5 Stars from me!

Oh that poor little boy, that 'brave little soldier' on his own while his Nan goes out to work. Oh my heart broke for him and I just wished they'd asked the teacher, or found a nice neighbour to help out. I found that whole bit of the story utterly heart-wrenching - very emotive and powerful. I know it's just words on a page but I still feel so sad for him!

I liked Alice, although blimey some people just attract bad luck don't they! I thought Matthew was a great character and definitely someone I would like looking after me in a similar situation!

I thought all the characters were very well defined and I enjoyed all the different threads within the story - Alice's own family dynamics with her mum and her sister were a sweet interlude among all the fear.

As for the fear, it was great, really palpable and effective - had I have read this book alone at night I am pretty sure there were many sections where I would have slept with the lights on :)

Teresa Driscoll has done a great job with I Will Make You Pay, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

I WILL MAKE YOU PAY is about a journalist who is being stalked and harrassed by someone. The question is who? And why only on Wednesday? The identity of the stalker isn't revealed until the very end of the book and it is a clever twist.
I enjoyed the book immensely, it kept my interest all the way through and the characters were very interesting.
Thanks to Netgalley for the opportunity to read the advanced copy to write an honest review. 5 stars...very good read.

I really enjoy Teresa Driscoll books, this is my third and probably my leading favorite. This book is just so creepy and disturbing from nearly the first page, in a good way! It was very worth waiting and keeping until the Halloween month to read. I thought the premise was interesting, I always like a little Matthew Hill in there, and Alice, while not my favorite, was a good balance between unreliable, relateable, and compelling. She didn't quite play the victim which kept her from getting too annoying, and we had other characters to balance her out. The entire story kept you going with suspense and intrigue, red herrings making you want to finish it in one go. Which I think I would've done had I not been wary of reading this too close to bedtime! The only thing I could've done without I think was the twist. I feel that writers of this genre feel compelled to get you in the end with a huge gotcha! that usually falls flat, or feels unrealistic tainting the overall story. This gotcha felt like the latter to me, where I actually didn't need it, having had the other background story given, and when I started to think too hard about it it didn't quite match up. But overall, very satisfying and a good spooky October read.

In I Will Make You Pay we find a journalist, Alice, who becomes the subject of a stalker. The stalker appears to have no direct motive in his choice of subject, which baffles both the police and her private investigator. Tension builds as the stalker’s contact with Alice becomes more menacing.

Sadly, we aren’t given any clue as to the stalker’s identity until the last few page turning moments. In some ways it makes the reader feel cheated. However, the sub plots are good and the way Alice’s fears are described makes you realise the impact a stalker has on a person’s life.

In the few hours of musing having finished the book it made me wonder (wrongly) whether Alice attracted a certain type of male, as sometimes this follows but no. The second time around she unknowingly, through her campaign as a journalist, set herself up as an unwitting target.

My one criticism, the suicide of the gran by gassing one’s self in the oven died out with town gas many decades ago.

The question is: why is someone frightening Alice with terror that happens on dreaded Wednesdays. The author does a good job of keeping parallel storylines either separate or interweaving, depending on what is necessary for the plot. My favorite storyline was ‘him – before’.

Ms. Driscoll also does a good job of keeping the mystery alive. Doubt was thrown at many different suspects along the way. Just when I thought it might be becoming a bit long-winded, the thriller picked up. Sadly, though, I guessed early on who the culprit was, and it turns out that I was right.

Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review I Will Make You Pay. It was an enjoyable read.

Thank you Netgalley for the opportunity to preview I will Make You Pay by Teresa Driscoll. This is a suspenseful "whodonit", and Driscoll does her best to keep the reader engaged in the plot.
This very well could be a "movie of the week" for TV - and it may have been done on Lifetime.
The lead character was just too nice for my liking - the dialog was stilted and not naturally flowing.
Fans of this author will like it - 3 stars.

Once again a fantastic read from this talented author. I love how all the books interlinked regarding Matthew and the police in the southwest. I live in Plymouth and so the areas covered in the books are all to familiar to me which adds to the enjoyment. Although I had an inkling of who the 'him before' was there were enough red herrings thrown in so I did start to question myself. I would recommend reading in the books in order however you do not need to as the stories themselves are all different, and are of a very high standard. I cannot wait until the next installment.

Every Wednesday, like clockwork, the terror returns.

It seems like an ordinary Wednesday, until the phone rings. A mysterious caller with a chilling threat. Journalist Alice Henderson hangs up, ready to dismiss it as a hoax against the newspaper. But the next Wednesday, the stalker makes another move—and it becomes clear that this is all about Alice.
Someone wants her to suffer, but for what? Her articles have made her a popular local champion—could it be her past rather than her work that’s put her life in danger? Alice is determined not to give in to fear, but with the police investigation at a dead end, her boyfriend insists on hiring private investigator Matthew Hill.
With every passing Wednesday the warnings escalate, until it’s not only Alice but also her family in the stalker’s sights. As her tormentor closes in, can Alice uncover what she’s being punished for before the terrifying threats become an unthinkable reality?

