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Éric COLLET
Born in Metz in 1957, Éric COLLET is a general practitioner and emergency physician. After studying in Champagne-Ardenne, he practiced his art in the SAMU of Marne and then Aube. He then spent a few years in the south of Toulouse, near Albi, where the landscapes of this region dear to his heart inspired him to write this first novel. Back in Aube, he signed this first opus which features a young police officer recently arrived in Tarn. Éric Collet is the father of four daughters and grandfather several times over. A music lover, he doesn't mind sitting down at the drums to play a few bars of rock with his friends.
In 451 AD, the united Roman legions led by Generalissimo Aetius clashed in a great battle of rare violence with the barbarian hordes of the Huns commanded by the terrible Attila, at the foot of the walls of Troyes. More than fifteen hundred years later, a Visigothic tomb in the name of Marcus Athaulf was unearthed a few kilometers from Gaillac. Its contents were surprising! Archaeologist Josyane Préau was sent by INRAP to take charge of the excavation site and understand the capital importance of this discovery. A few months later, she was found dead under the wheels of a TER train making the daily connection between Albi and Toulouse. What happened? Colonel Laborde, who commanded the Albi gendarmerie, then entrusted Hippolyte and his colleagues with the task of sorting out the truth from lies in this affair. During his second investigation, which will take him across France, visiting the first capital of the Franks and discovering that of the Counts of Champagne, our dashing captain finds himself drawn into the pursuit of a shameless and terribly dangerous criminal. Release date: March 1, 2025 Order Press release
June 1944: A very young and very attractive SS motorcyclist crosses at high speed the few kilometers that separate the charming village of Bognac from Montauban where his division is stationed ready to leave. A chance encounter has just changed the course of his existence. Years later: The lifeless body of an old woman is found, lying on the floor of her living room, in this same small village of Bognac. What connection is there between these two events, more than fifty years apart? At first glance, none! However, as the investigation progresses, the young captain Hippolyte Dumas, recently appointed to Albi, will have to delve into a sometimes very painful past. While untangling the complex skein of clues, Hippolyte will begin to find his bearings in his new life as well as with his team. Release date: June 1, 2022 Order
