Down the Darkest Road (Oak Knoll Series) Paperback – May 3, 2022

This book by Tami Hoag, is in a series of her incredible art of storytelling. If you haven't read any of her books before; you are in for some enjoyable hours of pleasure reading. The characters feel as if you know them, and your heartstrings will ache for the protagnist, Sara.Ms. Hoag has not written a single book that I did not enjoy. I wish she wrote faster, so I can read more. I highly recommend this book for men or women. I suggest you start at the beginning of Will Trent series, so you will know the history of these character; however, the book is great as a stand alone too.The pace is excellent and the drama pulls you to solving the crime. The story gives many puzzles.

This was so real. Her descriptions were so detailed it read like a movie. I love how she writes. Great read.

The third novel in the oak knoll series brings detective Mendez more into focus. The main focus is on Lauren Lawton and on the lingering result violence has had on her and her remaining family.

This book was a page turner! It included some of the characters from the first two books which was much appreciated!

I really enjoy Tami Hoag and this book did not disappoint. It’s a page turner from the first chapter and was that way throughout. It’s not just that Hoag writes thrillers, it’s her compelling style of writing that I enjoy. It’s hard to be objective on all her books, because I know I’ll love the book just from author recognition..

I absolutely loved this series. Tami Hoag does a great job of keeping the suspense sharp and the pacing fast and this novel is no exception.This novel does have quite a different feel to it than the first two in the series. The first two novels in the series seem to feature Detective Mendez and Vince Leone a great deal while this novel is more focused on Lauren Lawton who is a grief strictened mother who is convinced that she knows who killed oldest daughter and has gotten away with it. Now she is in a battle of wits with the man but must also protect her other daughter in a new town known as Oak Knoll. Mendez, Vince (he is hardly in this novel at all) and Anne Leone are more secondary characters in this story, rather than main characters. And although Mendez once again is trying to rescue a damsel in distress, Laura is the main character.I will say that I enjoyed this novel as much as the previous two. Suspense, Pacing and characters are a strength in this novel just like with the others. And while I will say their are some fairly major differences in how this story is told, I believe that if you're a fan of first two this is a can't miss.Grade: A+

The third book in the series and it was still a good story.

I gave this 3 stars mainly because I was expecting more from Tami Hoag. . This book I found to be ok. This story is about a mother, Lauren, who's 16 year old daughter, Leslie, was taken 4 years earlier & she doesn't know what has happened. She is certain that Roland Ballencoa was the one who took her daughter but there is no proof and the police can't do anything. To add to Lauren's grief her husband was also killed in a car accident 2 years after the disappearance of their daughter (everyone thinks he drove off the road on purpose). This book is about Lauren and her quest to make Roland pay & get justice for her daughter Leslie. If Lauren didn't have another child, Leah, I might could have admire her dedication to finding her daughter's kidnapper/murderer. My problem with her dedication is it comes at the expense of her other daughter. Leah was just an afterthought for her. Leah had problems and issues from the disappearance of her sister too, but Lauren was so engrossed in her own grief & problems she left Leah to deal with it on her own, which she does by cutting herself. Lauren even recognizes she is not being a good mother to her remaining daughter but does nothing to change her behavior. I also don't know if it was because it was on Kindle & maybe we get abridge version but I can't remember Tami Hoag just throwing something about a character out there & leaving it. The cutting is never addressed by book end. Even after she goes to the hospital with injuries. I can only hope this means there will be another book in this series so we can find out about Leah, really don't' care to see how Lauren is doing. Also slight and I do mean slight hint of romance for Tony, the deputy sheriff from the previous two books. No real mystery in the book.Since this was supposed to be a continuous from the previous 2 Oak Knoll books, I expected it to have more on the previous characters. A few of the characters were present, Anne, Tony, Wendy, & Vince. I was disappointed that no mention of Dennis or what happened to him. It was good to see what was new with Anne & Vince. I am hoping Tami does continue this series not so much because of this book but there are still too many unanswered questions from the previous two books.If you haven't read the other two books you might enjoy and find this book interesting. If you have read the previous two, I think you too with be disappointed. Again not one of my favorite's from Tami Hoag. She can do better.

This was the best book that I’ve read in a long time. An absolute page turner. I couldn’t put it down. It was an emotional roller coaster.One minute I was crying and then next I was breathless getting to the next page. Kudos to Tami Hoag.👏👏 Thank You

This is good,all three of the series are good, but the formula becomes tiresome very quickly, I had to force myself to read this one. The women getting torn up while doing the best they can thing, is terribly overdone nowadays.

Excelente trilogía de Tami Hoag. Me costaba parar de leer.

This book is about a woman who tries to fight for herself and her two daughters. She is under so much stress, the police force discount her as a serial nuisance, but she keeps on pushing for truth and justice. I wonder how many women and mothers fight this war everyday.

After having read Ashes To Ashes, which is big-time suspense, I'd expected something similar from this book.The story itself is actually quite interesting, but there just is too much boring stuff written around it.I don't care about the feelings of a mom who's daughter was abducted years ago and who's husband got himself killed in a car accident. Page after page after page boring insights into the psyche of a hurt mother.How she feels responsible for the abduction of her daughter and so on and so forth.A thriller has to be moving and not constantly coming to a halt due to the retrospective of the mother bugging herself and the reader.