After a twenty-fifth high school reunion, a former cheer leader is found dead behind a dune.The detective in charge of the investigation was also in her class and was in love with her.He is determined to find her killer.
A killer lurks among the men and women at Gulfview High School's class of '86' reunion. By evening's end, Lyndy McNeil, a former student and lead cheer leader is found dead behind a dune. Lieutenant Nick Melino of the Sheriff's Office, also a class member, is determined to find the killer of the woman he once loved.
Hampered by an approaching hurricane, Nick's team work to gather crime evidence left on the beach before "Eileen" destroys it all. As the investigation intensifies, shocking details about secret lives, concealed for a quarter century, come to life.Illicit affairs, blackmail and hidden identity point a finger at more than one suspect. A tragic unforeseen twist in circumstances enlarges the investigation from a crime of murder to busting a heroin ring.
Would forensics, video technology and human determination bring justice? Or would Lyndy's murder linger unsolved, forgotten over time, like footprints in the sand?
Professional Reviews
Death Behind the Dunes
Bonnie Colvert
Aug 07, 2012
Bonnie Colvert rated it 5 of 5 stars false
Wonderful murder mystery. Fantastic little novella. Picture in your mind a 25 year school reunion where the prettiest most popular girl in school gets murdered. Then picture that one of her classmates is the head detective on the sheriffs department. This most dreadful murder happens on the beautiful Gulf Coast on one of the white pristine beaches. Our head detective will stop at nothing to find all the clues to this murder. Great read
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