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Helen Cooper

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The United Kingdom

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Thriller, Suspense, Mystery

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Helen Cooper is a writer of psychological thrillers living in Leicester, UK. She has a MA in Creative Writing and a background in teaching English and Academic Writing. As well as novels, she has short fiction published in Mslexia, Woman, Writers’ Forum, and others; she was shortlisted in the Bath Short Story Prize in 2014, and came third in the Leicester Writes Short Story Prize in 2018.

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Average rating: 3.69 · 20,673 ratings · 2,352 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Downstairs Neighbor 3.67 avg rating — 7,760 ratings — published 2021 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Couple in the Photo 3.75 avg rating — 7,272 ratings — published 2023 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Other Guest 3.62 avg rating — 4,091 ratings — published 2022 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Darling Boy 3.64 avg rating — 1,625 ratings — published 2024 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Woman in the Villa 4.04 avg rating — 180 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Clever and pacey A great premise in which a husband and wife, both barristers and also former pupil master and pupil, go up against each other in court. The trial itself is intriguing, the legal details are fascinating, the character relationships are ...more
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Helen Cooper liked Karen's review of The Woman in the Villa: An utterly gripping psychological thriller with a heart-stopping twist: "One credit for this! Steal of the summer. Helen Cooper and Tamsin Kennard are brilliant with “The Woman in the Villa” and I was ecstatic with this pairing. From the very first sentence, I was hooked, sunburned and suspicious. Picture it: Italy. Scorch" Read more of this review »
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A beautiful collection of hopeful, thoughtful stories with strong characters, communities and settings, featuring nature, food, time travel, urban and rural environments, different worlds, future worlds, and our world, from a writer who can convey a ...more
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Incredibly beautiful and moving A wonderful sweeping love story, stunningly written, gripping, sharply observed and profoundly moving. I loved the scope of it but also the intimacy. Highly recommended
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Hilarious, sharp writing; a brilliantly chaotic protagonist who is so well drawn; an intriguing mystery, fun time loop concept, and also a strong emotional arc - I absolutely loved this book
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