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#TheVanishingPlace by Zoë Rankin is up for the ILP John Creasey First Novel Dagger 🏔️

A young girl stumbles into town, stained with blood. She won't speak but her path is tracked through New Zealand's wilderness to a cabin and scene of murder. Out now in paperback.

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The Best Thrillers of 2025

#TheVanishingPlace by Zoë Rankin is a New York Times best thriller of 2025! 🌄

'Rankin’s beautifully written book takes the reader deep into the landscape and toggles between two timelines as Effie struggles to reconcile the fragments of her life'

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Psychological Thrillers that are not for the faint-hearted Christena Appleyard reviews the best Psychological Thrillers out now.

‘Raw, emotional and haunting’

#TheVanishingPlace by Zoë Rankin reviewed in the Daily Mail. This gripping and immersive thriller set in the New Zealand bush is out now 🌄

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🚨 THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 🚨

An atmospheric thriller set in the wilderness of New Zealand. One girl escaped but the forest took another... #TheVanishingPlace by Zoë Rankin is out now!

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A child who ran from the forest, a woman who must return to it: The Vanishing Place by Zoë Rankin #bookreview #TheVanishingPlace #NetGalley A shocking murder in the New Zealand bush—and the witness who looks all too familiar—draws a woman back to the very place she swore she’d never return to in this breakneck debut thriller.Growing up…

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A child who ran from the forest, a woman who must return to it: The Vanishing Place by Zoë Rankin #bookreview #TheVanishingPlace #NetGalley A shocking murder in the New Zealand bush—and the witness who looks all too familiar—draws a woman back to the very place she swore she’d never return to in this breakneck debut thriller.Growing up…

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A child who ran from the forest, a woman who must return to it: The Vanishing Place by Zoë Rankin #bookreview #TheVanishingPlace #NetGalley A shocking murder in the New Zealand bush—and the witness who looks all too familiar—draws a woman back to the very place she swore she’d never return to in this breakneck debut thriller.Growing up…

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A child who ran from the forest, a woman who must return to it: The Vanishing Place by Zoë Rankin #bookreview #TheVanishingPlace #NetGalley A shocking murder in the New Zealand bush—and the witness who looks all too familiar—draws a woman back to the very place she swore she’d never return to in this breakneck debut thriller.Growing up…

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A child who ran from the forest, a woman who must return to it: The Vanishing Place by Zoë Rankin #bookreview #TheVanishingPlace #NetGalley A shocking murder in the New Zealand bush—and the witness who looks all too familiar—draws a woman back to the very place she swore she’d never return to in this breakneck debut thriller.Growing up with her younger siblings in the unforgiving New Zealand bush, Effie believed their parents had cut them off from civilization because […]

A child who ran from the forest, a woman who must return to it: welcome to my review of #TheVanishingPlace by Zoë Rankin!
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Zoe Rankin on writing a psychological thriller Zoe Rankin was a student on our Writing Your Novel course in 2019. We caught up to discuss her debut novel The Vanishing Place, out now from Viper Books.

Zoe Rankin: 'It’s what you can’t see, and what you don’t know, that truly terrifies' 🏚️

We caught up with CBC alumna Zoe Rankin to discuss her debut psychological thriller #TheVanishingPlace, out now from @viperbooks.bsky.social!

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#TheVanishingPlace by Zoë Rankin is out in the UK today! A number one international bestseller, this atmospheric debut set in the New Zealand bush is perfect for fans of Lucy Clarke and Chris Whitaker.

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A number one international bestseller, this atmospheric thriller set in the New Zealand bush already has readers completely addicted! #TheVanishingPlace by Zoë Rankin is out in the UK this Thursday 🌲

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The number one INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER, #TheVanishingPlace by Zoë Rankin is out in the UK next week! 🌲

Flooded with atmosphere and full of twists, The Vanishing Place is a sizzling debut, perfect for readers of Lucy Clarke and Chris Whitaker.

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Blackmail, Sexual Betrayal and Murder in 3 New Thrillers

#TheVanishingPlace by Zoe Rankin is one of three sizzling psychological thrillers recommended by the New York Times.

Flooded with atmosphere and full of twists, this is the perfect read for fans of Lucy Clarke and Sarah Pearse. Out 23rd October 🌄

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Wonderfully written, well thought out, gripping, dark, and hard to put down! I can't wait to read what Zoe Rankin writes next!📖📕🥰

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A fantastic debut thriller for anyone who loved Emma Donaghue’s Room. A child brought up in the wilds of New Zealand walks out of the bush covered in blood. Heartbreaking and heart racing in equal measures. I loved #TheVanishingPlace by Zoë Rankin. @ViperBooks out October.💚💚💚

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#TheVanishingPlace is out October 2025 and available to preorder now.
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Thank you, @charlottegreenwood.bsky.social and @viperbooks.bsky.social for my advance copy of #ZöeRankin's #TheVanishingPlace.
Deeply atmospheric & full of intrigue. A treacherous trip through the murky jungle-bush, where you can never quite see what might be hiding in the shade..

Viper signs 'elegant and twisty' New Zealand crime debut Zoë Rankin’s debut novel The Vanishing Place 'has everything I hope for in a thriller: beautiful writing, pace and plot twists galore, plus a wonderfully cinematic setting,' says Charlotte Greenwood a...

We are so excited to be publishing #TheVanishingPlace by Zoë Rankin this October 📚

Expect beautiful writing, pace and plot twists galore, plus a wonderfully cinematic setting 🏞️

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