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I See You

Written by Clare Mackintosh

Narrated by Rachel Atkins

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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The author of the New York Times bestseller I Let You Go propels readers into a dark and claustrophobic thriller, in which a normal, everyday woman becomes trapped in the confines of her normal, everyday world...

Every morning and evening, Zoe Walker takes the same route to the train station, waits at a certain place on the platform, finds her favorite spot in the car, never suspecting that someone is watching her...

It all starts with a classified ad. During her commute home one night, while glancing through her local paper, Zoe sees her own face staring back at her; a grainy photo along with a phone number and a listing for a website called FindTheOne.com.

Other women begin appearing in the same ad, a different one every day, and Zoe realizes they've become the victims of increasingly violent crimes-including murder. With the help of a determined cop, she uncovers the ad's twisted purpose...A discovery that turns her paranoia into full-blown panic. Zoe is sure that someone close to her has set her up as the next target.

And now that man on the train-the one smiling at Zoe from across the car--could be more than just a friendly stranger. He could be someone who has deliberately chosen her and is ready to make his next move…

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Release dateFeb 21, 2017
ISBN9780804195133
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I See You
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Clare Mackintosh

With over 2 million copies of her books sold worldwide, number one bestseller Clare Mackintosh is the multi-award-winning author of I Let You Go, which was a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller and the fastest-selling title by a new crime writer in 2015. It also won the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year in 2016. Both Clare's second and third novels, I See You and Let Me Lie, were number one Sunday Times bestsellers. Her first three thrillers were selected for the Richard & Judy Book Club, and together have been translated into forty languages. After the End was published in 2019 and became an instant Sunday Times bestseller, and in 2021 Hostage flew straight into the top ten. Her new crime series, featuring Welsh detective DC Ffion Morgan, has been critically acclaimed, with both The Last Party and A Game of Lies hitting the Sunday Times top ten. Together, her books have spent more than sixty-five weeks in The Sunday Times bestseller lists. Clare is patron of the Silver Star Society, a charity based at the John Radcliffe hospital in Oxford, which supports parents experiencing high-risk or difficult pregnancies. She lives in North Wales with her husband and their three children.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Brilliant, even better than her first novel I Let You Go.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    One evening on her homeward commute, Zoe sees her own face in an ad called FindTheOne. That’s the beginning of the terror ride that this author manages to sustain throughout the entire story. The tale is a compelling one. Zoe becomes more fearful for herself and her family as more women are linked to this site, women who end up stalked, attacked, or killed. But getting the right police involved - the detectives who can actually catch the perpetrator - takes persistence. Compelling characters in this intriguing and complex plot will keep readers turning pages. Secondary story lines are also quite interesting and add much to the novel. My only crictism is that the end seems rushed and the last twist, unbelievable. Still, this thriller may change your life, because it may make you think twice about not varying your routine. Someone may be watching . . .
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I was not a huge fan of the audiobook, but I loved the story. I was not expecting the ending at all, and I felt like all of the events and characters in the story were carefully crafted and their movements calculated in a way that drive the story forward. This is a book that makes me wish the characters were real, or at least had a sequel, because I feel like they worked splendidly with one another to solve the mystery presented to them.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Zoe Walker feels like someone is watching her. She becomes trapped in the confines of her normal everyday world. This intense psychological thriller makes you re-evaluate every step you take and makes you see the world in a different light. It has a killer twist which keeps the pages turning until the very end. I'm looking forward to reading Mackintosh's next novel and I highly recommend this one to those who love psychological thrillers.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Clare Mackintosh is definitely one of my favorite psychological thriller authors. Her books always grab you from the beginning and keep you guessing til the end. I always have a jaw dropping "Holy Crap" moment and this book did not disappoint. I was so sure at the beginning I knew who it was and I was so wrong! Zoe is on the tube on her way home from work and while she is looking through the paper she sees her picture in an ad with findtheone.com and a phone number attached to her picture. When she goes home and tells her family they all agree that it is just someone that sort of looks like her and is convinced it is not her in the picture. The next day she sees a different woman in the same ad that she saw her picture and realizes this woman was in the news. What's going on here? Why are there ads with different women each day? Should she be worried about her safety? Is someone watching her?
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Zoe Walker, completely by chance, sees her picture in a newspaper, the London Gazette. It's especially disturbing that her picture is included in what appears to be an advertisement for a dating site, or possibly a sex chat line.

