London Falling book cover by Patrick Radden Keefe

London Falling

Teen & Young Adult • Parenting & Relationships • Dysfunctional Families • Family Relationships
Nineteen-year-old son dies mysteriously Family uncovers hidden aspects of Zac Set in London, unfolding tragedy Grief leads to unexpected revelations Parents' relationship strained by loss

From the bestselling, prize-winning author of Say Nothing and Empire of Pain, this is a spellbinding account of a family devastated by the sudden death of their nineteen-year-old son. In the early morning of November 29th, 2019, surveillance cameras at MI6 captured video of a young man on a high balcony of Riverwalk, who jumped into the river. Days later, Rachelle and Matthew Brettler received the dreadful news: their son was dead. They struggle to understand what happened, discovering that there was much they didn’t know about Zac.

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Book details

Publication date
2026
ISBN
9798217290239

Parenting & Relationships + Dysfunctional Families + Family Relationships

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In a quiet London neighborhood, Rachelle Brettler discovers her son Zac's shocking secret life. After his sudden death, she and her husband Matthew are drawn into a dangerous criminal underworld, unveiling truths that shatter their understanding of who he really was.

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About the author

Patrick Radden Keefe

Patrick Radden Keefe

PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of the New York Times bestsellers Rogues , Empire of Pain (winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize), and Say Nothing , which received a National Book Critics Circle Award and was named one of the Twenty Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times Book Review . He is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, the National Magazine Award, and the Orwell Prize. He served as an executive producer on the award-winning FX series Say Nothing . He is also the creator and host of the podcast Wind of Change , which The Guardian and Entertainment Weekly named the #1 podcast of 2020.
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