The Girl on the Train-Novel by British author Paula Hawkins.

The Girl on the Train (2015) is a psychological thriller novel by British author Paula Hawkins.

The novel debuted at number one on the The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 2015 list (combined print and e-book) dated February 1, 2015, and remained in the top position for 13 consecutive weeks, until the list dated April 26, 2015. Many reviews referred to the book as "the next Gone Girl", a popular 2012 novel.

By early March 2015, the novel had sold over 1 million copies, and 1.5 million by April.It has occupied the number one spot of the U.K. hardback book chart for 20 weeks, the longest any book has ever held the top spot. By early August 2015, the book had sold more than 3 million copies in the U.S. alone.

The film rights were acquired by DreamWorks Pictures in 2014 for Marc Platt Productions.The story is a first person narrative told from the point of view of three women: Rachel, Anna and Megan.

Rachel Watson is a 32-year-old alcoholic who is going through a difficult time in her life. Her ex-husband, Tom, left her two years ago for his mistress. He and Anna are now married and have a daughter. However, Tom cheats on Anna by having an affair with married neighbour Megan Hipwell. As the story begins, Megan is pregnant and secretly believes Tom to be the father.

While Rachel rides the train to and from London every day, she notices a beautiful couple whose lives she envies as they look happy. She watches them on their deck and often fantasizes about their lives. Though she has never met them, she believes them to be the perfect couple. Days later, she sees a news story about a woman's disappearance and realises it is the woman - Megan. Worried that she may have done something to Megan on the day of the incident, while blacked out and drunk, Rachel begins to investigate the disappearance. She starts lying to Megan's husband, Scott, to get close to him and causes distress to both Tom and Anna with her frequent drunkenness.

Once Anna finds evidence among Tom's belongings of his affair with Megan, she and Rachel realize that Tom "lies about everything," and they confront him. Tom confesses to having murdered Megan and burying her body after she told him that he might be the father of her unborn baby. Tom attacks Rachel, who kills him in self-defense.This topic is taken from free web Wikipedia.