Gone Girl

a novel

Hardcover, 419 pages

English language

Published May 19, 2012 by Crown Publishers.

ISBN:
978-0-307-58836-4
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OCLC Number:
753624684

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Marriage can be a real killer.

One of the most critically acclaimed suspense writers of our time, New York Times bestseller Gillian Flynn takes that statement to its darkest place in this unputdownable masterpiece about a marriage gone terribly, terribly wrong. The Chicago Tribune proclaimed that her work “draws you in and keeps you reading with the force of a pure but nasty addiction.” Gone Girl’s toxic mix of sharp-edged wit and deliciously chilling prose creates a nerve-fraying thriller that confounds you at every turn.

On 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 from their rented McMansion on the Mississippi River. 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 …

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Subjects

  • FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General
  • Married people
  • Crimes against
  • Wives
  • Husbands
  • FICTION / Thrillers
  • FICTION / Suspense
  • Fiction