You Will Pay

Sex, lies and yes, even videotapes - the stuff of which soap operas are made - all come together in coastal small-town Oregon in this rather lusty novel. Murder? Check. Incest? Check. Throw in an Elmer Gantry-like leader of a summer camp for teenagers that's been closed for two decades, and you've got a solid start to your summer beach reading.

Camp Horseshoe closed after two of the still-teenage female counselors, a hired hand and a convict who escaped from a nearby prison went missing. Now - 20 years later - Lucas Dalton, detective with the local sheriff's department and son of the aforementioned preacher man, is investigating the discovery of what appears to be human scull in a small cave on the bank of the water at which one of the missing counselors, Eleanor (Elle) was last seen. Complicating matters is that Lucas was Elle's serious love interest at the time; also, several of the other female counselors, led by Jo-Beth Chancellor, reportedly tried to put the fear of God into Monica shortly before she disappeared.

Today, all the camp participants, including Lucas, have gone on with their lives (mostly successfully), but the secrets they buried all those years ago now threaten to bring them down. Semi-estranged from his preacher father, Jeremiah, and his beautiful ex-stepmother Naomi, Lucas has secrets of his own that he hopes don't see the light of day. But as all the counselors involved in the scheme to scare Monica decide to return to align the stories they will once again offer to police, they face a nosy reporter who's desperate to get the real story for an online tabloid - a woman who was just as nosy as a camper 20 years ago.

Chapters switch from viewpoints of the characters in the present and that fateful summer at camp - a technique of which I'm not fond, but it does allow details to be released little by little that shed more light on what really happened. Admittedly, that got a bit hard for me to follow in that there are so many characters to remember; besides that, there seemed to me to be an excessive amount of repetition from one recollection to another (although to be honest, that probably helped my aging brain keep all those characters straight).

Tying up all the loose ends in one tidy package also tested the limits of believability for me, but then keep in mind I was a church camper back in the day, and the closest I ever got to high drama was having a bit of a crush - as did most of the other female campers - on a young, super-cute minister-counselor. All that meant, though, was that we sang "Kumbaya, My Lord" louder than necessary around the campfire in hopes of getting his attention. Kinky sex? Murder and mayhem? Fuhgettaboutit!

If you're looking for off-kilter characters in creepy settings, give this one a try. My thanks to the publisher, via NetGalley, for providing me with an advance copy to read and review.

Where is Jason Voorhies when you need him? Certainly not at Camp Horseshoe, a Christian camp run by the usual egomaniacal hypocrite and his sexpot wife. Filled with oversexed mean girls and their male counterparts, the camp is a hot bed of sex, unplanned pregnancy, betrayal, deception and violence. The disappearance of two female counselors, a camp handyman and an escaped convict put a damper on the arts and crafts but the duplicitous survivors go on living their tiresome lives. Until a skull is discovered causing the campers to again congregate. But secrets won't stay hidden and the sins of the past are crying for recompense.

This convoluted mess of a story is burdened by two many characters. It takes talent to fill a book with so many characters that are uniformly unlikable. Narration alternates between the many characters and times.
It is predictable with just about every melodramatic trope there is. More soap opera than suspense, it is a challenge to read to the end. If you select this book you will pay with lost time and a totally unsatisfactory experience.

As another U.S. reviewer noted, this book follows a similar trajectory as other camp slasher clichés. The book was rife with 1990s pop culture and cliché characters - mean girls and rebel boys. The main characters, Elle and Monica disappeared some 20 years earlier from a camp on the West Coast. The missing girls were counselors and readers are thrown tantalizing bits that suggest the girls met up with foul play. To make a cliché even more of a cliché, a former counselor turned detective comes across a body at the camp grounds who may or may not be one of the missing girls. The former counselor had connections and contact with the girls during their time at the camp, but is there something more to this story here?

Many psychiatric problems are trotted out along with social issues and themes of revenge. There are many mean spirited characters and just a whiff of the supernatural is thrown in for good measure.

