Berck’s history teacher, new queen of thrillers

On this greyish morning, Céline Ghys, 49, is very moved to return to where her literary life began: the royal abbey of Saint-Riquier (Somme). Professor of letters and history in a vocational high school in Berck-sur-Mer (Pas-de-Calais), she refused for a long time to take up the pen. Until a family walk leads her to this emblematic monument of the department.