    It's not long before she learns hat another woman whose picture was also used in one of these ads, for the same website, FindtheOne.com, had her keys stolen from her bag when she fell asleep while riding public transit. Yet another featured woman is killed.

    Her son and daughter, and her partner, insist the picture isn't really her, but she continues to be afraid.

    Meanwhile, PC Kelly Swift, still trying to rebuild her career from the time when she lost control and assaulted a prisoner, starts out investigating these crimes from the other direction. She investigated the case of the stolen keys, and is the officer the victim in that case calls when she thinks someone has been in her house. When Zoe also calls her, and convinces her there's a series of crimes here, she wants to keep investigating--but she's a British Transport Police patrol officer, not a detective.

    Both women are very determined, and not easily discouraged.

    Mackintosh very effectively builds an intricate plot, with the clues all there for the reader, while keeping that evidence easy to overlook.

    We also get anonymous sections from the viewpoint of the criminal, which are fascinating and chilling and give nothing away.

    As the story progressed, there were several points at which I thought I had identified the bad guy, and I was wrong, and the ending was not at all a cheat.

    This is a bit darker than my usual taste, and in the content warning category, it should be mentioned that there are sexual crimes recounted.

    Overall, though, definitely recommended.

    I received a free electronic galley of this book from the publisher via Netgalley, and am reviewing it voluntarily.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Starts slowly with several characters introduced whose role isn't obvious, but then switches into a fast-paced thriller whose outcome is uncertain until almost the end and the perpetrator's identity very well disguised. The theme of the story is commuters whose daily routine doesn't vary making them vulnerable to anyone wishing them hard.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Real page turning stuff that I could not put down. A great read and I can't wait for more. Strong women characters and a nice twist at the end with the promise of more to come.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Just finished and wow!! was not expecting the ending at all. It kind of creeped me out because I walk to and from work every day so now mix up my routes! I really want to read her first book and going to add Clare Mackintosh to my ever growing list of outstanding female thriller writers!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    A woman sees her own picture in a personal ad in the newspaper. The next day the ad has changed the picture to another woman, who ends up attacked on the subway. These ads are being used to set woman up as targets, but who would do such a thing? Great read and the ending was definitely a surprise.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I think this is a case of too high expectations. If you remember Clare Mackintosh's first book, I Let You Go, floored me so yes, I expected her to do it to me again but I waited the whole book and it never came, at least not what I was expecting/wanting. It's not a bad book but it just didn't make my skin prickly or my heart race or any of that.The book is about a woman, Zoe Walker, who sees her picture in the classifieds and has no idea why it's there but she's determined to find out.I'll leave it at that. I thought a few pieces of the puzzle came a bit too easy to the police on the case unless they are just that brilliant because there's no way I would've worked out I SEE YOU in the time it was figured out in the book. I did like the characters, some more than others but that's normally the case.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This is Clare Mackintosh doing what she does best: a tense story with many twists and turns so you never know who to trust. She did it so well in I Let You Go and I See You is just as gripping a read.Zoe Walker travels the tube everyday, taking the same routes at the same times, even down to sitting in the same place and standing at the same place on the platform. How many of us have such a routine? A lot, I would imagine. One day she sees her photo in the London Gazette accompanied by a telephone number and a website address, but nothing else. Understandably she's perturbed but her family manage to convince her it's not her, just someone who looks like her. But then Zoe sees another picture of a woman who she knows was the victim of a crime, and from there we follow events as they escalate and the true scale of crimes against women becomes clear. We also follow the story of PC Kelly Swift, back in uniform after a disgrace in her career. Can she redeem herself and at the same time find the culprit?This is a fabulous read and a great idea for a story line. I'm surprised I didn't have nightmares as it's really quite unsettling. You can tell Mackintosh is so familiar with police procedure as she writes about it with ease. She's also very good at the red herring. It's a very relevant story, with the prevalence of the internet in today's society and makes you realise how careful you have to be.It can be hard to follow up a very successful first novel but this is a triumph and I hope that Clare Mackintosh continues to produce other books of this calibre.