I enjoyed this book and thank Netgalley and the publishers for giving me the opportunity to read it.

"I Will Make You Pay" was a bit of a predictable read for me. I definitely wanted to like it more than I did but I just found it a rather mediocre thriller.

I want to give this book less than three stars because I guessed the twist at the end SUPER early on. But I do think there was some good suspense in the middle and I loved the generally creepy tone, so I guess I can round up to three.

The main character, Alice, is being stalked by someone who decides to terrorize her every Wednesday. It starts with threatening phone calls and then quickly escalates. Alice's past comes out into the open once a private investigator gets involved. The best chapters were from the POV of a small boy who is left alone while his grandmother works every Wednesday night. It became evident to me that this was the man who was stalking Alice, and then the twists confirmed it. I liked these chapters because they had a little bit of added darkness and intrigue.

Some of this subject matter could have been a bit tricky, but Driscoll does handle it well. I just wish I hadn't figured out everything so soon after starting the book. The entire last third of the book made me so frustrated because of that! I definitely need to be challenged more by my thrillers than what this one provided.

This was a real edge of your seat thriller, with so many twists and turns, you wont know which way is up! Fantastic and gripping read!

A novel full of twists and turns. It actually kept me guessing - a novelty as I often guess the ending quite early on!

The book starts off like any good thriller movie, the main character gets a threatening phone call, and throughout the reader has to guess - is it him? or it is her? maybe the guy in the street? The suspense is continuously build, and keeps you entertained until the end when you finally realize who the person behind the call really was. Recommended for anyone who loves a good thrilling read.

I think I’m starting to realize that I’m extremely picky about my thrillers/mysteries. If I’m not buddy reading it with someone, it’s a lot harder for these genre books to grip me and thrill me, and unfortunately this book never quite got me. While I was still invested enough to finish the book, I had a hard time forcing myself to continue listening to the audiobook, even though it was a quick read and was narrated by narrators I generally enjoy.

I think the main reason I never fell into this book is that I never connected with Alice. I feel like connecting with the main character(s) of a thriller/mystery novel is extremely important, because otherwise you aren’t affected by the stakes of the novel. If you don’t care for the characters, you have no reason to cheer for them or be invested in the mystery. Sure, I didn’t want Alice to get hurt, but I was never extremely anxious for her safety until the very end when things really kicked up. 

The mystery itself is also essential in books like this, and unfortunately, this never gripped me either. I wasn’t on the edge of my seat, desperate to know who was behind the Wednesday attacks. I think this was perhaps because there was just a bit too much going on, too many potential threads for this attacker to come from. There were too many men that could be willing to hurt Alice, and too many reasons for wanting to do so (without actually making Alice seem like a bad person, she just appeared extremely unlucky). It wasn’t quite overwhelming, but it still pushed me away all the same. It also didn’t help that the investigation was clearly focused around one individual, building up this background story that ended up not being entirely relevant/needed. This took a lot of page space away from other parts of the mystery, and I think it just didn’t feel cohesive in the end. While it’s probably more realistic in that way, as there’s always so many things going on in the life of a person, it didn’t feel like it was fully brought together in a way that a story like this needs. 

Overall, this book wasn’t for me, even if I didn’t necessarily dislike my time spent reading it. It was a good audio companion while I was busy doing chores, traveling to school, or playing Pokemon Go, but I’m not excitedly reaching for another book by this author quite yet.

Right from the first page, “I Will Make You Pay” weaves suspense and mystery themes in a tight web, pulling you into the book. The story is primarily told by Alice, who shares the spotlight with a private detective (Matthew) and the person stalking Alice. There is plenty of time spent allowing readers to get to know these three characters, and we learn their good and bad points as well as the motivations for their actions.

Author Teresa Driscoll drops a few cleverly masked clues throughout the book, giving readers the opportunity to solve the mystery (I missed them). The book mixes the past and the present allowing the storytellers to relate the bits and pieces of their lives as the tale races to the climax. I liked the mix of suspense and thriller aspects and I tried in vain to figure out the identity of the stalker.

