Päeval, mil nad oleks pidanud tähistama oma viiendat pulma-aastapäeva, annab Nick Dunne teada oma kauni abikaasa Amy ootamatust kadumisest. Juhtumi ümber kihama lööv meediatsirkus ja üha kahtlustavam suhtumine võimuesindajate poolt toob aga peatselt avalikkuse ette tõsiasja, et Dunne'ide abielu polnud kaugeltki nii idülliline, kui pealtnäha murest murtud Nick esialgu räägib.
Catherine, a novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite, becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered -- a crime she had described in her latest story.
A female nurse desperately tries to hide her feelings of necrophilia from her new boyfriend but still has pieces of a corpse in her possession.
Lise, a mentally unbalanced middle-aged woman, travels from her home in Copenhagen to Rome, Italy where she embarks on a fatal destiny, a premeditated search for someone, anyone, with whom she can form a dangerous liaison.