Bay of Thieves

‘A sharply written, clever and classy thrill-ride through the streets of Paris. Atmospheric and twisting’ CHRIS WHITAKER ‘An intelligent, gripping and stylish literary thriller - I couldn’t put it down. Megan Davis is a major new talent’ SOPHIE HANNAH ‘Megan Davis’s electric, suspenseful and stunning evocation of contemporary Paris is unforgettable’ ELIZABETH MACNEAL ‘A well-written, intriguing novel with an excellent sense of place’ KAMILA SHAMSIE

Megan Davis was born in Australia and grew up in mining towns across the world. She has worked in the film industry and her credits include Atonement, In Bruges, Pride and Prejudice and the Bourne films. Megan is also a lawyer and is currently an associate at Spotlight on Corruption. She has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia. Her debut, The Messenger, won the Bridport Prize for a First Novel in 2018, judged by Kamila Shamsie, as well as the Lucy Cavendish Prize for unpublished writers in 2021. She has lived in many places, including France for a number of years, but now lives in London.