Before the Fall [Hardcover]

Winner of the 2017 EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL and the 2017 INTERNATIONAL THRILLER WRITERS AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL

FROM THE AWARD-WINNING CREATOR OFFARGOCOMES ONE THE YEAR'S BEST SUSPENSE NOVELS (NEW YORK TIMES).

On a foggy summer night, eleven people--ten privileged, one down-on-his-luck painter--depart Martha's Vineyard on a private jet headed for New York. Sixteen minutes later, the unthinkable happens: the plane plunges into the ocean. The only survivors are the painter Scott Burroughs and a four-year-old boy, who is now the last remaining member of an immensely wealthy and powerful media mogul's family.

Was it by chance that so many influential people perished? Or was something more sinister at work? A storm of media attention brings Scott fame that quickly morphs into notoriety and accusations, and he scrambles to salvage truth from the wreckage. Amid trauma and chaos, the fragile relationship between Scott and the young boy grows and glows at the heart of this stunning novel, raising questions of fate, morality, and the inextricable ties that bind us together.

Kristin Hannahraves, Noah Hawley really knows how to keep a reader turning the pages... a complex, compulsively readable thrill ride of a novel.

Noah Hawleyis an Emmy, Golden Globe, PEN, Critics' Choice, and Peabody Award-winning author, screenwriter, and producer. He has published four novels and penned the script for the feature filmLies and Alibis. He created, executive produced, and served as showrunner for ABC'sMy GenerationandThe Unusualsand was a writer and producer on the hit seriesBones. Hawley is currently executive producer, award-winning series,Fargo,andLegionfrom FX Productions and Marvel Television. This is one of the year's best suspense novels, a mesmerizing, surprise-jammed mystery that works purely on its own, character-driven lcQ