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“The Messenger” by Megan Davis is a thrilling mystery novel that is complex. There are secrets, betrayals, conspiracy, danger, and death. In this edgy novel, there is a conspiracy, and the search for older evidence. The timeline is set in the present and goes back to the past when it pertains to the characters and events. The setting is in Paris. The author vividly describes the dysfunctional characters as, complicated, complex, and flawed. Some of the characters are unlikeable. In this novel, Megan Davis has twists and turns, and disturbing revelations.
Alex Giraud is sixteen when he moves from the United States back to Paris, where his father resides. Alex feels like an outsider, and resents his father Eddy. Eddy is a jouralist that is investigating something meaningful. Alex falls in with a difficult crowd of people, and becomes friends with Sami, who steals and sell drugs. Both Alex and Sami devise a plan to get money from Eddy, that goes terribly wrong. Eddy is found dead, and Alex and Sami go to jail. Alex spends seven years in jail.
When Alex is released he is determined to find the person who murdered his father. Alex interviews all of his father’s acquaintances and friends to try to find out what Eddy was looking for. The closer that Alex, gets to finding out the truth, the more danger he is in. Alex feels tremendous guilt.
The author has written a complicated and layered story that is intriguing and powerful. I would recommend this thought-provoking novel to those readers that appreciate crime, and suspenseful mystery.
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