Despite all this, the characters are cardboard cut out clichés. Like the old west movies, the good guys are easily identifiable in their white hats and the villains in their coal black hats. The answers to the questions in this story do get answered, but they could have been answered in a quarter of the pages it took to make this book. In short, this is a formulaic book that is a step above just a tawdry romance, although tawdry romance does indeed take place in this book.

I received this book via NetGalley to give an honest review.
I did not expect to see this story go the way it did as far as killers go. I thought I had it in the bag towards the beginning but I was oh so wrong, and I liked that.
We got back and forth between characters and what happened 20 years ago at Camp Horseshoe to the present. Crushes will never be forgotten along with the secrets that went along with it all from that camp.
It seems that everyone has a secret that they don't want to let out so how far will anyone go to protect their secret? This is suppose to be a church camp, but these teens were far from doing church things if you know what I mean.
When 4 people go missing 20 years before no one knows what happened because nothing ever showed up. So when a skull appears out of no where Lucas who is a detective but once a camp counselor wonders if it could be the girl who he broke up with so many years ago. His partner decides that she will need to call everyone in for interviews because something sounds fishy with the females story. What could they be hiding? There will be love found, love lost, a secret that no one ever thought of will come to life.
Now I love the way the author wrote about the camp and it being in Oregon I have never been there but I have always imagined it to be beautiful with the trees and ocean view it just screams to be used in a story. I did like how the author went back and forth between the present and past because it really put everything together and I think she did a good job.
Another thing I thought she did good at was building us up to figuring out who was the killer. It wasn't someone I would have expected it to be, and when I got to the part I was just like oh wow never saw that one coming!
I love this author's writing style and I plan on reading more from her. I think she can tell a story and keep you turning the pages.

The author has written a bunch of books, but this is the first I've read. Supposedly adult suspense, it's a lot more like a YA novel. Adults don't seem particularly adult, while teenagers are portrayed as egotistical and obnoxious - which may be true for both age groups, but the writing is somewhat sophomoric. It held my attention, but barely. As for the occasional bed scene, the writing sinks along with the mattress. The plot is the kind that reminds me of typical teenage slasher movies, but the ending brings it closer to romantic suspense, without much romance. Characters aren't well-rounded and are mostly unlikable. It isn't exactly a bad book, but not good enough for me to want to try more of this author's work.

The opening scenes in Lisa Jackson’s latest novel ‘You Will Pay’ are gripping! A distraught female, a stormy night, a cliff edge; Elle, a teen counsellor at the religious summer camp based at Camp Horseshoe looks down into the foaming sea below. Pregnant and terrified she is about to end her life in a scene so vividly described it was like watching it played out in all its cinematic glory!

Fast forward twenty years…a human skull is found buried in the sand and police officer Lucas Dalton, former resident at Camp Horseshoe, is forced to revisit the mysterious events of the past that led to the end of Camp Horseshoe; a summer that turned into a missing persons investigation – of not just one, but four people!

So the story unfolds through a series of flashbacks between that fateful summer and the present day. The plot is a complicated one involving numerous characters and sub-plots, and Lisa Jackson does a sterling job of holding it all together; however, in the effort of masterminding the plot, the story for me loses some of its dynamism and the pull of the opening scene fizzles out.

In my (humble) opinion, the story was little overlong, but that said, I thoroughly enjoyed it and was very intrigued to find out what had happened at Camp Horseshoe.

I rate this 3 out of 5 stars.

