Exceptional writing, utterly engaging characters, and a story that shifts between thrilling, heartbreaking, and hilarious before its final poignant ending. Olen Steinhauer, New York Times bestselling author of The Tourist Jacob Cameron Asprey, Jr., is the charming son of a charming crook who s currently residing in the state pen. Strangled by family ties, Jake is barely scraping by. When a local crime boss offers him a deal he d be a fool to take and a chump to pass up, Jake sees a way out of his troubles until his options begin to close down, and he finds himself at the heart of a dark plot that will place those he loves in harm s way. This Is How You Fall is a story of old flames, old debts, and a new twist on an old con. Part heist, part love story, and part literary noir thriller, it s a moody rumination on identity and loyalty, with dazzling plot twists that lead to an inevitable, destructive conclusion."