A debut thriller, with the atmosphere of Sarah Pearse's The Wilds and propulsive pace of Abigail Dean's Girl A

** THE INSTANT NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ** 'A sizzling debut' - NEW YORK TIMES 'A genuinely thrilling ride' - LISA GARDNER 'A page-turner that I finished in one sitting' - PATRICIA WOLF One girl escaped. But the forest took another... A young girl wanders into the small town of Koraha, her hands stained with blood. She won't speak, but her path is tracked through New Zealand's unforgiving wilderness to a cabin - and the scene of a double murder. The townsfolk know this cabin; it has a violent history. Twenty years ago, another girl was forced to flee, leaving her siblings and father behind. But now that her family's secrets have led to more victims, Effie has no choice but to return to the bush and face the truth of what happened there... and why she ran. Flooded with atmosphere and full of twists, The Vanishing Place is perfect for readers of Lucy Clarke, Sarah Pearse and Chris Whitaker.

"[A] sizzling debut... A reminder that memory is slippery, that people are capable of both unspeakable cruelty and unbelievable heroism and that the reader shouldn't jump to conclusions about the characters too soon" - New York Times

"Rankin's knockout debut unfurls at a brisk clip" - Washington Post