I received this book via NetGalley to give an honest review.
I did not expect to see this story go the way it did as far as killers go. I thought I had it in the bag towards the beginning but I was oh so wrong, and I liked that.
We got back and forth between characters and what happened 20 years ago at Camp Horseshoe to the present. Crushes will never be forgotten along with the secrets that went along with it all from that camp.
It seems that everyone has a secret that they don't want to let out so how far will anyone go to protect their secret? This is suppose to be a church camp, but these teens were far from doing church things if you know what I mean.
When 4 people go missing 20 years before no one knows what happened because nothing ever showed up. So when a skull appears out of no where Lucas who is a detective but once a camp counselor wonders if it could be the girl who he broke up with so many years ago. His partner decides that she will need to call everyone in for interviews because something sounds fishy with the females story. What could they be hiding? There will be love found, love lost, a secret that no one ever thought of will come to life.
Now I love the way the author wrote about the camp and it being in Oregon I have never been there but I have always imagined it to be beautiful with the trees and ocean view it just screams to be used in a story. I did like how the author went back and forth between the present and past because it really put everything together and I think she did a good job.
Another thing I thought she did good at was building us up to figuring out who was the killer. It wasn't someone I would have expected it to be, and when I got to the part I was just like oh wow never saw that one coming!
I love this author's writing style and I plan on reading more from her. I think she can tell a story and keep you turning the pages.

The novel revolves around one summer at Camp Horseshoe twenty years ago. The location of a Christian summer camp, set deep in the Oregon woods sets the scene immediately. The cast of characters, is mostly the teens who stayed there the fateful summer two teenagers went missing, never to be seen again…..

The chapters flip between then and now. There are a wealth of characters, which may at times be confusing but also generates various perspectives. It certainly keeps the reader on their toes.

In the present day, Lucas Dalton is now a senior detective with the sheriff’s department. When he is informed human remains have been located at the camp. But Lucas isn’t just any local cop investigating. Lucas knows the camp very well, as his father was the preacher who owned it.
‘The sins of the past about to reveal themselves and Lucas Dalton was there, front and center’

Lucas’s father Jeremiah Dalton is the sort of man who believes wholeheartedly in Christian standards. As long as, they apply to other people. However, running a camp full of hormonal teenagers, it isn’t long until Jeremiah has some sinners in the woods.

The infamous summer two girls went missing, one assumed drowned and washed out to sea. The other feared murdered by an escaped convict on the loose. Whilst Lucas should be scrambling for clues, forensics and evidence. He is actively seeking to remove evidence of his own involvement. What does Lucas know? Why is he so desperate to cover his own tracks?

The novel opens with a distressed pregnant teen Elle, feeling suicide is her only option. On the dark rainy night, she hangs over the edge of the bay in tears…. She is pushed……

‘Your baby. Your problem. Take care of it’

But Elle isn’t the only pregnant teen at Camp Horseshoe and she certainly isn’t the only one with secrets.

In the present day, five of the former campers make their way back to Oregon. They aren’t returning to see justice is set in motion. They are returning to ensure their version of the truth is enforced. But not all the campers are happy with this plan.

Jo-Beth, Reva, Sosi, Bernadette and Annette return. Each has their own agenda for ensuring their stories are maintained. Their motives vary and the each show a side of the girls, they dislike. The side you never want your parents to see.
Jo-Beth is the self-imposed queen-bee. She was a domineering bully over the other girls. Only now they are grown, and they plan on finally
standing up to her.
They are no longer, easily led teenage girls.

‘Jo-Beth was as close to a psychopath as she’d ever want to meet’

The plan that fateful night, was set in motion by Jo-Beth. Jealous and angry, she plotted the takedown of one of her peers. But what started as a simple ‘scare’ rapidly developed to ‘put the fear of god’ into the girl.

Camp rules are made to be broken

One of the former campers, is now a reporter and she implements herself into the investigation at every turn. But what she lacks in facts, she makes up for, in her determination to get to the truth. The secrets will be revealed.

The whole theme of ‘the sins of their youth’ coming back to haunt the girls, works incredibly well. The scheming and viciousness of the girls is second to none. There is a saying hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, only this time, it is teenage girls and they are unashamedly furious!!!!!!!!
As you read the novel, you do feel an emotional pull towards some of the girls. But others, you hope you never have the unfortunate chance to come across.

‘Teenagers run in herds and have an us-against-them mentality’

The novel reminded me of a TV series, I watched years ago called Harper’s Island. By this I mean the remote location and angst of the characters. However, there’s also a whole Friday 13th vibe. I can easily see the appeal to mature/older readers of YA. I think teenagers work incredibly well as protagonists, they are complex and emotional. Yet can be wise beyond their years. The ending is full of twists and turns, whilst some a little too far-fetched for me. I can see they’ll appeal to most readers.

