I couldn't put this down until I had finished it. Very easy to read and lots of plot twists and turns.
Alice is a journalist and somebody is after her. Her stalker strikes only on Wednesdays. Even after hiring a private investigator they are no nearer to capturing the criminal who is hounding her. The police can only help so much. Is time running out for Alice?.

A really enjoyable read. My first Teresa Driscoll book. I would definitely recommend this to my teens.

Alice works for a local newspaper as a journalist, a rather humdrum job, until Wednesday when she get a threatening phone call. It unnerves her, but it is not until the following Wednesday when a package arrives and then Alice really feels threatened. She begins to worry what will happen the following Wednesday as she realizes that whomever is doing this, is targeting her and as he seems to know her every move, that he must also be stalking her, so her boyfriend hires a private investigator to watch after Alice.
The story flows nicely and the characters are well described. There are 3 main characters and the story unfolds as we learn each of their backstories.

I really liked this book, it kept me interested from the very first page. The different stories (Him, Alice's backstory, her mother, etc) all gave it a really nice touch and added a lot to the overall story. After reading this i would love to check out the authors other work!

Another fantastic read. This author gets me hooked everytime. I was totally sucked in by the story. Literally couldn't put it down. Absorbed by the characters and felt very emotional in places. Loved it.

Alice is a journalist. When a crank call comes through to the newspaper office she is a bit shaken up but not unduly shaken. However the next Wednesday there is another call. An altered voice threatens "I will use cheese wire on you"- this does shake her up & she also realises that other odd things have happened lately- also on a Wednesday. Her boyfriend, Tom, engages Matthew Hill an ex-policeman now a PI to protect her. Things escalate & Alice becomes more fearful- who is out to get her & why?

The story is told from Alice's point of view & of an abused child who hated Wednesdays. It took me a long while to connect with Alice so that is maybe why I wasn't so invested in her story for quite a lot of the book,( I did love Matthew Hill- such a kind person!) The ending was a bit predictable but overall it was a good read. Thanks to Netgalley & the publishers for letting me read & review this book

Thankyou to NetGalley, Amazon Publishing UK and the author, Teresa Driscoll, for the opportunity to read a digital copy of I Will Make You Pay in exchange for an honest and unbiased opinion.
I thought this book provided a good quick read.
The storyline was well established and keeps you guessing.
A good rainy day thriller.

I really enjoyed this book, the fact that it switched between viewpoints made it really interesting and kept me in my toes! I will definitely be reading more of her books! X

I didn't like this quite as much as kids expected to and I'm not really sure why. Interesting premise and interesting motive behind it all, but it just seemed a little weak. In addition, I didn't really connect with Alice, the main character. I liked Matthew, the PI, much better, and use would love to see another book featuring him. A solid three star book, but from this author I was expecting it to be at least four!

I was extremely intrigued by the premise of this book. It started off very strong. Somehow though, for me, it started to feel a little boring. It actually took me a full month to get through this book and I usually burn through books in one day. I can't quite pinpoint exactly what it was that made it drag a bit. Even though it started with a strong and unique premise, it turned out to be one of the most predictable books I've ever read. The end is practically spelled out very early on.

Synopsis: Alice gets a terrifying phone call and her life gets turned upside down. Her new stalker continues to taunt her until things escalate at the end.

I absolutely loved this! I found the switch between the characters to be critical to the whole story. I felt like the plot development was really well done and moved quickly enough to keep the story interesting. I kept trying to figure out who the stalker was before the story was finished and I was completely shocked at the end!! Teresa Driscoll did a wonderful job of creating real fear and drama in her story and did not take away from the larger picture. Alice being a journalist definitely complicated her situation, but elevated the story tenfold. I would definitely recommend this for a spooky read and I will probably be reading this again.

This is my first Teresa Driscoll book and I know I will definitely have to pick up more books by her in the future.

This was an incredibly creepy stalker book. It had similar vibes to You by Caroline Kepness so if you liked that book, I would really recommend this one to you!

I think the writing was really good, the pace was strong and there were lots of twists and turns to keep you on your toes.

It goes back and fourth between different perspectives, but its not in the least bit confusing.

I have to say that the ending was really predictable. I did see it happening basically from the start but I didn't guess the context in which it happened.

If you like fast paced, well written psychological thrillers, then I think you will love this one.

TW: pedophilia and suicide

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This story is about Alice who works as a journalist. Whilst at work she gets a threatening call at work and then every Wednesday thereafter.

I really wanted to love this book as I love reading stories about stalking from either point of view. The story is told from multiple points of view both present and past. Unfortunately this story didn’t draw me in and I found it quite slow to get going. I was then met with some unexpected content which I always find hard to read about. The ending was predictable and I was kicking myself that I didn’t see it coming.

Sharp, entertaining, can’t put it down. I want to read more of this author. I love finding a new author ( to me!)

