Angela Buckley |

‘A treat for inquisitive readers’

The Crime Readers’ Association

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‘Victorian detective whose bag of tricks inspired Sherlock’

The Times

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‘A gripping tale of Victorian detective work’

Your Family History magazine

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A real life murder case with an astonishing twist

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The Battle of the Detectives

by Victorian Supersleuth | Oct 11, 2017

When a brutal murder took place in Manchester in 1889, two detectives went head-to-head to track down the culprit. Renowned sleuth, Detective Chief Inspector Jerome Caminada, of the Manchester City police, and Superintendent James Bent, of the Lancashire Constabulary. Both used their superior powers of deduction to solve this case, but only one man would catch the killer.

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Angela Buckley is a true crime writer and author. Her work has featured in The Times, The Telegraph, The Sunday Express and All About History. She is a regular contributor to Your Family History and Who Do You Think You Are? magazines. Angela has appeared on BBC One’s The One Show, BBC South Today and Mysteries at the Museum in the US. She is a member of the Crime Writers’ Association.

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