KPL Podcast

KPL Podcast October 2025 Week 4 with Special Guest Zoe Rankin

Kirkwood Public Library Episode 298

This week on the KPL Podcast, we’re joined by debut author Zoe Rankin to discuss her gripping novel The Vanishing Place. Set in the rugged New Zealand bush, this nature-infused thriller begins when an eight-year-old girl emerges from the wilderness—alone, injured, and starving. But there’s something even more unsettling: she’s the exact likeness of a child who vanished without a trace twenty years ago.

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