Scattered with teenage angst and emotional pain 5*

The author has written a bunch of books, but this is the first I've read. Supposedly adult suspense, it's a lot more like a YA novel. Adults don't seem particularly adult, while teenagers are portrayed as egotistical and obnoxious - which may be true for both age groups, but the writing is somewhat sophomoric. It held my attention, but barely. As for the occasional bed scene, the writing sinks along with the mattress. The plot is the kind that reminds me of typical teenage slasher movies, but the ending brings it closer to romantic suspense, without much romance. Characters aren't well-rounded and are mostly unlikable. It isn't exactly a bad book, but not good enough for me to want to try more of this author's work.

The opening scenes in Lisa Jackson’s latest novel ‘You Will Pay’ are gripping! A distraught female, a stormy night, a cliff edge; Elle, a teen counsellor at the religious summer camp based at Camp Horseshoe looks down into the foaming sea below. Pregnant and terrified she is about to end her life in a scene so vividly described it was like watching it played out in all its cinematic glory!

Fast forward twenty years…a human skull is found buried in the sand and police officer Lucas Dalton, former resident at Camp Horseshoe, is forced to revisit the mysterious events of the past that led to the end of Camp Horseshoe; a summer that turned into a missing persons investigation – of not just one, but four people!

So the story unfolds through a series of flashbacks between that fateful summer and the present day. The plot is a complicated one involving numerous characters and sub-plots, and Lisa Jackson does a sterling job of holding it all together; however, in the effort of masterminding the plot, the story for me loses some of its dynamism and the pull of the opening scene fizzles out.

In my (humble) opinion, the story was little overlong, but that said, I thoroughly enjoyed it and was very intrigued to find out what had happened at Camp Horseshoe.

I rate this 3 out of 5 stars.

A riveting and intricately woven novel of suspense surrounding two missing teenage counselors at a summer camp.

SUMMARY

Camp Horseshoe is close now. It closed 20 years ago when two of the female counselors, Elle Brady and Monica O’ Neal went missing on two separate days. One of the male counselors had also been stabbed in the back. Everyone believes an escape prison convict was responsible. But the convict has never been found, and there has been no evidence of the missing girls or the stabbing, until now. The partial remains of a body has been found by a local fishermen in a cave on the grounds of Camp Horseshoe.

There were other seven female counselors at Camp Horseshoe when Elle and Monica disappeared: Bernadette and Annette Alsace, Jo-Beth Chancellor, Reva Mercado, Jayla Williams, Sosa Gaffney and Nell. These girls all have something different to hide. Now that the investigation is being renewed the camp counselors are gathering in Averille, Oregon to go over the story they are going to tell the detectives.

Kinley Marsh was a camper at Camp Horseshoe when the camp was shut down. She had been in Monica’s cabin. She had always been a bookish, but bright inquisitive girl. Now twenty years later she is a blogger and thinks she has just the story that has the potential to launch her reporter career. She starts calling the counselors for interviews once she hears about the remains being found.

The tall, blond ruggedly handsome Lucas Dalton is a detective assisting in the investigation. But Lucas was also at Camp Horseshoe when the girls disappeared. His father was the domineering, preacher Jeremiah Dalton who owned and ran Camp Horseshoe. And complicating matters even further is that Lucas and Elle had been dating until right before her disappearance. Could Lucas be involved?

REVIEW
Like most of Lisa Jackson novels, YOU WILL PAY is full of interesting and well developed characters, combined with a suspense-filled fast moving story. Her writing is clear and the book is an easy quick read.

While the book contains a huge cast of characters, all the main characters are well developed and intriguing. The interplay between the characters keeps you guessing about who has the motive and the means to make either of these two girls disappear. And are they missing or dead? Who’s body has been found? You are left guessing until the very end.

Lisa Jackson is a New York Times best-selling author of over 40 novels. YOU WILL PAY can surely be added to that list!

