GONE GIRL

u003cbu003e#1 u003ciu003eNEW YORK TIMES u003c/iu003eBESTSELLER * The "mercilessly entertaining" (u003ciu003eVanity Fairu003c/iu003e) instant classic "about the nature of identity and the terrible secrets that can survive and thrive in even the most intimate relationships" (Lev Grossman, u003ciu003eTimeu003c/iu003e).u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003eNAMED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS OF THE DECADE BY CNN * NAMED ONE OF u003ciu003eTIMEu003c/iu003e'u003ciu003eS u003c/iu003eTEN BEST FICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE AND ONE OF u003ciu003eENTERTAINMENT WEEKLYu003c/iu003e'S BEST BOOKS OF THE DECADEu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003eNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Janet Maslin, u003ciu003eThe New York Times u003c/iu003e* u003ciu003ePeople u003c/iu003e* u003ciu003eEntertainment Weekly u003c/iu003e* u003ciu003eO: The Oprah Magazine u003c/iu003e* u003ciu003eSlate u003c/iu003e* u003ciu003eKansas City Star u003c/iu003e* u003ciu003eUSA Today u003c/iu003e* u003ciu003eChristian Science Monitoru003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbu003eu003cbru003eu003c/bu003eOn a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne's fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick's clever and beautiful wife disappears. Husband-of-the-Year Nick isn't doing himself any favors with cringe-worthy daydreams about the slope and shape of his wife's head, but passages from Amy's diary reveal the alpha-girl perfectionist could have put anyone dangerously on edgeu003cbu003e.u003c/bu003e Under mounting pressure from the police and the media--as well as Amy's fiercely doting parents--the town golden boy parades an endless series of lies, deceits, and inappropriate behavior. Nick is oddly evasive, and he's definitely bitter--but is he really a killer? u003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYu003c/bu003e u003cbu003eu003ciu003eSan Francisco Chronicle u003c/iu003e* u003ciu003eSt. Louis Post Dispatch u003c/iu003e* u003ciu003eChicago Tribune u003c/iu003e* u003ciu003eHuffPost u003c/iu003e* u003ciu003eNewsdayu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e "Absorbing . . . In masterly fashion, Flynn depicts the unraveling of a marriage--and of a recession-hit Midwest--by interweaving the wife's diary entries with the husband's first-person account."u003cbu003e--u003ciu003eNew Yorkeru003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e "Ms. Flynn writes dark suspense novels that anatomize violence without splashing barrels of blood around the pages . . . Ms. Flynn has much more up her sleeve than a simple missing-person case. As Nick and Amy alternately tell their stories, marriage has never looked so menacing, narrators so unreliable."u003cbu003e--u003ciu003eThe Wall Street Journalu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e "The story unfolds in precise and riveting prose . . . even while you know you're being manipulated, searching for the missing pieces is half the thrill of this wickedly absorbing tale."u003cbu003e--u003ciu003eO: The Oprah Magazineu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003e