“I am going to us the cheese wire on 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 sprinkles of HIM so you can understand his background and why WEDNESDAYS are his biggest trigger.

Honestly I can’t go into too much detail because it would be quite easy to pick up on things that were surprises to me and I don’t want to ruin anything!

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. Don’t worry you can read this as a stand-alone and not be confused. Now I can’t wait to go read her other books!

Thank you to netgalley and Amazon Publishing for the copy in exchange for the honest review! I Will Make You Pay publishes on October 10th, 2019!

Everyone is suspect in this story. The author kept me on edge and desperate to know who was behind the stalking. The end was a twist I never considered. Well done.

"I am going to use cheese wire on you" is the first words that journalist Alice Henderson hears from the person who turns out to be her stalker and how Teresa Driscoll starts "I Will Make You Pay." Alice thinks/hopes the person who made the call to her at work is just a nutter, but when she goes to the café next door for a coffee, the café owner is already preparing it and says a guy called in her order for her, using a voice changer (as was the case with the call she had received in the newsroom only minutes earlier). A week later, on a Wednesday, a bakery box arrives for Alice, but inside is not the expected cake, but rather her mother's favorite flowers (peonies) wrapped with cheese wire. Alice soon realizes that the phone call was actually the third time the stalker had made his presence known and always on a Wednesday. She has no idea why she is being targeted and why the incidents always happen on Wednesday.

As DI Melanie Sanders and former police officer and current private investigator Matthew Hill (hired by Alice's boyfriend Tom) try to figure out the identity of the stalker and keep Alice safe, a significant secret from Alice's past is revealed, resulting in a possible suspect, although Alice does not believe this individual could be involved. The book mostly focuses on current events -- the efforts to identify and stop the stalker, the stalker's actions each Wednesday, Alice's efforts to cope with the actions of the stalker and how it has affected her life and her work (she is forced to take leave from her job because the newspaper does not want the liability if another incident occurs at work), and her mother's failing health (which the stalker knows about and preys upon). However, there are also chapters that go back to the events surrounding Alice's secret and how it pertains to current events.

Ms. Driscoll does a good job of keeping the identity and motivation of the stalker secret. There are multiple chapters that focus on his childhood and some rather traumatic events that occur, but there is little to nothing in those chapters that would allow the reader to link the child to any of the male characters in the book until rather late in the story. It doesn't take long for the reader to learn why Wednesday is significant to the stalker, but there is nothing in those events that connects to Alice.

While some readers might not like all of the subplots and side stories, I think they work well to keep up the mystery and suspense, prevent the reader from possibly putting together the clues too soon, and provide deeper insight into some of the main characters. I particularly liked the interaction between Matthew and Ian, a client of sorts.

I received an uncorrected proof via NetGalley in exchange for a review.

Alice Henderson at first dismisses the threatening phone calls as a hoax against the newspaper at which she works as a journalist. However, she soon realizes the threat is serious and much more personal that she originally thought. Even though the police, including DI Melanie Sanders, are investigating, Alice’s boyfriend insists they enlist the help of private investigator Matthew Hill. Alice is relieved to have someone else searching for her stalker, but is also worried since she is keeping secrets of her own that she doesn’t want to come to light.

This is the second standalone novel I have read by this author and I really enjoyed it. The story is told from the points of view of Alice, Matthew, and an unknown boy. This method really works with the story. The reader learns some of the things Alice doesn’t know or isn’t being truthful about through Matthew. The unknown boy gives the reader background information that the other characters in the book never find out. The three points of view work together to tell a good story without being choppy or confusing. The story is told at a lightning-fast pace and it is suspenseful from the beginning until the very last chapter.

The effect the threat to Alice has on her and various things she does to deal with it shows the great love she has for her mother, who is very ill. Their love is important to the plot and is very uplifting in a story that has a fair amount of darkness. I also like that Alice’s sister is so supportive of her despite their differences. I like both of the investigating detectives, Melanie and Matthew. They are compassionate even when they know Alice is not being fully cooperative with the investigation. It was hard to connect with some of the other characters because I suspected many of them of being the stalker at different points in the story. I was certainly fooled by the red herrings and was way off in who I finally decided was responsible for the threats against Alice. Although there are a couple of things that didn’t quite add up, I liked the way things turned out in the end. There is an interesting Author’s Note at the end explaining the author’s inspiration for the story. I recommend “I Will Make You Pay” to readers looking for an entertaining thriller.

I received this book from Thomas & Mercer. The book was provided to me in exchange for an honest review.

This is the second book I have read by Teresa Driscoll and I have a couple of others on my bookshelf. I really loved this one, the plot, the characters all of them relatable, it all just flows so seemlessly and at times is quite emotional.

Alice is a reporter for a small newspaper, she mostly champions local causes, one of those is a housing estate that is in disrepair, the council have agreed to demolish the building, and rehouse the tenants in more suitable accommodation. Alice has worked hard with residents and reported on what is happening throughout the different stages. One Wednesday in the newspapers office she gets a phone call being made with a voice distorter, she puts it down to just someone with an axe to grind and thinks nothing more of it. Until the following Wednesday something worse happens! Alice’s boyfriend Tom is upset and decides to hire Ex police officer Matthew Hill, to protect and watch over Alice on the following Wednesday. The newspaper makes her take her holiday time, as they are worried that something happening would affect the newspaper, as in them being responsible for employees, insurance wouldn’t cover if something happened and they hadn’t taken precautions.

