Out-of-work authors and
married couple Nick and Amy Dunne leave their unaffordable life in New York
City to move to Nick’s small hometown of Carthage, Missouri. Amy, whose psychologist parents have made a small
fortunate writing an informational series called “Amazing Amy,” allows Nick to
invest her trust money into a bar that he co-owns with his sister Margo. While Nick is starting to settle into their
new life, Amy struggles to adapt and expresses her unhappiness to a
neighbor. Nick returns home one day to
discover the house in shambles and his wife missing. Over the next few days, the evidence stacks
up against Nick as readers learn about his mistress, the extra life insurance
policy discovered in Amy’s name, and the recent financial hardships of the underperforming
bar and empty trust account. The story is told in Nick’s present day perspective
as the reader is also provided with Amy’s journal to give her point of
view. A shocking twist in the halfway
through causes the reader to question the plot of the first half and their own
beliefs on who and what is worthy of believing.
While Flynn’s story
resembles a story ripped out of the headlines, her many twists and turns keeps
her characters complex and the plot fresh and interesting.
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