The Shadow Coast, by Philip Haldeman

This kind of horror is what I hope for when I buy horror novels. Shadow Coast gave me the willies, and when I get a reaction like that, then I've found a good author. It starts off innocuously enough, but in short order the hackles started raising on the back of my neck. Also, I've been to Neah Bay WA where the book is set, so I really had a great vision of where all of this action was taking place. If you want to try something different, then do what you can to find this book and read it. I do believe it's out of print; I know I had to buy mine used (and at a like-new price).

a little plot summary:

Mark Sayres, an architect in California, is alone at home with his daughter, while his wife Maggie is spending time in the Pacific Northwest on an archaeological dig. Maggie calls him, but the call sounded like Maggie was in some sort of distress, so he takes a job as part of the crew on a sailboat (for which in return he gets a free ride to the Northwest). However, the captain of the boat is a drunk and the inevitable shipwreck occurs just in sight of their destination. He is able to make it to shore and wakes up to find that his wife has gone missing, totally without a trace. The woman in whose home Mark is recovering also has a missing husband, along with others who vanished without a trace. Many of the natives believe that the disappearances are linked to what the archaeologists encountered in their dig. This isn't just another cheap and cheesy horror novel (I realize that many have similar premises), but rather, a book of quality.