Gone Girl
Who are you?
What have we done to each other?
These are the questions Nick Dunne finds himself asking on the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary when his wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police suspect Nick. Amy's friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He swears it isn't true. A police examination of his computer shows strange searches. He says they weren't made by him. And then there are the persistent calls on his mobile phone.
So what did happen to Nick's beautiful wife?
- Amy - Missing woman
- Nick - Amy's husband
- Desi - Amy's wealthy ex-boyfriend
- Andie - Nick's mistress
- Amy disappears, and evidence makes Nick look guilty of murdering her.
- Amy stages a crime scene in their house and leaves behind a fake diary painting Nick as abusive and controlling.
- Nick discovers Amy staged everything to punish him for his affair with Andie.
- Amy hides out, planning to watch Nick go to prison, but her money is stolen.
- Amy turns to Desi for help, then kills him to escape his control, staging his death as self-defense so she can return as a survivor of kidnapping and abuse.
- Nick knows the truth but can't prove it.
- Amy inseminates herself with Nick's preserved sperm so he can't leave her.
- Trapped by the pregnancy and Amy's manipulation, Nick stays with her.
- Amy - Alive - Pregnant with Nick's child
- Nick - Alive - Stuck in his marriage to Amy
- Desi - Dead - Killed by Amy
- Andie - Alive - No further details
- Toxic relationship
- Murder
- Emotional abuse
- Rape
- Miscarriage
- Death of parent
Dark/Bleak
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780307588364
Publish Date: June 5, 2012
Note: Details are for the original edition. Other formats, editions, and audiobook versions may be available.