Thanks to Kensington Books, Lisa Jackson and Netgalley for an advanced reading copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Our story is set in and around Camp Horseshoe; an independent summer camp for kids, run by a dubious Reverend, employing teenage counsellors. The book starts off 20 years in the past when something happened at the camp. Something that has been covered up by those involved for all that time.
Fast forward the 20 years to the present day. A body is found. I say body, I actually mean skeleton. Skeleton means old case. Could this body be related to what happened at the camp? People are still missing from that time, could this be one of them? As Lucas Dalton starts to investigate, it becomes clear that his involvement could taint things so he is taken off the case. Determined to get to the bottom of things, he carries on in his own way. As most of the cast from 20 years ago re-assemble in town, pulled back from their new lives, will their determination to keep what they now have win over telling the actual truth or will someone crack? Throw into the mix, one of the campers at the time, now a tabloid journalist, will she win the race to the truth instead? What really happened at Camp Horseshoe all those years ago? Was it just a silly prank gone wrong or is it all the more sinister?
The action takes place in two timelines. We have the present, starting from the discovery and going forward through the investigation, and the past starting which flits about a wee bit as it eventually merges with the truth being outed in the present. The chapters are told from the perspective of several of the characters so you do also get a wee bit of overlap as the same scene is played out from a couple of perspectives. But this is not repetitive, rather it's quite telling and an effective story telling method. We meet a fair few cast member and get to see how their lives have changed over the years. See what they have become, see how what happened has tainted, or otherwise, their lives. There were quite a few players in the game here and I do admit to getting a tad confused as to who I was hearing from at times initially but, as the books went on, as the characters were better fleshed out, I managed to follow easier as their voices had become more individual. I also do have to admit to not really liking many of them. I guess that's by nature but I didn't quite get enough of that "connection with the characters" feeling that I crave and need in a book.
Pacing was on the whole good but I did feel that, as we reached the climax, it was a little too rushed. Too frenetic. A bit too much for me.
All in all, an interesting story which held my attention, on the whole, nicely and left me with a mostly satisfied feeling. This is a new author for me and it surprised me when I looked her up and saw her rather impressive back catalogue. After reading this book, taking all the positives out of it, I would be interested in reading more from her.

My thanks go to the Publisher and Netgalley for the chance to read this book.

Kensington Books and NetGalley provided me with an electronic copy of You Will Pay. I was under no obligation to review this book and my opinion is freely given.

Lucas Dalton was just a teenager, working at his father's camp, when two female counselors go missing. 20 years later, Lucas is a detective with the Sheriff's Department, investigating some bones that were found on site at the camp. Coming back to town after all of these years, the remaining counselors reunite and reaffirm the pledge to stay silent about what they know. When murders start to happen, will Lucas and the police figure out the perpetrator in time?

I find it really hard to believe that, stemming from the small, temporary community of Camp Horseshoe, there would be that many individuals with personal secrets to hide. There was just too much going on, with numerous side plots within the same central story. Additionally, the plot was very transparent and the characters lacked both depth and dimension. The author never quite captures the feeling of I Know What You Did Last Summer or Friday the 13th, although the premise and the setting were very similar to both of those movies. That being said, You Will Pay is a good beach read for those who like mystery thrillers.

The good thing about a Lisa Jackson novel is that she is always reliable and you know what you are going to get. For me spring and summer are the perfect times to reach for a new Jackson novel. I love psychological suspense novels that have many twists and turns with complex, multi layered characters. Ms. Jackson puts her time and energy into imaginative plots and the many surprising twists and turns the novel will take along the way. Her characters here are one dimensional and there merely as a means to carry the plot along. Is this Grade A fiction? Of course not. Were I reviewing it as such the rating would be much lower. But for those who love novels by the likes of Mary Higgins Clark Lisa Jackson always delivers. She does a fine job of jumping back and forth two time periods twenty years apart in this novel and she is indeed skilled at the foreboding aura of suspense. For those looking for an easy read that delivers many surprises and lots of suspense without the character development this book delivers. I give this 4 stars based on what a reader should expect from a Lisa Jackson novel. This is in no way a bad novel or waste of time. If this is the type of novel you enjoy it may be one of Ms. Jackson's better ones. Unpredictable with suspense and surprises aplenty.

