On the surface, a good-looking successful writer married to the gorgeous woman who understands how to be "one of the boys". However, as the first-person accounts through their private notes reveal in the beginning of the book; the reality of the happily connected couple in the audiobook Gone Girl: A Novel is far from the image they show to the public. This suspense filled narration is a swim in the icy waters of a marriage gone terribly bad. As personalities are revealed, the clues take you on a dark journey to a possible murder.
Nick and Amy Dunne have moved back to his hometown in Missouri. Leaving their New York social and professional lives behind when the economy sours and their jobs along with it; they find themselves ready to celebrate five years of what is perceived as wedded bliss in a Mississippi River rental home. When his beautiful wife disappears, her parents and the police want answers that Nick does not seem willing to provide. His twin sister Margo may believe in his innocence, but the locals begin to wonder how well they really do know their loved ones. With a twisting psychological plot that keeps you in suspense, and the cutting wit that reveals how poisonous a relationship really can be; author Gillian Flynn maintains her status as mystery writer extraordinaire with her third novel.
Flynn's ability to bring her wretched characters to life and walk us through her dark unnerving plots keeps us wanting more. The daughter of two college professors; she was born in Kansas City, Missouri and spent much of her childhood reading and enjoying movies. After a failed attempt at earning a living as a crime reporter after completing her master's in journalism, Flynn headed to New York and was hired as a writer for Entertainment Weekly magazine. Her first book, Sharp Objects, won multiple Dagger Awards and the movie rights were purchased.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “mercilessly entertaining” (Vanity Fair) instant classic “about the nature of identity and the terrible secrets that can survive and thrive in even the most intimate relationships” (Lev Grossman, Time).
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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. 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 edge. 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?
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“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.”—New Yorker
“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.”—The Wall Street Journal
“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.”—O: The Oprah Magazine Download and start listening now!