Éric COLLET
Born in Metz in 1957, Éric Collet is a general practitioner and emergency physician. After studying in the Champagne-Ardenne region, he practiced medicine in the emergency medical services (SAMU) of the Marne and then the Aube departments. He then spent a few years in the Toulouse area, near Albi, where the landscapes of this region, so dear to his heart, inspired him to write his first novel. Returning to the Aube, he published this debut work, which features a young police officer newly arrived in the Tarn department. Éric Collet is the father of four daughters and a grandfather several times over. A music lover, he enjoys playing a few bars of rock with his friends at the drum kit.
In 451 AD, the Roman legions, allied under General Aetius, clashed in a fierce battle against the barbarian hordes of the Huns, commanded by the fearsome Attila, at the foot of the walls of Troyes. More than fifteen hundred years later, a Visigothic tomb bearing the name Marcus-Athaulf was unearthed a few kilometers from Gaillac. Its contents were astonishing! Archaeologist Josyane Préau was sent by INRAP (National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research) to oversee the excavation and understand the crucial importance of this discovery. A few months later, she was found dead under the wheels of a TER train making the daily run between Albi and Toulouse. What happened? Colonel Laborde, commander of the Albi gendarmerie, entrusted Hippolyte and his team with the task of unraveling the truth in this affair. During his second investigation, which will take him across France, to the first capital of the Franks and the capital of the Counts of Champagne, our dashing captain finds himself drawn into the pursuit of a ruthless and terrifyingly dangerous criminal. Publication date: March 1, 2025. Order now. Press release.
June 1944: A very young and handsome SS motorcyclist speeds across the few kilometers separating the charming village of Bognac from Montauban, where his division is stationed, ready to depart. A chance encounter has just changed the course of his life. Years later: The lifeless body of an elderly woman is found lying on the floor of her living room in the same small village of Bognac. What connection could there be between these two events, separated by more than fifty years? At first glance, none! Yet, as the investigation unfolds, the young Captain Hippolyte Dumas, newly appointed to Albi, will have to delve back into a sometimes very painful past. While unraveling the complex web of clues, Hippolyte will begin to find his footing in his new life and with his team. Publication date: June 1, 2022. Order now