Frankly, the synopsis was the best part of this book!

The mystery of the disappearances was only mildly intriguing, just the barest whisper of interest on my part. LJ just didn't go a good enough job of piquing my interest in the mystery, or caring for any of the missing characters.

Also, I felt there was way too much teen angst in this book - and I thought two things in particular on this point:
1) it was crazy the extent to which all the teen sturm and drang still affected these adults twenty long years later; and
2) Really?! Just about Every Singe teen had drama that was so heightened and amped up that it fairly screamed "Hey, look at all this drama inserted in this mystery thriller!" In other words, it was drama overload to the point it felt forced, and therefore, completely contrived.

For a novel in the thriller genre, there were very few passages of actual "thrills" - not many pulse-pounding, heart racing events. So, for me, on many levels - plot, characters, story-telling, I give "You Will Pay" a thumbs down.

I gave three stars because of the constant back and forth of the story line. I would rather read a book that starts twenty years ago and finishes that part then jumps forward 20 years to continue and finish the rest of the story. There were very few likable characters, the only ones who come to mind are Lucas the cop and his partner Maggie.
I was surprised at some of the twists and turns. There is plenty of suspense involving several characters' disappearances and the end was a major surprise.

If you've never read Lisa Jackson's books before, don't let this one scare you off. I actually like her novels, but this one was definitely not up to her standards in any way, shape, or form. I was surprised at how tedious it was to get through. Another review stated that nothing happened until much later in the novel (page 300+), and I have to admit I thought the same thing. Way too many characters to muddle through, as well as immature pretty much all the way through. I also have to say I didn't really care for any of them, not in the beginning, not at the end. Not her best writing for sure, but since this is the first Lisa Jackson novel I've had to force myself to finish, I'm hoping this was a fluke, and her next books will be back up to her normal standards.

This book focuses on the disappearance of 2 teen girls from a Christian summer camp 20 years ago. When the skeleton of one of the missing girls is found, 5 former counselors from the camp return to tell their story of what happened so many years ago. The trouble is they weren't entirely honest 20 years ago. Now some of them just want to tell the truth and let the chips fall where they may.

This wasn't my favorite book of JAcksons. It was a good read but just not as good as some others I have read. There was a mystery, but I pretty much guessed what happened before the end of the book. I would give this book 3 1/2 stars. Thank you to net galley for an advanced readers copy.

A breathtaking novel that is sure to keep you guessing until the last page is swiped! It has been a while since my last read from this author, but after a few pages in I was quickly reminded why I enjoy her books so much... her trademark twists and turns took over and I was instantly addicted, and taken on one heck of a literary escape!! Highly recommend this one, it's sure to have your spine tingling from the very first chapter!!

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this title.

The disappearance of two campers, one hired hand and an escaped convict come full circle 20 years later when skeletal remains are unearthed in a cave like formation near the former church camp location.
The book jumps past/present, by chapter, telling the story of the teenage counsellors and their antics at camp and the present day affect of the lies and deception that took place.
Is the remains a homicide, and if so who is the murderer and what are the counsellors hiding.

Too much inner dialogue. I could hardly stand to read all the descriptions and repeated thoughts/feelings that ended up not being relevant, until I was 2/3 way through the book. I skipped a lot of pages to get to the end. I usually love Jackson's book. The plot was decent. But too many characters with too much bad language. A little I get but it was a bit excessive for me. As I read I felt like I had a bad taste in my mouth and couldn't get rid of it.

Soooo good! Pulls you in from the start and keeps your attention. Switching characters from the past and to the present keeps the reader entertained and curious as to what's happening. I love the twists and surprises toward the end. I'm never able to figure it out. Ms. Jackson is one author who is always on my must-buy list. Her writing is outstanding and always gives me chills. It's the perfect bedtime reading for me.

