#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 ). -- O: The Oprah Magazine. even while you know you\'re being manipulated, searching for the missing pieces is half the thrill of this wickedly absorbing tale. . . -- The Wall Street Journal The story unfolds in precise and riveting prose .
As Nick and Amy alternately tell their stories, marriage has never looked so menacing, narrators so unreliable.
Flynn has much more up her sleeve than a simple missing-person case.
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Flynn writes dark suspense novels that anatomize violence without splashing barrels of blood around the pages . -- New Yorker Ms.
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. . .
Louis Post Dispatch - Chicago Tribune - HuffPost - Newsday Absorbing .
Nick is oddly evasive, and he\'s definitely bitter--but is he really a killer? NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY San Francisco Chronicle - St.
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.
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 .
Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick\'s clever and beautiful wife disappears.
NAMED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS OF THE DECADE BY CNN - NAMED ONE OF TIME \' S TEN BEST FICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE AND ONE OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY \' S BEST BOOKS OF THE DECADE NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Janet Maslin, The New York Times - People - Entertainment Weekly - O: The Oprah Magazine - Slate - Kansas City Star - USA Today - Christian Science Monitor On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne\'s fifth wedding anniversary. #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 )
