I'm a huge fan of Mary Kay Andrews and Sunset Beach was no different! Drue Campbell's life is a mess, and then her dad offers her a job working for him and her 8th grade frenemy, who also happens to be his new wife. She tucks her tail between her legs and accepts the job out of desperation, and that begins a new life to her. She inherits a fixer-upper, and uncovers new evidence in a missing-persons case, which draws her into the investigation. It's a super fun story, and the perfect beach read!

Without reading the book’s description, and simply looking at the cover, you would not expect this book to be a mystery. I chose to read this book because I always enjoy Mary Kay Andrews’ novels, and I enjoyed the “beach read” story with the addition of two mysteries. Drue moves to Sunset Beach to work for her estranged father, and finds herself wound up in two unsolved crimes, one from 1976 and one more recent. Sunset Beach was an enjoyable read that kept me engaged and excited to find out what happens next, and I’d definitely recommend as a summer read.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

Sunset Beach joins the list of Mary Kay Andrews’ books that are my go-to for a quick, enjoyable read. I never question whether I’m going to enjoy the book or not, I know that I will. Sunset Beach follows Drue Campbell, who has recently found herself very alone in the world. Her estranged father comes along at the right time to offer her a job and a home. Drue becomes a little too involved in an old case at the lawyer’s office she’s working at as she works to unravel many secrets from the past. This book has mystery, romance, intrigue and a lot of laughs.

Drue is 36, no career and her life is adrift, she has lost her mother to cancer and Drue doesn't know what to do with her life, when her estranged father offers her a job in his law firm.

Drue excepts the job and returns to where she grew up and left 20 years ago, though everything is not good with her dad, Drue blames her father for everything that has happened in the past and Drue's father also married Drue's best friend from school Wendy (which she didn't know).

On the positive Drue finds out the house she used to spend her summers in in now hers and she can live on the beach front of one of the only places that made her happy.

While working for her dad and fielding phone calls for future cases Drue meets a very unhappy client that thinks Brice (Drue's father) has ripped her off and not got justice for her daughters death.

This is an interesting read with a really intriguing storyline, that's very well thought out and well written. A very pleasant surprise that keeps you guessing until the end. Highly recommended read!!!

This is my favorite thus far of Mary Kay Andrew's books. I couldn't put it down. Thank God I'm retired and have a patient husband! After reading the first chapter, I wasn't sure if I would like it, but it immediately picked up and hooked me. Living in Florida, I could relate to Drue's beach cottage as if I were there. Please write a series with these characters. Excellent!

I needed a light, fun read with a summer cover during this cold spell! Mary Kay Andrews is always an Author I can count on for a good romance. This time she threw in two mysteries. Well done!

Drue, has recently lost her mom, and moved to the opposite coast to work for her absent father and his new wife...who was a friend of Drue’s in high school. Father is a successful lawyer, the kind that has his face plastered all over billboards. A woman comes into the office, claiming injustice for her murdered daughter...blaming Drue’s dad. She moves into her grandparents home and finds clippings and agile of a missing woman from 1975. And so the mysteries begin.

Characters are flawed, but grow on you. Storyline is easy to follow and descriptive. Enjoyed this delightful summer read, now if only the weather would cooperate.

I received an ARC of this book. Opinion is my own.

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Oh Mary Kay Andrews, you are my new favorite beach book author. I really liked my first Mary Kay Andrews book, High Tide Club, and I really loved her new book Sunset Beach. I enjoy a great setting as much as I love great characters. This book puts you right into St Pete, Florida. I had no idea this was the setting until I started reading the book. It made me crave Chattaway burgers at 7 in the morning and I learned that Mastry's bar on Central has probably always been a dive bar and hasn't changed in years. I can picture the beach cottage on Sunset Beach and the law office in an old bungalow near downtown. I also enjoyed all of the characters. They are flawed but can do more than they expect. The crime solving in the novel kept me interested throughout the book. I can't wait to read another Mary Kay Andrews book. Thank you NetGalley for an ARC copy in exchange for an honest review.

At first I was not sure about this book but it quickly grabbed my attention. I loved the beach setting and I enjoyed the characters and story line. Definitely a book I can recommend to my customers

Drue's mother has just died after a long illness. Drue is out of work and has a bum knee. She is unsure what her future holds. Then her father shows up to offer a job and tell her about a home she has inherited. In spite of long held anger at her father, she moves across the state of Florida to start a new life.

This is a story about relationships. Not all of them are good ones. There are family relationships and work relationships. Drue seemed to have emotional problems with all of them.

Drue's stepmother is a woman who was a good friend when they were in middle school. And her stepmother is the office manager at the family law firm. She is not Drue's greatest fan.

I am not her greatest fan either.

