Sunset Beach: A Novel

Mary Kay Andrews

May 2019 · Sold by St. Martin's Press

About this ebook

Pull up a lounge chair and have a cocktail at Sunset Beach – it comes with a twist.

Drue Campbell’s life is adrift. Out of a job and down on her luck, life doesn’t seem to be getting any better when her estranged father, Brice Campbell, a flamboyant personal injury attorney, shows up at her mother’s funeral after a twenty-year absence. Worse, he’s remarried – to Drue’s eighth grade frenemy, Wendy, now his office manager. And they’re offering her a job.

It seems like the job from hell, but the offer is sweetened by the news of her inheritance – her grandparents’ beach bungalow in the sleepy town of Sunset Beach, a charming but storm-damaged eyesore now surrounded by waterfront McMansions.

With no other prospects, Drue begrudgingly joins the firm, spending her days screening out the grifters whose phone calls flood the law office. Working with Wendy is no picnic either. But when a suspicious death at an exclusive beach resort nearby exposes possible corruption at her father’s firm, she goes from unwilling cubicle rat to unwitting investigator, and is drawn into a case that may – or may not – involve her father. With an office romance building, a decades-old missing persons case re-opened, and a cottage in rehab, one thing is for sure at Sunset Beach: there’s a storm on the horizon.

Sunset Beach is a compelling ride, full of Mary Kay Andrews' signature wit, heart, and charm.

Ratings and reviews

Sunset Beach by Mary Kay Andrews is dual time full of secrets and mysteries. Flashbacks and mysteries from present time to the 1970’s. This is the first book I have read by Mary Kay Andrews and it was a great read. Drue the main character is a whirlwind and she involves everyone in her wild adventures. Drue is a tough as nails girl, but has a sweet spirit. I can’t wait to read more books by Mary Kay Andrews. I received a complimentary copy of this book from Netgalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. I appreciate the opportunity and thank the author and publisher for allowing me to read, enjoy and review this book.

If you're looking for a relaxing great beach read you have found it! This is a fantastic book with well developed characters, a nice easy pace and a story that has a little of everything. Family drama for sure. A woman looking for her happy place in life. Mixed in is a little mystery as Drue not only investigates a current day homicide but also researches a possible homicide from years ago. I would have enjoyed the book a bit more of a romantic element played a bigger role but overall it was a very entertaining read and a book I highly recommend.

This wasn't the worst nor the best read of the week but it was something different. This was the first read by this author but definitely not the last and I will be diving back in for more in the future. Drue is not having a good time with life. At the age of 36 she has just been fired from her waitressing job, has an injured knee and her mother has just passed away from cancer. To top all that off, her estranged father has just showed up and offered her a job. He is a personal injury lawyer and once she moves she finds out he is now married to her once friend, now enemy from grade school, Wendy. Well, that doesn't go over good, especially since they will be working together. However, the one redeeming thing is she has found out she has an inheritance from her grandfather of his old beach bungalow...his delapidated bungalow. That is okay, she is on the beach. This story is rich with mystery but light on romance. It could have used more romance and really trimmed of length as I found myself bored before I was through but I was thoroughly entertained. **Received this ARC for review from the publisher via NetGalley**

About the author

MARY KAY ANDREWS is The New York Times bestselling author of The High Tide Club, The Beach House Cookbook, The Weekenders, Beach Town, Save the Date, Ladies’ Night, Christmas Bliss, and more. A former journalist for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, she lives in Atlanta, Georgia.