Alice has a sister Leanne who has a couple of homes one in London and one in Dorset, Alice goes to stay at one of the places as the security is better, or she stays with Tom other nights, but is Alice telling the police everything? Is Alice who she says she is?

What I loved about this book is that despite it being a psychological thriller, it also showed the love between two daughters and their mum, Alice and Leanne have been raised by their mum since she lost her husband when Alice was a baby. She is now in a home with COPD, permanently on oxygen, and she can only say three words at a time without becoming out of breath, but the relationship shown in this is just so well written, both daughters visit regularly and Alice always reads to her mum Wuthering heights. I will admit I did get tearful at the end of the story, but that’s me and my emotions. But I love when a writer can bring those emotions out.

There are several candidates for the person, threatening and stalking Alice, but that would give spoilers out, and this is a book to be read. I did have an inkling who it was but didn’t have it confirmed until the last chapter, there are a couple of red herrings in there.

I just look forward to the next book by this author.

Thank you to netgalley and Amazon Publishing for an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest, fair and unbiased review.

Alice is at work on a Wednesday when she receives a rather strange and frightening phone call. Was it meant for her specifically or is it just a crank call designed to upset whoever answered? By the following Wednesday, there is no doubt that Alice is the intended target, as something unsettling and potentially dangerous always occurs. Alice cannot imagine who is targeting her, but when her past becomes known to the police, secrets are revealed and a potential suspect emerges. But are their suspicions accurate? Her boyfriend hires a private investigator to figure out the twisted agenda of her stalker before it is too late for Alice.
Told from multiple POVs( Alice, Matthew, the PI, and a little boy who hates Wednesdays ), the short chapters and escalating tension made this a quick and enjoyable read. Figuring out what Alice has done to attract the stalker's attention becomes more apparent as the story progresses. I figured out the why but not the who and certainly felt sorry for Alice when all was revealed.
I received a DRC from Amazon Publishing UK through NetGalley.

Even though I enjoyed this book for the most part, I am not a fan of the main character Alice. I just did not like her. My favorite parts of the story were of “him” when he was a child and for me it kept the story going . I would have loved to see a bit more excitement in the story but it is well-written and easy to read.

I was hooked from the first line (and simulataneously creeped out) and was compulsively flipping pages on this psychological suspense ride.

Alice is a local journalist who receives a disturbing phone call - a threat to her life. When it quickly becomes clear that this is not a hoax Alice’s world is quickly thrown into turmoil. The case is given to a very pregnant DI Melanie Sanders and she’s told it’s a bit of a throwaway and she can handle it from her desk. But when Alice’s stalker starts the escalate the stakes are raised. The police are not overly helpful so Alice’s fiancée, Tom, enlists the help of former DI turned PI, Matthew Hill, for help.

The book is told from three different perspectives and weaves both the past and present. There are plenty of good twists and reveals and I was down for all of it. While there was, what I found to be, one very obvious red herring I enjoyed the characters and was surprised at the final reveal. Well done all around.

I would love to see more books with Melanie Sanders and Mathew Hill. I loved their chemistry and am a fan of a police procedural. I’d welcome the chance to spend more time in their worlds.

This was the first book I read by Teresa Driscoll and I will be sure to check out more of her books. Huge thanks to NetGalley for giving me the chance to read this.

This is my second read by Teresa Driscoll and I definitely enjoyed it just as much as The Promise. I Will Make You Pay is a twisty thriller that will keep you guessing. Quick short chapters that alternate between the past and present. Well developed characters and a very intriguing storyline. Though I guessed the outcome very early on in the book I still found it enjoyable. All that was missing for me was that shocking twist at the end. That's ok though, I found the ending extremely satisfying!

Huge thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for my advance copy.

This is my first book by this author. Unfortunately I found I wasn't really emotionally connected to any of the characters in the story and even though the twists came, I wasn't invested enough to be shocked. I did feel dreadfully sorry for the mystery narrator, but knew what it was leading up to, so I was just wanting that side of the story to move along a bit quicker. I really didn't feel any tension, as the different POVs broke up the narration, so although it's a clever plot, it didn't really gel for me.

The story of Alice, a journalist who receives a chilling call at work one Wednesday. She ignores it but when she receives another they following week Alice realises she is a target for someone who wants to scare her. As the Wednesday threats escalate secrets emerge from Alice’s past and family, friends and work colleagues are caught up in trying to protect her. The book is cleverly written and the reader is drawn in wanting to know who this twisted stalker is. I would recommend this to anyone who loves a book that they can’t put down.

A reporter becomes increasingly alarmed by a stalker. A page turning psychological thriller with a twist worth waiting for!

I was really enjoying this one, much like I did her 1st book I read, but then. Somehow the ending just wasnt right so 3☆instead of 4☆.
It was interesting the author had experienced something similar in her journalist days.

I received an ARC of this thriller/mystery from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for my honest opinion