From the creator of the award winning FARGO and LEGION TV seriesWinner of the 2017 Edgar Award for Best NovelThe Sunday Times top thriller read of the year 2016'This is the perfect summer read' The Times'[A] Literary thriller of genius' India KnightA 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?'There are some books. that stay with you long after you've read them. The characters are so real and because of this their fates matter. Before The Fall by Noah Hawley is one of these books' Irish Independent.