I received an ARC from NetGalley and St. Martin's Press. Thank you to both as I really enjoyed this book.

Drue was an easy character to like. You felt her struggles as she is coping with a knee injury and the loss of her mom. I enjoyed seeing how Drue and Brice mended their daughter/father relationship.

Drue was kind of lost at the beginning of this book, but I feel as she dove into the mysteries around Colleen Hicks and Jazmin Mayes I felt she kind of found herself. I enjoyed finding out what happened to these young women as much as I enjoyed Drue coming into her own.

This is a great beach read with heart and mystery. I recommend taking this book along on vacation this summer!!

I am a long time fan of Mary Kay Andrews and was eagerly awaiting her newest novel. Her books are my ideal version of a "beach read" as they are engrossing, have a bit of lightness but are not dull. Sunset Beach is no exception to this.

This novel follows Drue in the months after her mother's death as she moves back to Ft. Lauderdale and into her grandparents rustic cottage on Sunset Beach. She takes a job with her estranged father and quickly finds herself involved in solving two mysteries that all before her have decided were unsolvable.

From the get-go I was pretty involved in the story as I'm a sucker for beach anything but I also love the idea of saving older homes in lieu of tearing them down for the latest McMansion, especially in beach communities. Drue's cottage was described so perfectly that you could easily imagine it in your mind.

The meat of the story follows the two mysteries set about 40 years apart and both are equally as intriguing as the layers get revealed through the story. While it isn't a ton of chapters, there's enough "flashback" chapters to keep the older mystery alive without bogging down the current time plot.

Overall I found this book charming, engaging and a delight to read. Looking forward to more of Mary Kay Andrews' books in the future!

I was tickled pink to have received an eARC novel from NetGalley and St. Martin's Press in exchange for my honest review.

Once again, the perfect, perfect beach book from Mary Kay Andrews! Sunset Beach is a treat from start to finish. Drue, the main character, has had a run of bad luck, but she doesn't let it define her or hold her back. In order to survive, she has to work for her estranged father's ambulance-chasing law firm. While there, she turns amateur detective as she stumbles onto two mysteries, one in the present day that involves a client of her dad's firm, and one from the 1970s, which actually involves her dad in his younger days. There's danger, intrigue, humor, tons of family drama, and the great atmosphere of Old Florida in Drue's St. Petersburg neighborhood. I love that Mary Kay Andrews includes an afterword of personal information at the end of the book. Part of Drue's story is fixing up a classic 1950s beach cottage that she inherits from her grandparents, and Mary Kay shares her personal interest and experience in rehabbing old beach homes and searching for antiques and other treasures to fill them. She even shares some great recipes for beach entertaining. Loved this book. I didn't read it on the beach, but it made me feel like I was on vacation!

Another beachy hit from Mary Kay Andrews. I adore her Weezie and Bebe mysteries and while this title isn't a straight up mystery, there is a little detective work done by Drue that is reminiscent of that series. I would love to see Drue again and possibly as the star of a new series by Ms. Andrews.
Drue is a very realistic character and I just wanted to hang out with her!

I have been reading books by Mary Kay Andrews and her pseudonym Kathy Hogan Trocheck for years and years. She has only bombed maybe once and when I mean bombed -I mean that she got two stars from me. Most of her books are 3's, 4's and even 5's. I had a difficult time deciding what amount of stars to give this book. It is written in such a different style that I'm used to from the author. These characters are deeper with more problems to deal with and the issues they are dealing with are grittier. The fact that there are jumps in time (several different murders one forty years in the past) didn't do me any good until I really got into the book -then my unhappiness with this book flew out of the window.

I don't really like having to take so much time to 'get into a book' (the book was never bad, it just was a bit slow)but this book slowly pulled me in and I found myself liking that. Character growth abounded (I really did not like Drue at first) and the character's, like Wendy, that I disliked at first, I came to like and the character's that I liked at first I came to distrust even before the denouement. What I did NOT see coming was how the forty-year-old murder happened and why it happened and WHO made it happen!

This did turn out to be an engrossing read for me and one I will recommend to mystery lovers who like a tiny side of romance. And I do mean tiny!

*ARC supplied by the publisher.

This looked like a beach read , but it was too annoying to go very far into it. I have liked some of her other books and know they are not usually deep or unpredictable, but enjoying if you aren't looking for those things.

Right from the start, even though I am in FL where the story takes place, I felt it was too over the top ridiculous a story to want to finish. FL can be a good escape from aspects of reality, but this was nowhere near reality and gives FL a bad name. Absolutely everything was too, too... too unbelievable to care about the characters who were too far removed from what I'd call regular people, too silly a storyline of long lost dad coming to her rescue, only to find her dad has now married her 8th grade best friend, who now hates her and does not wish her well. Need I go on?

