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Gone Girl

By: Gillian Flynn
Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Kirby Heyborne
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 THE ADDICTIVE No.1 BESTSELLER AND INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON
OVER 20 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE
THE BOOK THAT DEFINES PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER

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 really did happen to Nick's beautiful wife?

'Flynn is a brilliantly accomplished psychological crime writer and this latest book is so dark, so twisted and so utterly compelling that it actually messes with your mind' DAILY MAIL

'A near-masterpiece. Flynn is an extraordinary writer who, with every sentence, makes words do things that other writers merely dream of' SOPHIE HANNAH, Sunday Express

'You think you're reading a good, conventional thriller and then it grows into a fascinating portrait of one averagely mismatched relationship...Nothing's as it seems - Flynn is a fabulous plotter, and a very sharp observer of modern life in the aftermath of the credit crunch' THE TIMES

'One of the most popular thrillers of the year is also one of the smartest... Flynn's book cleverly outpaces its neo-noir trappings and consistently surprises the reader.' FINANCIAL TIMES©2012 Gillian Flynn Crime Thrillers Psychological Romance Romantic Suspense Thriller & Suspense Marriage Fiction Suspense Exciting Funny

Critic Reviews

Flynn, an extraordinarily good writer, plays her readers with the finesse and delicacy of an expert angler. She wields her unreliable narrators to stunning effect, baffling, disturbing and delighting in turn, practically guaranteeing an immediate reread once her terrifying, wonderful conclusion is reached... an early contender for thriller of the year, and an absolute must-read. (Alison Flood)
These voices are wonderfully authentic, to the point where the reader becomes a gawker at the full-spectrum of marital dysfunction. Excellent. (John O'Connor)
Gone Girl is superbly constructed, ingeniously paced and absolutely terrifying... a Five-star suspense mystery. (AN Wilson)
in this riveting noirish thriller and intense dissection of a marriage, nothing is as it seems.
Flynn keeps the accelerator firmly to the floor, ratcheting up the tension with wildly unexpected plot twists, contradictory stories and the tantalising feeling that nothing is as it seems. Deviously good.
Read it and stay single.
funny, cunning thriller... the tale takes some stomach-churning turns, right to its chilling conclusion
A chilling, stylish read about another unknowable woman
Flynn has created a gripping tale and a page-turner.
Immensely dark and deeply intelligent, Gone Girl is a book about how well one person can truly know another
Flynn is a brilliantly accomplished psychological crime writer and this latest book is so dark, so twisted and so utterly compelling that it actually messes with your mind (Carla McKay)
You think you're reading a good, conventional thriller and then it grows into a fascinating portrait of one averagely mismatched relationship...Nothing's as it seems - Flynn is a fabulous plotter, and a very sharp observer of modern life in the aftermath of the credit crunch (Kate Saunders)
Flynn's portrait of a woman trying to please an impossible husband is subtly drawn, but there are hints that all is not as it seems. One version of events hides another in a novel that cleverly manipulates the reader (Joan Smith)
definitely a contender for thriller of the year... Flynn is, without a doubt, at the front of the pack of American thriller writers. (Doug Johnstone)
In what is so much more than a straightforward crime novel (with a mid-story twist so shocking you'll drop the book), Flynn unpicks the minutiae of the couple's personalities and relationship
A chilling tale of a hip, New York couple's failing marriage: smart, suspenseful and brilliantly written, Gone Girl is a class act
a terrifically intelligent thriller with a gasp-inducing twist
she skillfully manages to sustain tension and uncertainty to the end, as well as presenting a beautiful portrait of marriage disintegration (Marcel Berlins)
This is Flynn's third novel and she's more than found her voice, creating taut, thrilling, deeply intense narratives about characters very much on the edge (Henry Sutton)
All stars
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I had begun to listen to this and was a quarter of the way through when I watched the movie. The movie was awesome and I thought I would stop listening....but I couldn't and I am so glad I didn't stop. The book gives a fuller picture, a more frightening side of Amy's personality. The main characters are truly awful but the psychotic workings of Amy's mind is scary and what is worse, feasible.

The narrators truly capture the tone of the book and added much to the telling of the story.

Well worth the read

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The male voice artist was so boring! The beginning of this story takes so so long and I almost put it down out of sheer boredom. Luckily I didn't as it picked up and became exciting in the second part. It was however quite predictable but enjoyed it in the end.

Slow but good in the end

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The first half is a little slow but part two onwards is gripping, you won't want to put it down.

Brilliant

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One of my favourite books! The narration is incredible. Gillian Flynn has done it again.

Stunner

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The narrators did a fabulous job, lots of energy and emotion. I loved it and would highly recommend.

A great storyline with a deep plot.

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