Crime and Thriller Book Club 14/12: Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN 13: 978-0307588371
Our Crime and Thriller Book Club is for readers who love the thrill of a good chase. Whether you're a lifelong fan of golden-age whodunnits or looking to dive into the genre for the first time, our goal is to create a welcoming, lively space to share theories, analyse motives, and celebrate great storytelling. Each month, we'll gather in person to dissect everything from the atmospheric pacing of classic thrillers to the complex puzzles of modern murder mysteries.
In December, we will be discussing Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn: a dark psychological thriller about a toxic marriage and a staged disappearance.
Date:
Monday 14th of December
Venue:
Bookmarked, 47 Henleaze Road, BS9 4JU
Time:
Doors at 18:30. Discussion at 18:45. Finish at 19:45.
Tickets:
Attendance for the book club is free, but if you could register your place through the website, it helps us to gauge numbers.
If you would like to buy a copy of the book, you can order it through us and show up on the night.
ABOUT THE BOOK
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 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
ABOUT THE AUTHOR