Epaulard, Thierry Brun

"The author's creativity works wonders by piling up countless small scenes, like a descent into a promised hell..." Black Novel.

Béatrice is a bodyguard, a private close protection agent, an invisible heroine, a discreet yet strong figure who has sacrificed her life to her profession. Demanding, recognized by her peers, she is chosen to secure the movement of a mother and her two daughters, but the contract ends in a night of horror reported by all the media. Traumatized, body broken, consumed by failure and guilt, Béatrice takes refuge alone in a village in central France. By disappearing in this way, she will try to rebuild herself. Here, her solitude is respected, with the exception of Pôl, the clergyman, who encourages her to open up through their conversations. Between exchanging confidences by day and battling her demons by night, Béatrice senses a lurking threat... Will she be able to grasp the outstretched hands of those who want to help her? What does she have left to save, she who has already lost everything?