GONE GIRL... Undeniably, the most creepy, charismatic, malicious, and mercurial thriller (or crime drama?) that I've read in a long time. Gillian Flynn writes two parallel narratives in which both of the narrators are unreliable. Think of a marriage in which The Bad Seed and The Good Son grow up and get married to each other. Amy and Nick each tell their side of the story and both tap into secret spaces in our minds.

Flynn begins with a well-worn trope—that of the wife who disappears under suspicious circumstances—and in which the husband is the prime suspect. Then the plot twists in sinister ways, but always with an underlying dark humor. She meticulously explores the lengths that people will go to re-invent themselves in order to be loved or even to be the best at something. Can marriage be a crime? Are we at our best with our enemies? These are questions that you will ask as you read GONE GIRL.

Add to this a cast of secondary characters that fluctuate with unnerving irregularity. There are the loving parents with a perfect marriage who base their best-selling Amazing Amy book series on the life of their daughter—or at least how they would like their daughter to be. Nick's faithful twin sister, the cops, the current girlfriend, the old boyfriends—they all make an appearance and all are as changeable as the headlines of a gossip rag.

. In my opinion, GONE GIRL can be read, at most, in two settings. There is a spot right in the middle in which you can bear to put the book down for a while (you'll know when you see it). And while you are away, you are still thinking of the book and talking about it. But when you pick it up again, it will adhere to your hands until you are finished.

Readers who like plot twists and don't mind being made to feel foolish, should read GONE GIRL. Gillian Flynn is really one devious diva. In fact, she is amazing...