. I liked Lucys commitment to the truth and how she was determined to get answers no matter what obstacles stood in her way. It was a bit predictable as I was able to discern who the killer was pretty early on and also who was the main conspirator. I was still able to enjoy the unfolding of the story, but I also think the story could have benefited from tighter pacing and a little less exposition.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Penguin Group Putnam for providing me with this ARC

Wow, holy crap this book was full of crazy twists I never expected and I absolutely couldn’t get enough of it!

Two couples to and their respective children from a tight best friend group.. Scott, Cora, and Adam have all known each other since they went
to university together. Then Adam met and married Lucy. Now each couple has two children and they are renovating a holiday cottage together. One day Lucy sees a picture from her colleagues honeymoon and Scott is in the picture with a woman who is not his wife, Cora. Lucy's world is thrown into immediate upheaval. Adam doesn't believe her as Lucy has a tendency to snoop into other people's business and overreact to situations which aren't true. Scott begins acting erratically. Lucy's colleague begins avoiding her and the mystery woman in the photo is reported missing.. And who is penning the menacing diary like entries? This is my third book by this author and I highly recommend all her books. Tight storytelling and tense plots. Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for my ARC!

This book started out just like any other thriller but the farther in I got, the more confused I became. I thought for sure I would be able to guess what happened and I spent most the book sure I knew who was guilty but I was wrong. I didn’t catch on to any of the twists until they were actually happening and for me, that’s what makes a thriller fun. I like to be surprised and got off guard. Such a fun and twisty ride!