ONE OF TIME'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • ONE OF CNN'S MOST INFLUENTIALBOOKS OF THE DECADE • ONE OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY'S BEST BOOKS OF THE DECADE

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “mercilessly entertaining” (Vanity Fair) instant classic “about the nature of identityand the terrible secrets that can survive and thrive in even the most intimate relationships” (Lev Grossman, Time “One of the BestBooks of the Decade”)

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 that 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?