The Bureau of Dark Affairs

France, July Monarchy. The country is engulfed in political turmoil, scholars are making scientific discoveries that will forever change the world... But none of this concerns Valentine Verne: he is occupied with a much more important task — catching a... criminal who hides under the name Vicar and has evaded the law for many years.
Valentine is too wealthy to serve in the police and too young for those around him to acknowledge his brilliant mind. He is not trusted, and it increasingly seems that some unknown forces are obstructing his investigations. Is it connected to the Vicar or the case of the suicides? In the deaths of young aristocrats, no one saw a connection until Valentine discovered that all the suicides looked into mirrors before perishing... A coincidence? Or a complex plan pursuing much more global goals than the murder of several young people?