Carthage

Carthage, by Joyce Carol Oates, 400 pages

Cressida Mayfield has gone missing, and all signs point to her sister's ex-fiancee, an Iraq war veteran recovering from some pretty serious physical and emotional traumas.  The story is really told through Cressida, a downright unlikable main character; her father, a man used to getting anything he wants who struggles with the realization that there are some things out of his control; and lesser amounts from Cressida's mother, sister, and the accused killer, himself.   This is one of those books you may like if you enjoy the constant rehashing and endless pages of people's thoughts, family dynamics where half of the family is detestable, or if you just really want to listen to an audiobook where when it is over, you find yourself calculating how many good movies you could have watched in that time, instead.  (Probably about 10)