Missouri: Gone Girl

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Named one of the most influential books of the decade, Gillian Flynn’s 2012 Gone Girl covers the strained marriage of Nick and Amy Dunne. After losing his job as a journalist, Nick returns broke to his hometown of North Carthage, Missouri.

He opens a bar using some money from his wife, who resents her new life. When the couple celebrates their fifth anniversary, Amy goes missing and the police are left trying to find the truth in conflicting stories.