DON’T MISS THE MOST ADDICTIVE NEW CRIME FICTION WRITER THIS YEARMeet Detective Ellen McClure as she takes on a vicious killer who loves playing games.He is watching Connie Taylor in the café. He has befriended the waitress over the previous months and gained her confidence. Her coarseness disgusts him and he muses to himself about pouring acid on her face. He is going to torture Connie that … He is going to torture Connie that evening to get the final information he needs and then he will kill her.
Connie Taylor’s head is found on the doorstep of a house in upmarket Heworth Green in York.
DI Ellen McClure finds herself embroiled in a complicated murder investigation that pits her against colleagues and family. Her boss thinks that ex-prostitute Connie was killed by one of her former clients, but Ellen thinks there is more to it.
Vicky is on the run with her five-year-old daughter, Kallie. Her life is in danger.
ELLEN MUST FIND HER BEFORE HE DOES.
Desperate to save Vicky, Ellen drags her own young daughter, Zoe into the path of a deadly psychopath who will stop at nothing on his murderous rampage.
A RACE AGAINST TIME TO STOP A PSYCHOPATH ON A MISSION
AN ABSOLUTELY GRIPPING MYSTERY WITH A MASSIVE TWIST. Perfect for fans of Kimberley Chambers, Damien Boyd, Rachel Abbott, Patricia Gibney or Mark Billingham.
What readers are saying about I WILL MAKE YOU PAY
“Fast paced, exciting and I didn’t see the end coming!” Carole
“The action was never-ending and the guessing never stopped.” Deborah
“A really super book that I couldn’t put down.” Viv
“Plenty of twists and turns to keep you guessing.” Nerys
THE DETECTIVE
DI Ellen McClure is a 38-year-old detective with an outstanding record who will stop at nothing to protect the innocent. She has recently left her cheating husband, Anthony, and is making a new start for her and her 13 year old daughter Zoe in York, the city she grew up in. She is arriving at her new posting on the North Yorkshire Serious Crimes Team under a cloud having given evidence against a superior in her previous posting. Her tenacious approach and confrontational style often work against her, pitting her against colleagues and family. In contrast, her DC, Sarika Kaur is an empathic, thoughtful officer, who tries, often without success, to be the voice of reason.
THE SETTING
York has been occupied by everyone from the Romans to the Vikings which shows in the city’s cobblestone streets, half timbered houses and 18th-century flat-fronted townhouses. Diagon Alley where Harry Potter buys his wand was inspired by the Shambles, a medieval butcher’s street visited by the film’s set designers and which is now thronged with tourists. Six hundred years ago, bloody hunks of meat hung on shopfronts, dripping into the gutter that still runs along the middle of the lane. Then, of course, there is the magnificent York Minster, Europe’s largest gothic cathedral which looms over a warren of streets running down to the River Ouse with its many colourful barges and tour boats. The river cuts the city in two and flows eastwards into majestic countryside and onwards towards the North Sea.
The Author
Caroline Bale is a practicing psychotherapist who draws on her work to create believable plots and complex characters. She believes the draw in books like hers is that they allow us to address our worst fears from the safety of our own bedrooms. The heart-pounding terror of walking down a deserted street alone at night or the inability to go to sleep until a beloved teenager has finally arrived home. She is interested in what motivates a person to torture or kill another human being, what psychotherapists call the shadow side of human nature. Her books are full of complex, often charming characters with personality disorders and disturbed histories. The psychopaths amongst us with the killer smiles.
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Detective Ellen McClure, along with her young teenage daughter, Zoe are starting over. At her last post, Ellen gave evidence against her superior, causing her fellow colleagues to not trust her. Admittedly, Ellen can be a little confrontational, a little in your face … but she’s got an outstanding record for taking down the bad guys.
A killer goes out of his way to meet Connie Taylor… but she is not his target. Her friend, VIcky and Vicky’s young daughter are the actual targets of his rage.
Connie’s head is found on the doorstep of an upscale home with her face unrecognizable after being destroyed by acid. The remainder of her body is found in her home. And she’s not the only person who will wind up losing their head … or their face.
A newspaper reporter reaches out to Ellen with a story that was told to him by Connie …. now it’s up to Ellen to prove to her supervisor that one of their own is eyes and ears for a man filled with rage.
Vicky and her daughter are in hiding and the killer is turning his attention to Ellen .. and her daughter.
This is a well written debut crime thriller by an author who is a practicing Psychotherapist. She brings her experience to create believable plots and characters that are outstanding. In her words … she deals with the psychopaths amongst us with the killer smiles.
Many thanks to the author / Joffe Books / Books n All Book Promotions / Netgalley for the advance digital copy of this crime fiction. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.
I WILL MAKE YOU PAY
By : CAROLINE BALE
The first thing that drew me to pick this novel up was the title, and then I read the blurb and was intrigued. I’m really glad I read it because now I have a new author to follow.
Detective Ellen McClure takes on a vicious killer who loves playing games.
First Connie Taylor’s head is found on the doorstep of a house . Vicky is on the run with her five-year-old daughter, Kallie. Her life is in danger. The killer takes Ellen,s 13 year old daughter Zoe and says I will give your child back if you give me Vickys daughter. Then A RACE AGAINST TIME TO STOP A PSYCHOPATH ON A MISSION begins. Bodies start dropping and there is alot of gore !!! Can Ellen figure out who the killer is in time to save her daughter ? Or after finding 2 more bodies with missing heads and intestines hanging will she cave and give another woman’s child up to save her own ?
Have i Caught your attention yet ?
This was so good with just the right amount of gore! Wow , what an amazing very well written story. I loved it so much that i honestly never wanted it to end. Once I started this book, I couldn’t put it down. I will make you pay is an expertly crafted story .The plot is suspenseful and thrilling at all times. It really is a roller coaster of a ride.All of the characters were very well developed, and done in such a way you really care about most of them. Bale’s writing style is engaging and fearless .It blew me away that this was the authors first book.There is alot of twist and turns, and it kept me interested from the first page til the last. I want to read all the books she writes. I look forward to reading more of her work.Thank you NetGalley and Joffe Books for the e ARC.