576 pages | Mass Market

#1NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER 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).

NAMED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS OF THE DECADE BY CNN NAMED ONE OFTIMESTEN BEST FICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE AND ONE OFENTERTAINMENT WEEKLYS BEST BOOKS OF THE DECADE

NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Janet Maslin,The New York TimesPeopleEntertainment WeeklyO: The Oprah MagazineSlateKansas City StarUSA TodayChristian Science Monitor

On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunnes fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nicks clever and beautiful wife disappears. Husband-of-the-Year Nick isnt doing himself any favors with cringe-worthy daydreams about the slope and shape of his wifes 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 mediaas well as Amys fiercely doting parentsthe town golden boy parades an endless series of lies, deceits, and inappropriate behavior. Nick is oddly evasive, and hes definitely bitterbut is he really a killer?

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Absorbing . . . In masterly fashion, Flynn depicts the unraveling of a marriageand of a recession-hit Midwestby interweaving the wifes diary entries with the husbands 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 youre being manipulated, searching for the missing pieces is half the thrill of this wickedly absorbing tale.O: The Oprah Magazine