Before the Fall

From the creator of the award winning FARGO and LEGION TV series.

Winner of the 2017 Edgar Award for Best Novel

Sunday Times top thriller read of the year 2016

'Hawley explores the discord between fame and reality, and the extent to which the media distorts the truth, themes that couldn't be more relevant in Trump's America' Observer

'An addictive thriller' The Sunday Times

A private jet plunges into the sea.

The only survivors are down-on his luck artist Scott Burroughs and JJ Bateman, the four year old son of a super-rich TV executive.

For saving the boy, Scott is suddenly a hero.

And then, as the official investigation is rapidly overtaken by a media frenzy, it seems he may also be a villain.

Why was he on the plane in the first place, and why did it crash?