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  • The House Beyond the Dunes

  • By: Mary Burton
  • Narrated by: Erin Bennett
  • Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (596 ratings)

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The House Beyond the Dunes

By: Mary Burton
Narrated by: Erin Bennett
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Publisher's summary

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?

©2023 Mary Burton (P)2023 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
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It's not easy to keep me guessing

I loved this book. I don't write reviews but I just finished this book and had to leave one.
so far removed from a formula mystery, standard story, ones that are somewhat easy to figure out the end.
This book has quite a few "I didn't see that coming" and the ending was brilliant. I absolutely did NOT see that coming.
Well written, performance was better than most I listen to.
There is a lot going on in this book. If you listen to books like I do, ( I do because I have to be doing things all the time) this book will need you to really pay attention. The author wove together the many threads of this story very well.
This was the first book in quite a while that I couldn't stop listening to. It kept me invested in the characters, the story line, and I loved all the twists and turns tat kept me guessing.

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Great story

Engaging characters with a wild twist. Definitely worth a read or listen. Going to search out more books by this author

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House beyond the Dunes

I enjoyed the story and narration. I did wonder why Lane felt compelled to go back to the scene of trauma.
The story kept me in suspense.

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Awesome twist!!

This was a great listen for me. Very interesting characters and and incredible twist at the end. Highly recommend!!

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Story intrigue

I was surprised by the ending and pleased. I’m not normally surprised by anything. The dialogue is confusing at times and hard to keep people straight if you’re not paying attention but understandable.

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Couldn't look away

This started a little slow (just a little lol) but about 1/4 of the way through I didn't want to put it down. 1/2 way through, I COULDN'T put it down. Literally had my heart pounding and weirdly, made me jump once lol I was so wrapped in the characters, I could see what they saw and when they heard a loud noise and jumped... I did too!!!

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Good Story But…

This was a good book I had the “twist” figured out pretty early on. It was still good. Of course I could have been wrong so it was still fun getting to the end.
The characters were good. The narrator was very good. I highly recommend this audiobook!

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wasn't for me

I didn't care for the characters and the story didn't hold my interest. I like this author, but this audiobook wasn't for me.

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Well performed but story details could be better developed.

I liked the setting this book takes place in and the author performed it well. However, for a book this length, I thought it could have had more substance so we could have been more invested in the characters. The main character became quite “silly” in my eyes when 8+ times they said “I should leave this place BUT… (enter eye roll worthy reason). That’s my .02.

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Twisty Twister

Very twisty mystery. Can always count on Mary Burton story to keep entertained. Erin Bennett did a great job bringing all the characters to life.

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