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Gone Girl

422 pages · 2014 · Rating 4.1

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On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, Amy Dunne disappears from her rented McMansion. Husband-of-the-Year Nick doesn’t do 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? As the cops close in, every couple in town is soon wondering how well they know the one that they love.

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