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Zoe Walker sees her photograph in the Gazette and has no idea why or how it has got there. The next day there's a photo of a different woman and then the next day another. When the woman in the photos begin to get harmed Zoe gets worried. You do the same thing everyday and you don't know who is watching.I have read the first book by Clare Mackintosh, 'I Let You Go' which I really enjoyed and thought was very different and original. This book I was excited to read but found I didnt enjoy as much.The book again had a very good original idea. The story was twisty and turned and held my interest all the way through. I didn't guess who was behind it all and the final pages add the final twist. Not really sure how totally realistic it all was but it still kept me turning pages. I think because of the issue I had with how realistic or not the crime was it just took the edge off. I felt the ending and reason why let the book down. I can't really say too much as it would give the story away.However I read the book without getting bored, wanted to finish it and felt satisfied. I will read more books by this author in the future.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    The author's first book packed such a huge "I never saw that coming" moment that I think I might have been expecting too much from this book and I am not sure I am giving this one the rating it deserves. When I started this book I thought it was going to be another 5 star read because, being a creature of habit myself, it was really walloping me with serious creeps. As I was nearing the end and the pieces were coming together I was thinking - meh - it's dropping to a 2 star read as I just didn't find the mastermind and motive to be believable enough. So, I've settled on 3 stars for a seriously creepy and disturbing concept that just didn't pull its weight through to the conclusion.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    The plot was overcooked in this thriller and although the story moved along and keeps you reading, when the denoument happens it's really not credible. Shame as Mackintosh's debut novel was a cracker. OK beach read.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    The plot for I See You was interesting and unique, so I enjoyed it for that. Also, it had a fair amount of twists and turns. Though I know the side story about Lexi was used as a literary tool to show a character's growth, I thought it was unnecessary. I thought the writing could have been a bit better and the book as a whole could have been better edited. Even so, I thought it was a good read and would try another from this author.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I finished this book about an hour ago and I am still shaking. Zoe Walker takes the train to work every day to her boring job. However, one day she realizes her photo has been taken and placed in the newspaper as part of an ad for a dating service. Upon further investigation she soon realizes other women have also had their photos in the papers, and that these women have been mugged, raped and some even killed. Not wanting to become the next victim in this sick game, she works with the police to solve the case. The ending is simply unexpected and too, too frightening to contemplate. This is a must read book for anyone who loves a great story or who loves a good scare! I shall not be sleeping well tonight!
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    The premise sounded really intriguing: Zoe spots her own photo in the dating/escort services ads of the newspaper and then realizes that a woman whose photo has appeared previously went on to be robbed while dozing on the tube. She manages to interest a PC called Kelly in her story and then a third woman is murdered and Kelly wins a place on the team investigating this series of events.Sadly the actual story didn't really live up to its early promise. The mechanics of the ads/website made no sense when you really thought about it. Zoe was mainly interesting for her relationships with her ex, Matt, who seemed to spend a disproportionate amount of time driving her around in his cab, and her boyfriend of four years, Simon, who was a very shadowy figure whom we never really got to know (and nor perhaps had Zoe). Kelly had a very interesting back story, but spent the novel disobeying orders, telling Zoe things she had no right to or had been told not to and generally being incredibly immature.There were moments of real tension/excitement, but the switching between the perspectives of Zoe, Kelly and the baddie made things drag for me and the book was overlong generally. I thought the twist at the end was terrible - there was no foreshadowing and I couldn't really believe it.Disappointing.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I picked this up simply because I liked the author's first book. And now I can say I liked her second book, as well. She brings her life experience in law enforcement into the novels, and makes them more realistic without being jargon-y or stilted. Will continue to look for more by this author for this type of mystery read.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Good story but unnecessarily long in places
