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Sunset Beach

Title:

Sunset Beach

Author:

Andrews, Mary Kay, 1954- author.

McInerney, Kathleen (Actress), narrator.

Summary:

Drue Campbell is out of a job and down on her luck when her estranged father, Brice Campbell, a flamboyant personal injury attorney, shows up at her mother's funeral after a twenty-year absence. And he's married to Drue's eighth grade frenemy, Wendy, now his office manager. They're offering her a job-- and news of her inheritance: her grandparents' beach bungalow in the sleepy town of Sunset Beach. Drue begrudgingly joins the firm, spending her days screening phone calls, and working with Wendy is no picnic. But when a death at an exclusive beach resort nearby exposes possible corruption at her father's firm, she is drawn into a decades-old missing persons case. -- Adapted from jacket.

General Note:

Unabridged.

Compact discs.

Disc 12 also includes special bonus feature read by the author.

Physical Description:

12 audio discs (14 hr., 32 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Genre:

Legal fiction (Literature)

Audiobooks.

Subject Term:

Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.

Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.

Missing persons -- Fiction.

Beaches -- Fiction.

Author(s):

McInerney, Kathleen (Actress),

Publisher:

Macmillan Audio,

Publication Date:

2019

ISBN:

9781250221445

Publication Information:

[New York] : Macmillan Audio, 2019.

Call Number:

CDB ANDREWS

Holds: Copies:

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Summary

This program includes a bonus chapter, 'Beach House Dreaming, ' read by Mary Kay Andrews.

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.

Author Notes

Mary Kay Andrews was born Kathy Hogan Trocheck on July 27, 1954 in St. Petersburg, Florida. She received a B.A. in journalism from the University of Georgia. She worked for fourteen years as a reporter, mainly at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, before becoming a full-time author.

Under Kathy Hogan Trocheck, she wrote 10 mysteries including the Callahan Garrity Mystery series and the Truman Kicklighter Mysteries series. Under Mary Kay Andrews, her works include the Weezie and Bebe series, Little Bitty Lies, Hissy Fit, Deep Dish, The Fixer Upper, Summer Rental, Spring Fever, Ladies Night, Save the Date, and Beach Town.

Mary Kay's title, The Weekenders, made the New York Times Bestseller list in 2016.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Andrews (The High Tide Club) delivers a likable, if meandering, contemporary about a down-on-her-luck athlete, her colorful lawyer father, and a decades-old missing persons mystery. After a debilitating sports injury, Drue Campbell's employment prospects are grim, until her estranged, flamboyant father, Brice Campbell, shows up at her mother's funeral and offers his daughter a job working in his personal injury law office with him and his new wife, Wendy (who was a high school frenemy of Drue's). Drue learns that she has also inherited her grandparents' run-down beach cottage in Sunset Beach, Fla. Drue's resigned to screening slip-and-fall calls, until she becomes involved with a suspicious death at a local resort that leaves a young girl motherless. Then she stumbles on a long-unsolved missing persons case that might involve her family. The plot wanders at times and the competing mysteries end with a bit of a fizzle, but Andrews's gift for drawing fascinating characters (including a hard-boiled female detective) and her captivating dialogue will pull most readers through to the end of this laid-back blend of cozy mystery and women's fiction. Agent: Meghan Walker, Tandem Literary. (May) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.