I only recently got hooked on Teresa Driscoll. The first book I read was I Am Watching You, which blew me away. The Friend and The Promise were both good and each earned 4/5 in my books. It's been a while since I've read a solid 5 star book and this one fit the bill. I finished this one in three days and couldn't wait to keep reading it each time I put it down.

One of my favourite parts of the book is the way the author portrayed "Him - Before". I felt that the perspective of the child was executed very well and I enjoyed it a lot. The characters were well-written. and it was nice to have Matthew Hill on the case again. I always enjoyed his character in the other books and I felt that we got to know him a lot better than before this time around.

There were a couple of twists and red herrings, and while I didn't completely figure it out, I had my suspicions. Still, trying to figure it out is part of the fun of a good mystery.

I can't wait for the next book by Teresa Driscoll.

Thank-you to NetGalley and the publisher for my advanced reader copy!

This book was great! I was hooked the entire way through. I love the diverse characters and how Driscoll takes you from one end of emotion to the next. The characters were well developed. It took me until I was nearly 90% complete before I was able to figure out this thriller. Good read!

This was my first book by this author and it was definitely a page turner! The book immediately opens up with journalist, Alice, answering her work phone to someone on a voice changer saying “I am going to use a cheese wire on you.” It’s a Wednesday, and what follows is more Wednesdays filled with a stalker trying to scare Alice. Alice is rightfully terrified and is trying to find out who this could possibly be. Her boyfriend, Tom, involves a PI named Matthew. There are alternating chapters from Alice’s POV, Matthew’s and then Him, which we assume is the stalker, and paints the picture of his reasons for doing this. I thought the writing was great, pace was good and characters were average. You could guess the stalker pretty easily, but there were definitely some twists thrown in there.

This was a fast paced, suspenseful book that draws you in quickly and keeps you hooked until the very end! It definitely keeps you guessing, which is one thing I loved about it. Well developed characters and a great plot make this one a definite must read!

I Will Make You Pay is a thriller about a journalist named Alice that starts receiving threatening calls and gifts on Wednesdays. I've been trying to branch out my reading a little more because I've been feeling a little burned out on SFF these days, but this book made me remember why I don't read thrillers often.


The thing is, I think in order for a thriller to work you have to care about or connect with the character to some degree. Thrillers tend to focus heavily on secrets and twisty turny plots, so it's not often I find characters in a thriller that I either love or don't feel like card board cut outs. I also have grown very tired of damsels in distress, and we are reminded at every turn that Alice is a damsel in distress, between Matt, the PI who basically acts as her body guard, and Tom, the boyfriend, and Jack, the coworker, I never at any point in time felt like Alice was capable of sticking up for or defending herself. It was kind of frustrating.


In Gone Girl, Amazing Amy is incredibly despicable, and I wouldn't say I cared about her, but that woman is absolutely not a damsel in distress. Those are the kind of women I want to read about. No matter how awful they might be. Any sign at all that Alice was actually trying to protect herself might have helped but she just refused.


I'm sorry if I sound like I'm being harsh or insensitive- I can absolutely see how a person who was being stalked would feel and is absolutely powerless in that situation, but I just would have liked to have seen something that said she was thinking of her own safety, either giving in and letting the PI act as her bodyguard, or actually purchasing that pepper spray she browsed online, or signing up for a self defense class. But she doesn't do anything at all.


I was worried the whole time that I knew very early on who the stalker was and I didn't- so it had that going for it. There were also a few surprising plot twists along the way. (Content Warning: pedophilia abounds in this plot. It's not graphic, but it is disturbing and I could have lived without it.)


I skimmed a lot of parts towards the end that I just didn't care about, Alice's musings about her childhood, Matt's musings about past cases. I'm still not sure why we were shown the whole Ian subplot. It was great that Matt was such a nice guy, but really it had NOTHING to do with the plot.


Finally, the line "I will use cheese wire on you" was introduced early on and repeated frequently. It made me laugh... which is not what it was supposed to do, but I just kept thinking to myself, and how the hell is that going to work? Cheese wire? It's inventive I guess but I really don't think that it's all that threatening. And something about it is not very eloquently said? I don't know.


Anyway- not a bad read but not a great read either. Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for sending an eARC for review.

Just ok. I have read a book before by Teresa Driscole and I really enjoyed it, but this book I didn't. I just did not like or care about the main character . Thanks again Netgalley.

This one did a good job of keeping me guessing throughout. Alice is a journalist and she is being stalked each Wednesday by an unknown person. This person wants to make her "pay". The author tells the story through several points of view, one of whom turns out to be the stalker. I liked Alice and you don't realize the connection to the stalker until near the end. I am a new fan on Ms. Driscoll's, as this is my second book from her. I will definitely read a third.

I want to thank the author, Teresa Driscoll, NetGalley. and the publisher, Amazon Publishing UK for the opportunity to read this ARC. My review is also on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.