A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY, RRP $37. This gripping debut novel from Jennifer Trevelyan centres on an eventful summer that forever changes the lives of a family. As the summer holiday stretches ahead, with her older sister more interested in boys, her mother disappearing on long walks and her father, beer in hand, watching the cricket, the youngest in the family often finds herself alone. At the beach, she a boy who tells her a tragic story about a girl who went missing, presumed drowned, several years ago. Suddenly, the summer has purpose – they’ll find the missing girl and become local heroes. LEADING UNDER PRESSURE, RRP $40. Appointed All Blacks coach in 2019, Ian Foster led the team through one of the most tumultuous periods of their 120-year history. Dramatic changes in world rugby during the pandemic, the suspension of Super Rugby, and a civil war between the players and New Zealand Rugby became the background to his tenure. This is a fascinating look into the pressure cooker inner-sanctum of the world’s most high-profile rugby team. It contains explosive revelations about Foster’s time in the job and delves into the background and character of a coach to show how he coped with an impossible situation.