The House Beyond the Dunes by Mary Burton

The House Beyond the Dunes by Mary Burton

A tragic accident or something more sinister? A woman's buried memories put her life at risk in a novel of shattering psychological suspense by New York Times bestselling author Mary Burton.

Lane McCord wakes up in a hospital having survived a near-fatal fall at a North Carolina beach cottage. Her boyfriend, Kyle, wasn't so lucky. A senseless tragedy on their first romantic getaway. All Lane remembers is lying at the bottom of the stairs in Kyle's pooling blood.

Confused and grieving, Lane plans to return to the cottage, collect her personal belongings, and get out. Until a winter rainstorm leaves her stranded and vulnerable, but not alone. A concerned neighbor, who claims he heard a violent argument before the accident, has come out of the storm. So has a suspicious detective on the trail of a missing woman, whose diary deepens the mystery--and raises more questions that fill Lane with dread.

How well did she know Kyle? How well does she know herself? What really happened at the cottage on the beach? And when the answers come, who can Lane trust to get out of this waking nightmare alive?

The 2012 Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Competition was won by MARY MILEY. She worked in Colonial Williamsburg for thirteen years, taught American history at Virginia Commonwealth University for thirteen years, and has a long list of history and travel publications. Her second book, Quiet Murders, is her second novel. Miley is a resident of Richmond, Virginia.