Thank you NetGalley for an advance reader copy in exchange for an honest opinion. I will no longer request books by this author.

I received an advance reader copy of Sunset Beach. I was expecting a generic beach read and it was an unexpected favorite.
This love story was multi layered with two amateur mysteries to be solved.
The story flowed easily, the stories within the story were intriguing with unexpected twists and turns. The characters were well developed and likeable. A good read to take to the beach or read in front of a fire. 4 stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and Mary Kay Andrews for the ARC of Sunset Beach. I have been a fan of Mary Kay Andrews for quite a while. And this book does not disappoint. While the title and the cover makes it seem like a very breezy, easy beach read this one goes past that point. Family dynamics takes center stage in this novel. When Drue's mom dies and her estranged dad shows up for the funeral her life takes a turn that causes her to move back to Sunset Beach. After Drue starts work in her dad's law firm she finds cases that don't add up. The story shows her investigating and trying to find justice for one of her dad's clients. This book has suspense and intrigue and a wonderful beach setting. Such a great read!

I love early Mary Kay Andrews books and she's remained pretty formulaic with her books for awhile but I feel like her last book, The Weekenders, was beginning of a new path for her. Although she rights "chick lit" under MKA, she has a few female detective series under Kathy Hogan Trocheck, which I also love. With Sunset Beach, she successfully merges her standard independent woman meets a man she can't stand story line with a mystery no one else around can figure out (or wants to) other than said independent woman.

Another thing I appreciate about her writing: her characters also range in age. From the 20something we saw in Dempsey Jo Killebrew in The Fixer Upper to women in their late 30s in her most recent books and the older ladies (Weezie & BeBe) we see in Savannah Blues and other books in their series, Mary Kay Andrews covers the gamut and doesn't miss a beat.

Drue Campbell, 36 years old and down on her luck. With her mother just dying, she is barely recovering from a kite boarding accident and has no job. When her estranged father, Brice Campbell, shows up at her mother's funeral, Drue has no choice but to accept his offer of a job at his law firm. Packing up what little she has, she crosses over to St. Petersburg. Surprised, she finds her 68 year old father married to Wendy, a girl she once knew (and disliked) from 8th grade... It seems as if nothing has changed in that regard. That was one surprise, the other was that she inherited a small dilapidated beach cottage on Sunset Beach that once belonged to her grandparents. Her life is far from perfect, working with her father's wife, Wendy, a frenemy, a cottage to repair and a job from hell...the background is set.

While investigating a leak from the cottage roof, Drue goes up to the attic to investigate and comes upon an interesting find in a box with her mother's name on it...newspaper clippings about a case involving a missing woman from 1976. Along with that, there was a three inch binder with police reports and old black and white photographs. What was that doing in her grandparents attic? As if that was not enough to pique Drue's interest, there is another more recent case that she also gets involved with...a little girl whose mother was strangled and is being raised by her grandmother. But something didn't sit right with Drue in either case. With two mysteries to solve, along with a hated stepmother, family contention, the dangers involved with these two cases and not knowing who she could trust, this is a novel that is difficult to put down.

I really was tickled as I read the descriptions of Florida, especially where I live...spot-on with palm trees, beaches, dive bars, et al. There is nothing like watching the sunset over the water, or the beautiful pink and purple sky outlining the palm trees. Just don't ask me how I feel about hurricane season!

Mary Kay Andrews never disappointments, her novels are the best and this one keeps you glued till the end. Ms. Andrews is a consummate author, her writing and novels are quite entertaining. Highly recommended.

Loved loved loved this book. Perfect chic lit book for your next vacation...especially if you're heading to the beach. Mary Kay Andrews never disappoints with her easy to read, can't put it down novels. Definitely recommend this fun read! Thank you to Net Galley for the advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.

Received a copy of this book from nergalley.
The cover of the book does not do it justice,thought it would be a summer romantic read for the beach but once I dtarted reading the book I vould nit put it down.
It has sll the elements of a must read book ,family drama, romance,intrigue and all well written by the author.
Can not wait to read more of these books.

Another great beach read by Mary Kay Andrews. I wish I was reading it on the beach instead of freezing cold and snow, but at least I got a little escape by reading about Sunset Beach. When thirty something Drue arrives back at Sunset Beach she is grieving the loss of her mother, and her ability to kitesurf. She has taken the lifeline in the form of a job from her father with whom she has not had a good relationship, and moved into the cottage left to her by her grandparents. As she rehabilitates the cottage and herself she is also looking into murder case. Lots of depth to this book, with well developed characters and sense of place.

I am not *always* a Mary Kay Andrews fan but this book really held my attention and had a little bit more than some of her others. I enjoyed it very much. Kept my attention at all turns and I think it will be a popular summer beach read this year!

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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