• Down the Darkest Road

  • Oak Knoll, Book 3
  • By: Tami Hoag
  • Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
  • Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (1,839 ratings)

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Down the Darkest Road

By: Tami Hoag
Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
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Publisher's summary

Number-one New York Times best-selling author Tami Hoag returns with the latest entry in her riveting Oak Knoll series.

Deeper than the Dead introduced Tami Hoag's millions of fans to Oak Knoll, a small California town that, in the mid-80s, seemed as idyllic as any... until the See-No-Evil killer shattered that notion. It took FBI agent Vince Leone and a new technique called "profiling" to put an end to the trauma.

Secrets to the Grave brought Leone's teacher-turned-child- advocate wife, Anne, into a central role. Together with Vince and local sheriff 's deputy Tony Mendez, she solved an Oak Knoll murder with a particularly challenging mystery: The victim never existed. And now Hoag returns once more to Oak Knoll for the third installment of this best-selling series.

Through Leone's pioneering, science-based investigatory skills, Hoag explores the early days of forensic police work. And through the chilling case at the heart of Down the Darkest Road, she hooks ever more readers and listeners into the meticulously crafted, all-too-terrifying world of Oak Knoll, where the scariest secrets of all can be found... Down the Darkest Road.

©2011 Tami Hoag (P)2011 Random House

Critic reviews

“Eerie, suspenseful, tragic, and thought provoking.” (USA Today)

“A mesmerizing psychological drama on loss, guilt, frustration and implacable, explainable evil.” (Kirkus Reviews)

“The setting and [Hoag's] consummate skill as a plotter add to plenty of old-school thrills that pack a punch and will leave fans breathless.” (Booklist)

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Great read!

I absolutely loved it! The narrator was amazing in being able to express the different characters and there emotions. She really made it easy to feel apart of what was going on. Kept me locked in from page one. The story line was great and I loved the ending.

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fun read

entertaining, easy listening, keeps you interested. there isnt a real need to listen to this series in order - the books are stand alone enough

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Excellent!

Great character development, plot and twists I didn't see coming. A moving ending too. A terrific read.

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Tami Hoag

Tami Hoag is a great writer! I really enjoyed this book and I know you will to.

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Great book

I was not completely happy with book 1 in this series but decided to listen to book 2 and 3 and am so happy I did so. This is overall a great series with great characters. Some reviewers didn’t like the fact that so much attention was put on a new character in book 3 but I thought it added significantly to the story. The narrator did a great job and is spot on for voices and pace. Im sad that this was the final book in the Oak Knoll series.

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Good but not Great. Story is ver drawn out

Tami Hoag has some great stories. This one is ok overall but some chapters went on about a weak thought

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Awesome conclusion to the series

It was a good conclusion to the series and kept me guessing until close to the end.

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The best one yet!

This series keeps getting better and better, I was left with my mouth gaping at the end of this one. fantastic read, great narration and a gripping story.

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Very Suspenseful

Very suspenseful with a lot of good twists. The narration was great and I enjoyed listening to this.

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I couldn’t stop listening

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This book held my attention from the first page till the last. Very good book

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