A Beautiful Family

'Extraordinary . . . I absolutely loved this page-turning family mystery' - Liane Moriarty, bestselling author of Here One Moment'Riveting . . . held me captive from the first page to the last' - Hannah Kent, bestselling author of DevotionDiscover this breathtaking debut novel of family secrets and searing atmosphere set over one long, hot summer on the New Zealand coast.In the past, we had always spent our summer holidays in remote places. That had always been my mother's preference. This year was different . . .As the long summer holiday stretches ahead, ten-year-old Alix wants to spend every second on the beach and in the water. But, with her parents unusually distracted and her older sister now more interested in boys, she finds herself alone.Then she meets Kahu at the beach and he tells her about The Mystery. Two years ago, a girl went missing and none of the adults could find her. So the new friends decide to investigate - because people don't just disappear.But, as Alex and Kahu search for clues, they stumble upon secrets they wish they'd left alone. Is Alix's holiday house as safe as it seems? And is her sister putting her trust in the wrong people?Brilliantly page-turning and tensely atmospheric, Jennifer Trevelyan's A Beautiful Family will leave a lump in your throat and a hole in your heart.'Part coming of age story, part taut thriller' - Laurie Frankel, bestselling author of Family Family'Find a sun-lit corner and devour this sensational debut in one session' - Jacqueline Bublitz, author of Before You Knew My Name

Product details

• Authors: Jennifer Trevelyan
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.06.2025
• EAN: 9781035055746
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3505574-6
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Holidays, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, FICTION / Small Town & Rural, Thriller / suspense fiction, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Historical crime and mysteries, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, c 1980 to c 1989, FICTION / World Literature / New Zealand, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Wellington / Te Whanganui-a-Tara