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I was sufficiently creeped out by this book, so much so that I didn't even want to read it. This merging of stalking with technology and media would make most of us question our daily routines.Zoe Walker sees her face in a classified ad and knows she didn't place it there. She starts to wonder if she is seeing things and then notices other women in the ads during the following days. Only those women are now dead. Women in London are reporting things taken while on the tube, feeling like they are being followed, thinking people are in their homes, and then there are others who are raped or killed. Zoe finds a cop who will listen and the two of them are determined to find out who is behind this sick game before anyone else is hurt.Zoe is a divorced mom of two adult children who live with her and Zoe's new boyfriend. They live next door to her best friend Melissa in London. Zoe takes the same tube to her job every day. She drops a coin in a musician's guitar case every morning. On her way home she stops by her friend Melissa's restaurant where her son also works. Her routine is easy to follow and predictable. So she is perfect for this twisted game that someone has created. She tries to ignore it until one day she is pushed in front of the tube and then a stranger pulls her to safety and tries to ask her on a date. Zoe realizes she is definitely part of this game and needs to have it stopped.Unfortunately, this book moved pretty sluggishly for me. There was a lot of detail in the beginning about the various characters, Zoe's previous marriage, and the police case involving the other women from the ads. But, it just never went anywhere. The police kept ignoring Zoe's demands. Her family kept telling her that it was just a look-a-like in the ad and not her. The pacing was just too slow for me. When I am reading a suspense novel I want to be forced to turn the pages like mad because I want to know what is going to happen. With this one, I was just not interested and ended up skimming several chapters because it didn't seem to be necessary to the story. After a few chapters that feature women who have been followed, then the author slips in a page or two from the person behind the game. It's almost like a journal entry where the perpetrator is marking the women's moves and routines while mocking how easy they are to track. Those were the most creative and twisted parts of the story. It really showed the corrupt mind this person had to create this awful game and the author's ability to create an evil character. As I eventually found out who was behind the crimes and the ads, I was pretty shocked and didn't see that person as being the one. But, then once it was revealed, the story seemed to be a bit unbelievable and rushed. There is another shocker on the very last page and left me with a feeling of dread. It was a disturbing novel to read and to end it in a way that left me feeling uneasy made me like the novel even less. For readers who like a fast-paced thriller then this book isn't for you. But if you like books set in London or thrillers that keep you guessing with lots of side stories then you might like this one. Keep in mind the storyline can be disturbing for those who are sensitive towards violence against women.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I thoroughly enjoyed I Let You Go, the author's previous book, so I knew I would love this one too. A plot that is scary and plausible in this day and age of computer technology and even the fact that the Dark Net is out there. Anything is possible if you want it bad enough, even the means to stalk someone and know every move that someone takes, from being at home to the route you take to work.I felt that this story was character driven, as we got a glimpse into all of the people in the novel. From the protagonist to the bad guy. The plot, how creepy that you look in the paper and see yourself there and you know that you did not put it there. To me that was the scariest part. The story is not just about stalking but there are women being murdered too. How do you get the people around you to believe you when you tell them that you feel that you are being followed. Your family thinks you are overacting and the police don't believe you.I liked this novel, it kept me wondering who was the bad guy, just when I figured it out, I was wrong. To me a book that keeps you guessing is a good one. At times the story lagged but not enough for it to be distracting. I really liked it and recommend it if you like a good thriller, especially an ending you don't expect!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    What a clever original book. Loved the plot line. So nice to read a thriller just a little different than so many of the others out there. Scary though. It wouldn't be that hard to set something like that off and the repercussions are frightening. This book kept my attention and for me, it was fast paced. A solid 4 1/2. I need to read her previous one now.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    What would you do if while flipping through the paper, you see a photo in the dating advertisements and it's a picture of you? And as you look through more issues of the paper, there are more women's photos and one of them ends up being a victim of a crime? Just the thought of this makes me look over my shoulder. This is a wonderful fast-paced psychological thriller that will have you reading late into the night. There was no way that I could have predicted all the turns and plot twists for this one. What a ride!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    A creepy novel about crimes committed due to someone making women's routes to work available over the internet for a large fee. Once you buy the information you can use it to just meet the woman or for much more nefarious purposes .The book is told from two perspectives a young woman detective and a woman and her daughter who are caught up in this web. The tension builds and there are a couple satisfying twists at the end. I found this novel fresh and captivating/
