Before the Fall
A Library Journal Audio-in-Advance Pick
A Publishers Weekly Pick for Best Summer Reads of 2016
A Kirkus Reviews Pick for May 2016
A New York Times Editor’s Choice
A New York Times Bestseller
A Los Angeles Times Bestseller
Winner of the 2016 New England Book Award for Fiction
A People Pick of the Week of New Reads
A Vulture.com Pick of Fun Fiction Books to Read at the Beach, as Chosen by Jenny Han
An Amazon Best Book of the Month for June 2016
A 2016 Amazon Best Books of the Year So Far Selection for Mystery, Thriller, & Suspense
A 2016 New York Times Book Review Notable Book
A 2017 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winner for Best Novel
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 Hannah raves, "Noah Hawley really knows how to keep a reader turning the pages... a complex, compulsively readable thrill ride of a novel."
Winner of the 2017 Edgar Award for Best Novel and the 2017 International Thriller Writers Award For Best Novel
From the Award-Winning Creator of Fargo Comes "One of the Year's Best Suspense Novels" (New York Times).
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