The House Beyond the Dunes

Lane McCord survives a near-fatal fall at a North Carolina beach cottage, but her boyfriend Kyle does not. She remembers only lying at the bottom of the stairs in his blood. Uncertain whether the incident was a tragic accident or something more deliberate, Lane returns to the cottage to collect her belongings. Stranded by a winter rainstorm, Lane encounters a neighbor who claims to have heard a violent argument before the accident, and a detective investigating a missing woman. The detective's discovery of the missing woman's diary deepens the mystery and raises troubling questions about what truly occurred at the cottage. As Lane struggles to piece together her memories and understand the events surrounding Kyle's death, she must confront difficult questions about how well she knew him—and how well she knows herself. The answers that emerge force her to determine who she can trust to survive the situation.