At the turn of the century in Provence, a family is violently massacred.

At the turn of the century, five people are stabbed to death in an inn in Haute Provence. The sole survivor of the tragedy: a three-week-old baby.
Twenty years later, the orphaned survivor returns home to avenge his family’s murder.
Unexpected secrets set in motion a dreadful resurrection of the past.
Pierre Magnan's The Messengers of Death was named by Publishers Weekly as one of their 10 Best Mysteries of 2008.