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Bay of Thieves

Immerse yourself in the sun-soaked Sunday Times Thriller of the Month

Megan Davis author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Zaffre

Published:20th Jun '24

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Two female lawyers living the high life in the South of France explore the limits of their own corruption when they find themselves at the mercy of their dangerous clients who would prefer to kill them than be exposed.

SUNDAY TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTH - 'ENTHRALLING'

FEATURED IN FINANCIAL TIMES BEST CRIME OF THE YEAR 2024

'Davis is very much a name to watch' FINANCIAL TIMES

'Chic and gripping' IMRAN MAHMOOD

'A timely and richly nuanced financial thriller' CHRIS PAVONE

'A deeply human drama' ELIZABETH MACNEAL

'Immersive, atmospheric' ROBERT RUTHERFORD

Money wrote the rules on the Côte d'Azur and the real locals were those who understood this.

Vanessa and Kate live a glamorous life in the South of France helping the rich stay richer by hiding their money. While they know it's wrong, that their clients are corrupt, they are professionals and good at their jobs. Plus, there is the money . . .

When their boss draws them deeper into his web of corruption, the chic veneer of their existence falls away, along with their excuses, leaving both women dangerously exposed to the lures of greed, gambling and hazardous liaisons. Vanessa and Kate become desperate for an escape route, a way to beat the system without destroying themselves, but the only ones available make them worse than those they are seeking to evade. While one woman pulls away from corruption, the other is drawn in. But just how far will each of them go for money - their clients' and their own - before someone is killed?

Amid the opulence of the Côte D'Azur, Bay of Thieves explores the distorting power of wealth and its ability to destroy beliefs held over a lifetime.

Praise for Megan Davis:
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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

'A well-written, intriguing novel with an excellent sense of place' KAMILA SHAMSIE

Enthralling * Sunday Times, Thriller of the Month *
Davis is very much a name to watch * Barry Forshaw, Financial Times *
(Davis's) tale of dirty money, crooked lawyers, cheating oligarchs and chancers of all ilk grips from page one, never letting go and constantly feels just an inch away from reality as she dissects the ways and means of white collar crime and corruption, in echoes of so much of the wrongdoings we read about in current newspaper headlines almost weekly -- Maxim Jakubowksi * Crime Time *
The perfect beach read ... Wonderful characters, great writing and a fascinating insight into the dark side of the Côte d'Azur * Laura Shepherd-Robinson, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Square of Sevens *
A chic and gripping thriller. So well-drawn you could be watching a movie. The pressure never lets up. A must for your next holiday read * Imran Mahmood, author of You Don't Know Me *
A classy, gripping thriller about power, corruption and wealth, and a deeply human drama where so much lies at stake. * Elizabeth Macneal, author of The Doll Factory *
A timely, gripping, and richly nuanced financial thriller that exposes the Riviera's seedy underbelly, from money laundering and sanctions dodging to human trafficking, in a web of greed and corruption that ensnares everyone unlucky enough to come within the grasp of glamour * Chris Pavone, author of Two Nights in Lisbon *
Spinning as relentlessly as a roulette wheel, Bay of Thieves is a vivid and an entertaining immersion into the deliciously corrupted excess of the Côte d'Azur, where even the best of intentions can fatally run aground * Dan Fesperman, author of Winter Work *
Bay of Thieves has the glamour and suspense of a high-stakes game of roulette. This darkly twisting book had me gripped from the start * Ava Glass *
The seductive and insidious allure of wealth, status, power and lifestyle is brilliantly encapsulated in Megan Davis' new thriller. Her characters perfectly embody the moral dilemmas and conflicting loyalties of the new rapacious international rich * Mark Hollingsworth, author of Agents of Influence *
A pacy thriller that pulls away the curtain and takes you on a tour of those darker places where all the wealth in the world can't keep you safe. Immersive, atmospheric and oozes class from every page * Robert Rutherford, Sunday Times bestselling author of Seven Days *
I enjoyed this hugely. Oligarchs, Monaco, casinos, sleaze, money laundering, legal corruption, moral corruption - all the good stuff * Oliver Harris, author of The Shame Archive *
A sharply written, clever and classy thrill-ride through the streets of Paris. Atmospheric and twisting * Chris Whitaker on The Messenger *
An intelligent, gripping and stylish literary thriller - I couldn't put it down. Megan Davis is a major new talent * Sophie Hannah on The Messenger *
A well-written, intriguing novel with an excellent sense of place * Kamila Shamsie on The Messenger *

ISBN: 9781838778620

Dimensions: 240mm x 162mm x 37mm

Weight: 648g

416 pages