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"Paris is the city of light... and of shadows. In March 1831, Louis-Philippe, the new sovereign of France, is torn between a liberal policy and an iron fist. There are changes at the top of the State that call into question the continuity of the Brigade des Mysteries Occultes, dedicated to the investigation of the allegedly supernatural. In this unfavorable situation, its director, Valentin Verne, is entrusted with a new and delicate case: to investigate the activities of a mysterious medium who uses spiritism and extraordinary powers to resurrect the dead. Unusual events, dialogues with the afterlife and inexplicable apparitions will challenge the rational mind of Inspector Verne. And, as if that were not enough, he must also face an even more formidable adversary: the Vicar, the odious criminal he has been pursuing since he joined the police force, has returned to the streets of Paris leaving a trail of corpses in his wake. From the Parisian underworld to the salons of high society and from Vidocq's spies to the disturbing mysteries of spiritualism, Eric Fouassier presents us with a gripping and addictive novel of intrigue."--
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Eric Fouassier, born in 1963 in Saint-Maur-des-Fosées, is a famous French writer. He is the author of several series of detective and historical novels, including Sans peur et sans reproche, Commandant Gaspard Cloux and Les Francs Royaumes; other novels include Le Traducteur, L'Effet Nocebo and Et puis le silence. He is also a doctor of law and pharmacy and a university professor, as well as a knight of the Legion of Honor.
His work The Brigade of Hidden Mysteries, the first in a series of novels that straddles noir and historical novels starring Inspector Valentin Verne, has won him the prestigious Maison de la Presse 2021 Prize and has become one of the great phenomena of contemporary French literature, with millions of copies sold in France and a remarkable international success.