Few books have all the elements in place as this one does. Ms. Driscoll has crafted an excellent story, with no contrived or unbelievable scenes. Set aside some time for this one. If you’re like me, you won’t want to put it down until the last page. Five stars.

My thanks to NetGalley, Thomas and Mercer, and Amazon Publishing UK for an advance ebook of this title.

I really enjoyed the characters in this book. The plot twists kept me up reading much later than I had planned, because I kept wanting to find out what would happen next. Excellent book.

Every Wednesday, the phone rings with a mysterious calling making a threat. Alice at first thinks it is just a prank or a hoax against the newspaper she works for, until the caller makes it clear that it is all about Alice. Alice has secrets, but she has moved on and left those secrets in the past. Naturally, those secrets and her life begin to unravel and come apart. Now Alice is in danger, and her elderly sick mother is not safe either. I was not expecting the twists and turns in this book and enjoyed this more than a couple of her other books.

In the beginning, the character development wasn't solid, but I can understand why and how it drove the story. I really enjoyed this book just as all of Teresa Driscoll's other works.

Thanks to NetGalley for the advance read. I wasn't drawn to the story or the characters particularly, but overall I found the book a solid mystery. I'd recommend it to those who are looking for a good read with some twists and turns.

Good developed characters and a great plot. I certainly did not predict the twists which was even better to read.

This book was a bit hard to read because of what happened to the little boy. Despite this, it was a good read that kept me interested.

A fast paced, psychological thriller that will leave you guessing right up until the final reveal.
The story follows Alice through a traumatic 'stalker' style encounter where she receives mysterious calls but only on a Wednesday. The consistency of the threats left the reader expecting more and more whilst also growing in sympathy for Alice.
I liked the different narratives, especially the 'Him' chapters which added my substance to the perpetrator. They also added to my constant need to piece the puzzle together and come up with the ending!

Teresa Driscoll has done it again!! Deep dark secrets are revealed with hidden motives. This book has so many twists and turns. Just when you think you know who the bad guy is the rug is snatched right out from under you. If you like a good clean mystery, suspense book with romance with a shocking ending this is a book for you.

First line of the book and I was hooked. This book was really good, fast paced with a great plot twist. I read 80% in one sitting! I did not want to put it down. The book is mostly from Alice’s POV, with parts coming from HIM so you can understand his background and why WEDNESDAYS are his biggest triggers. Driscoll writes in a way that doesn’t make things confusing or choppy. I also had no idea that DI Melanie Sanders and PI Matthew Hill are reoccurring characters in Driscoll’s other books. I can’t wait to go read them!

I adored this commercial, plot-driven, fast-paced story. It was truly a great example of a book which keeps you turning the pages.

I am a big fan of Teresa Driscoll. This book was able to capture my attention from the beginning so it was easy to keep reading.

I Will Make You Pay by Teresa Driscoll

Journalist Alice Henderson has secrets but she's done a good job of moving on and leaving those things behind her. She enjoys her job, has a partner that would take things even farther if she was willing, and wants to be there for her mother, who has end stage COPD. But when she gets a threatening phone call, with the caller's voice distorted, her world begins to unravel. Soon there are more threats and even her mother isn't safe. How can Alice get the police help she needs when she's unwilling to even tell them the truth about her past?

Now PI Michael Hill is on her case. He's a former detective who can still rely on his former partner to share information and access with him so that he can try to keep Alice safe until the stalker can be caught. But the stalker's behavior is escalating and he and his ex partner are afraid that Alice may end up like cases that haunt them, cases where the stalker finally killed their victim. They hope they can catch the stalker before things go way too far.

There were three potential suspects in my mind and that's made for a very scary story. But Alice made me even more worried for her because she'd do some really unwise things for a woman who has a stalker who is threatening to use cheese-wire on her. On minute she is freaking out so much she can't even answer the PI's questions and the next she's zipping off here and there, determined to not let the stalker keep her from doing what she wants to do. Priorities woman! How much will you accomplish if the stalker cheese-wires you?!

Thank you to Amazon Publishing UK and NetGalley for this ARC.