Before the Fall - Softcover

From the Emmy, PEN, Peabody, and Golden Globe Award-winning creator of the TV showFargo comes the thriller to read in 2016.
On a foggy summer night, eleven people--ten privileged, one down-on-his-luck painter--depart Martha's Vineyard headed for New York. Sixteen minutes later, the unthinkable happens: the passengers disappear into the ocean. The only survivors are Scott Burroughs--the painter--and a four-year-old boy, who is now the last remaining member of a wealthy and powerful media mogul's family.
With chapters weaving between the aftermath of the tragedy and the backstories of the passengers and crew members--including a Wall Street titan and his wife, a Texan-born party boy just in from London, a young woman questioning her path in life, and a career pilot--the mystery surrounding the crash heightens. As the passengers' intrigues unravel, odd coincidences point to a conspiracy: Was it merely dumb chance that so many influential people perished? Or was something far more sinister at work? Events soon threaten to spiral out of control in an escalating storm of media outrage and accusations--all while the reader draws closer and closer to uncovering the truth.
Amid pulse-quickening suspense, the fragile relationship between Scott and the young boy glows at the heart of this stunning novel, raising questions of fate, human nature, and the inextricable ties that bind us together.

Noah Hawley is an Emmy, Golden Globe, 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 Generation and The Unusuals and was a writer and producer on the hit seriesBones. Hawley is currently executive producer, writer, and showrunner on FX's award-winning series,Fargo.