{"product_id":"9781035055753-beautiful-family","title":"A Beautiful Family","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet over one long, hot summer on the New Zealand coast, a ten-year-old girl’s innocent investigation into a local mystery sees the cracks within her own family start to show .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Thriller *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Atmospheric, disturbing and beautifully evoked’ \u003c\/b\u003e– \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Page-turning . I absolutely loved this’ Liane Moriarty, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHere One Moment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Riveting . it held me captive’ \u003c\/b\u003e– \u003cb\u003eHannah Kent, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eDevotion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the past, we had always spent our summer holidays in remote places. That had always been my mother’s preference. This year was different .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTen-year-old Alex thought this holiday would be fun, but now everyone in her family is being boring. Her mother needs to finish her novel, her dad wants to watch cricket and her older sister only has eyes for the local lifeguard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen her new friend, Kahu, tells her a secret. Two years ago, a girl went missing and everyone said she drowned. But what if the adults are wrong? What if she’s waiting to be found?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Alex and Kahu hunt for clues, childhood curiosity soon gives way to a darker reality. As the summer heat peaks, one terrifying question remains: did the missing girl really drown, or is a predator hiding in plain sight?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrilliantly page-turning and tensely atmospheric, \u003ci\u003eA Beautiful Family\u003c\/i\u003e will leave a lump in your throat and a hole in your heart.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Immersive . Alix grasps at the truth of things, but her perspective means only the reader parses the more adult story unravelling around her . as the underlying narratives coalesce’ \u003c\/b\u003e– \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Page-turning . I absolutely loved this’ Liane Moriarty, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHere One Moment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Riveting . it held me captive’ \u003c\/b\u003e– \u003cb\u003eHannah Kent, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eDevotion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56414834327926,"sku":"9781035055753","price":8.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41373393.jpg?v=1779916987","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781035055753-beautiful-family","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}