This book is a loser. None of the characters were even close to likeable, and I didn't really care about any of them. Far too much repetition and unnecessary dialog. I finally skipped ahead to the end because I just couldn't slog through any more drivel. Waste of money and time.

I loved this book !!! I just recently started reading Lisa Jackson and I have enjoyed them all I had no trouble going from past to present with this book and I feel the amount of characters was just fine. I would definitely recommend reading this one, even if you have never read anything else by her. Great job Lisa Jackson, keep up the good work :)

Twenty years ago there was a camp called Camp Horseshoe , it was run and owned by Rev, Jeremiah and his second wife Naomi.The camp was a religious summer camp. There were nineteen teen counselors. Two went missing- Elle and Monica and were never seen again. Also a male teen counselor had been stabbed in the back and seriously injured and another worker Clint had also disappeared. And an escaped prisoner that had been in the area and disappeared.The counselors had disappeared on different days. The camp closed after the teens had disappeared. Lucas and Elle had been dating when she disappeared.Lucas had worked at the camp that summer so long ago. Several teen counselors ked by Mary Jo had tried to put the fear of God into Monica. The teen counselors hooked up and played pranks and had secrets. Then twenty years later a partial skull had been found and this reopened the case of the teen counselors who had never been seen again.lucas is now a Detective and he and his partner will be working the cold case. Lucas was the son of Jeremiah who had been the camp owner. Kinley had been a camper at the camp in Monica’s cabin when she had went missing. Now Kinley is a blogger and thinks she has the story that will launch her into a reporter’s career. She starts calling the people who had been counselors twenty years ago when she heard remains had been found. Seven of the people who had been teen counselors came back to tell the story from their point of view. A lot of counselors had not been entirely honest twenty years ago and now they just wanted the truth to be known.
I liked the story but had mixed feelings about it. Definitely not one of Ms Jackson best. There was just too many stories and characters in this book. I also didn’t really like switching back and forth between past and present.but that did bring forth information that was needed. This felt a little rushed to me even with the fast pace included. I did like the plot. It had a surprise ending. Things were repeated that didn’t need to be as far as I am concerned. This was also a little hard to follow at times. There was a lot in this story: lies, betrayal. Pregnancy, violence, deception, murder, deception, incest,secrets and much more in this story. I did like the book and liked most of the ins and outs but as I said did have mixed feelings.

Not Lisa Jackson's best. A good author for suspense or romance, but this is not up to the quality of "After She's Gone" or "Absolute Fear." It may be the summer camp setting. Not sure if she was aiming for a younger audience, but this was just not my glass of lemonade. Good author, this just seems to be something written when she had a headache and the rent was due.

I have enjoy many Lisa Jackson novels but, struggled to finish this story. I believe it was mainly due to so many point-of-views; it made the progression feel slow. However, the pace accelerates toward the end, into overdrive actually.

I was surprised by the killer; I thought I had it figured out but I was wrong.

You Will Pay is an exciting murder mystery written by author Lisa Jackson. There's a lot of characters and misdirection in the story. Thanks to NetGalley and Kensington Books for the advance copy. This is a voluntary review.

Not Lisa Jackson's best. A good author for suspense or romance, but this is not up to the quality of "After She's Gone" or "Absolute Fear." It may be the summer camp setting. Not sure if she was aiming for a younger audience, but this was just not my glass of lemonade. Good author, this just seems to be something written when she had a headache and the rent was due.

I have enjoy many Lisa Jackson novels but, struggled to finish this story. I believe it was mainly due to so many point-of-views; it made the progression feel slow. However, the pace accelerates toward the end, into overdrive actually.

I was surprised by the killer; I thought I had it figured out but I was wrong.

You Will Pay is an exciting murder mystery written by author Lisa Jackson. There's a lot of characters and misdirection in the story. Thanks to NetGalley and Kensington Books for the advance copy. This is a voluntary review.

Not one of her better books . Way too many people to keep up with and very predictable ending. Not what I expected from someone of her caliber. That being said I will still read her books because I think on the whole she's a really good author. Just not crazy about this one.