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    This plot is just preposterous. The crimes, the perpetrator, the motive - none of it makes any sense in the real world. It culminates in a shattering awful epilogue. I've got to stop wasting my time on stuff like this.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Seeing your blurry but recognizable photo in an ad for escorts caught Zoe Walker's attention, but no one in her family believed the photo was Zoe.After seeing other faces in the same ad and seeing that harm had come to those women either brutally or by robbery definitely had Zoe worrying she was next.I SEE YOU was confusing at first because there were too many characters, and making a connection took a while.The plot seemed to go round and round and not get anywhere, but I didn't want to stop because I know Ms. Mackintosh throws in zingers and twists right up to the end.The zingers started when Zoe's live-in boyfriend and her boss seemed to be suspects in the stalking. The ending was good and was worth the LONG wait for the suspense to begin.I am wavering between a 3/5 and a 4/5 for my rating.The 3/5 would be because it took too long for the suspense to begin.The 4/5 would be because I SEE YOU dealt with a problem that technology can potentially cause as well as being helpful, the intense ending, and how the characters involved with the crimes were a complete surprise. I will leave it at that, and let you make your decision after you read the book.This book was given to me free of charge and without compensation by the publisher in return for an honest review.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I See You is a slowly-building thriller from Clare Mackintosh that is all the more scary because it is a premise that is well within the realm of possibility.One of the strengths of the book might also be one of its weaknesses, though I did not find it to be very weak even in this area, namely characters and characterization. One of my favorite aspects of the book was that I could read the story as being primarily about Zoe, primarily about Kelly or about them both. Technically the story is the dynamic between all of the characters and as such does not have to be about any one particularly but I have a tendency to attach myself to a character and read the book as such. I personally found Kelly's story to be more interesting (though Zoe was going through things I can't even imagine, so her story was also compelling).In giving a significant amount of time to both Zoe and Kelly, as well as the police procedural aspects, I did feel like both of the main characters could have used a little, for lack of a better term, humanizing background. By that I mean that we were made to understand their actions wonderfully but it felt at times as though their feelings were being muted in the telling, the things that would have made them a bit more human. I felt this more with Zoe. Saying this does not mean I think they were poorly drawn, on the contrary, I am afraid that doing this extra bit on the characterization might have hurt the flow of the story, so maybe it is an either/or dynamic here.Speaking of flow, I was unsure at first what I thought of the way the story progressed pace-wise. As I continued I was very pleased with the manner in which Mackintosh started slowly, let the entire premise become slowly evident to the reader (and the characters) then once we were hooked the pace picked up and I couldn't read the last third of the book fast enough.I would recommend this to fans of crime fiction, thrillers and suspense. The novel will entertain you and the premise will cause you to view surveillance and coincidence in a new light.Reviewed from a copy made available through Goodreads First Reads.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This was definitely a contender for every author's nightmare of trying to write a second book after having written a smash bestseller as their first book. That being said, there are a lot of authors out there who wish their first book was half as good as this book. I think as a reader, my expectations were so enormous and the pedestal so high, that I was expected to be wowed on every page. Yet, when I think back to to I Let You Go, there was quite the build up in that book as well.This book took a little longer to build up. I think there were quite a few more plot twists going on in this one. However, when the book did take off, I don't think there was one character in the book that I didn't take at least 10 or 20 seconds to ponder hmm "Are they the suspect?" That made it well worth the $$$ for me.I do have to say I was amazed when I purchased this book last night and checked out the ratings - the book just went on sale today - there were already 6200 reviews. Tell me this wasn't a highly anticipated
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    The start of this book was good. It had the feel of Girl on a Train. Which is what I was hoping and looking forward towards. Ok, so this story started out slowly with nothing really chilling happening. Yet, I held hope because I thought this was going to be like a psychological thriller. In those type of books, sometimes the storyline is slow to build up but gets darker and darker as I get further into the story. Sadly, this was not the case for me. I felt the story slowly building up but it never really reached full dark mode. It was more like sweet and tangy. From everything that I did read, I enjoyed this book. I did read and finish it in two sittings. I know that this author can write a good book from I Let You Go. The next book will hopefully be as good as the prior novel.