Although she is supposed to be 36 years old, she acts more like a spoiled teenager toward her father and stepmother. She was a waitress, is now an intake phone employee and yet begins to investigate a two year old murder. I felt that many of the choices she made were made with little consideration for reality.

She is a well defined character. Ms Andrews is a master at well developed characters. Even secondary characters are fully described and recognizable. Even though I understood and felt I knew them, there were no characters who I really liked.

I am certain that if Drue were more appealing to me, I would have been more invested in the book. Her actions seemed to drive the plot in unrealistic directions.

I am a mystery fan and this was as much a mystery as chick lit. That was a part of the book which held my interest.

I received this book from the publisher through NetGalley. I am voluntarily writing this review and all opinions are completely my own.

Ok so I thought this would be kind of a beachy read. Ya I was wrong but that's ok.
It's a romance kind of mystery book. I really enjoyed the pacing if the story. I will definitely be reading more from this author.

This was a really good story. Long but good. the father that shows up at the mother's funeral turns out to be not a bad Dad. The flighty kiteboarder with the bum knee turns out to be a good worker and the one that seems to be a friend turns out to be a sociopath. I love Mary Kay Andrews books..

A great cozy mystery and romance.- my favorite combination. Unusual in that the protagonist is over the age of 30! Drue is surprised when her Dad show up at her Mothers funeral. She has not seen him since she was 15. He is a successful attorney and offers her a job and informs her that she has inherited her grandparents beach home.. At first she says no but after losing her job as a waitress she moves back to the town she grew -up in and goes to work for him . There are a lot of surprises and twists. as she takes on the roll of investigating an old murder. The good guys are hard to identify and some dark family secrets are uncovered.

3.5 stars rounded up to 4. First I'd like to thank St. Martin's Press for an advanced copy of Mary Kay Andrews' latest, Sunset Beach. The title grabbed me as a nice beach read, so I accepted the offer. I couldn't have been more wrong. While the story takes place in a beach town in Florida, it is more of a mystery involving two cases. One is decades old, and the other a more recent case. Both cases involve the main character Drue, who comes to live at her late grandparents home after an injury stalls her extreme sports career.
This was a quick and enjoyable read with a good story line that kept me turning the pages for more!

Thank you Netgalley for the ARC copy. Sunset Beach was not your typical Mary Kay Andrews book. Drue is a spunky character who finds her way at the end of the story. A sometimes intriguing story of family dynamics and a who dunnit of past and presence. I thought characters could have been a little deeper and the storyline a little more detailed at time. It’s a great beach story and one that will make you want to find your own beach house to renovate

Thanks to Netgalley for providing me with a digital copy of this book for my honest opinions and review.

The Queen of the Beach Read returns back to her old roots with this mysterious gem! Set in the south, Sunset Beach 🏖 made me long for warm weather and a beach chair on the sand. As usual, Andrews’ characters are rich in discription and are people who I feel I know at the end of the story. The same can be said of her descriptions of the cottage in this novel. It’s a place I longed to visit—pink mermaid bath tub and all!
The twists and turns of this novel kept me guess right up until the end! The blend of the past storyline coupled along side the current was a nice touch and wasn’t confusing at all. With so many mysteries and thrillers out there to choose from, Sunset Beach is a refreshing change that blends mystery with traditional Beach reads. Fans of MKA will not be disappointed! I highly recommend it! 4 1/2 stars

What a wonderful beachy read! I was not wanting to take a break from this one. It's filled with suspense and mystery as well as a great story to fill the pages.
Drue heads back to the opposite coast of Florida, where her younger years were based, reunites with her Dad after her Mom's death. She brings the scorned child attitude to the relationship but proves over time, to herself and her Dad, that each of them has grown into a different person than they remember.
Lots of great twists and turns, back story, and wonderful charecters. Their is so much more to this story, but I don't want to give too much away before you read it! A great weekend read to add to your "to be read" pile.

This is the first time I have read anything by this author and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I would definitely read other titles by her.

A beach read that is so much more! Mary Kay Andrews does it again with Sunset Beach! This is a perfect beach read - there's love, romance, and intrigue. It's more than your formulaic rom com. Leading lady Drue is one you'd want to see more from. Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an unbiased review.

This will make the quintessential beach read for this summer! Of course I couldn’t wait until the summer to crack open a new book by the lovely Mary Kay Andrews i had to read it! This was wonderful like all of her other books!! Recommending to every woman that loves her toes in the sand to read this!!

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for allowing me to read this novel in exchange for an honest review.

Drue. I love Drue! Who doesn't love Mary Kay Andrews? She's the quintessential southern writer and as a southerner myself, my patrons wait on baited breath for her titles. This one, like her others, did not disappoint. I love the theme of family and self-discovery she weaves through her stories. It was a true vacation!