Since his early childhood, Pierre Brandao, retired gendarme and reservist, has always been attracted to writing. « From the age of 12, I wrote poems. When I became a police officer, I started writing detective novels. » With The Rapture, he signs his eighth detective novel, while remaining faithful to poetry. “Between my detective novels, I publish poetic collections and plays. »
In this new work, he has retained one of the familiar characters, which we find in his previous detective novel, Microcard MurdersIsabelle Loubry, “policeman of shock and charm. However, I always manage so that each book is a new release, not a sequel, and I treat it in a different way in terms of structure. I don’t want to cause the reader to feel deja vu. »
“Make each book new, not a sequel”
For this book, the action of which takes place in Brittany, the author, to remain credible, went there to carry out some research on the region. “Photos of the places are also in the book. It is a job that requires a lot of time. »
The author also founded the associative publishing house Edi’lybris in October 2010. « I manage the books of the publishing house, which currently brings together around forty authors. I divide my time between writing and providing advice to the association’s authors. »
Pierre Brandao lifts the veil on the theme of his latest novel. “It’s the thread of two stories that become entangled. A young woman is kidnapped in Charente-Maritime. Isabelle Loubry is at the emergency call center. She will be there when it happens. She finds herself involved without having asked for anything, especially since a particular mission is entrusted to her by a big name in the gendarmerie. At the same time, she finds herself in Brittany, in an unusual place, to help her son Jonathan, also a police officer. She helps him investigate the discovery of a body buried under a clod of earth…” A story that is sure to keep the reader in suspense.
The author already has in mind the beginnings of a historical book and another novel with Isabelle Loubry, his heroine. “I’m thinking!” »
To discover his last two works (The Rapture, as well as volume 2 of Hello gendarmerie service!), Pierre Brandao will be signing at the Intermarché de Saint-Maixent-l’École, avenue de Blossac, Friday October 25 and Saturday October 26, 2024 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., then at the Leclerc shopping center in Azay-le -Burned, Friday November 22 and Saturday November 23.
“The Abduction” 335 pages, €22, Edi’lybris editions.
