The autumn rain had just ceased, and the clouds had yet to fully disperse. The damp morning light spilled across the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral, slanting down onto the newly painted three-story row house on the south side of Fleet Street.
A freshly hung black plaque with gold lettering on the light blue lintel boldly proclaimed:
Breaux Detective Agency (London Branch)
——Representative Office of the legendary Parisian sleuth Francois Vidocq in England
Yes, this was indeed the latest battleground opened in London by that old man who once stirred up a storm in the Security Department of the Great Paris Police Hall, striking down French criminals and Republicans, and who proclaimed himself a "pioneer of criminal psychology" on the Left Bank of the Seine River.
