A review by marilynw
Down a Dark Road by Linda Castillo

3.0

Down a Dark Road (Kate Burkholder #9)
by Linda Castillo (Author), Kathleen McInerney (Narrator)

Fallen Amish man, Joseph King, in prison for murdering his wife, has escaped and Kate might be the only person who can convince him to turn himself in before he and others come to harm. Joseph was the Burkholder family's neighbor and Kate's first crush but after his dad died, his family moved away and Kate couldn't believe the boy she knew could be a murderer. Now Joseph has taken his five children hostage and this is when Kate makes the first of her many mistakes.

Kate Burkholder has managed to make the same rookie mistakes through nine books now. Going into dangerous situations without backup is one of her perpetual mistakes. She'll even berate herself for doing so when she ends up in messes that appear impossible to live through. But never fear, Kate could be run over by a steamroller, which then rolls back and forth over her a dozen times, and she would still be having a nice meal (or bedroom time) with her boyfriend later that night. Kate is going to do the same thing over and over and I need to accept that fact after nine books of her repeating senseless actions.