To what audience would you recommend The Vanishing Place? Is there another book or author you feel has a similar theme or style?
I think readers who enjoy missing person mysteries would enjoy this as well as readers who look for mysteries set in backwater settings. Since the environment is important to this book, Jane Harper comes to mind and those who enjoy her books as I do would like this one.
I would recommend it to anyone who likes mysteries and stories set in cultures distinctly different from city or suburban United States. I will be sharing it with my friends who like a variety of books. I cannot think of an author with a similar theme. But I do intend to look up books by Jane Harper now - thank you, Janine!
I would recommend this book to readers that like mysteries that tip to the darker side. If cozy mysteries are what you like, this may be a bit too dark with some cruelty. Although, it is suspenseful and engaging.
I would recommend this to anyone who likes mysteries that delve deep into a different type of surroundings or culture
My more adventurous friends would appreciate the bush setting. The story would appeal to those who like mysteries and off the grid living.
I read through some of the other posts and agree that people who like suspenseful, missing person type books may gravitate toward this book. While reading, I thought of two books. One is Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke mostly due to the “off the grid” theme. The second is The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah, because of the survival theme and the mental strains of life in secluded areas.
Books with a search for missing children seem especially appropriate. Jane Harper locales very different from the southern U.S. seem a good choice.
For a reason I can’t put my finger on, this question put me in mind of We Were Once a Family by Roxanne Asgarian. It’s a nonfiction exploration of the combined foibles and failures that led to a tragic murder-suicide. It’s not a book for the feint of heart. It chronicles the failure of systems devised to protect children, an almost wilfull ignorance for the need of preserving positive family bonds, and the climactic tragic end of an adoptive family.
I would recommend this book to adult mystery readers.
Mystery lovers, people who like true crime - knowing that this is not - those who like dysfunctional family stories.
This reminds me of Delia Owens book Where the Crawdads Sing and Mia Sheridan’s All the Little Raindrops and The Girls in the Stilt House by Kelly Mustian
I think that anyone who enjoys a dark mystery would enjoy this book. I do see some connection to Jane Harper but that may be just the setting in New Zealand compared to the setting in Australia