la brigada de los misterios ocultos: Ganador del Premio Maison Presse

An engrossing hunt for a killer through the streets of 1830 Paris. Autumn 1830. In a feverish Paris still reeling from the July Revolution, evil takes on new forms, and the Vicar embodies the most terrifying of them all: mysterious and bloodthirsty, he uses scientific progress and his knowledge of the esoteric to commit his crimes before vanishing into the shadows of a city in turmoil. To combat this new breed of criminal, the Bureau of Occult Affairs has just been created: a special department of the Sûreté led by the young inspector Valentin Verne. Angel-faced and solitary by nature, Valentin is stern and relentless; his knowledge of chemistry and medicine, together with his interest in the occult and the irrational, make him the ideal man to hunt down these modern criminals. But who is Valentin really pursuing? Who hides behind the Vicar's mask? Is he connected to the strange suicide of the dissolute heir to one of France's most illustrious families? And what has become of Damien, an orphan who seems to have vanished from the face of the earth? Following in the footsteps of great detectives such as Vidocq and Auguste Dupin, Paris will bear witness to Valentin Verne's tireless battle against evil. Winner of the prestigious Maison de la Presse Prize.