In the introduction of the novel, Ruddick states that he found the case while studying papers about the Victorian times at the University of York. The case emerged at a time of social change where history started to resemble our modern era. The case had already hit its hundredth anniversary, and many novels, television specials, and movies had all been created about the case but there was still no solution. Ruddick adopted the case , and it would lead him all across England and into Jamaica and Australia. Ruddick’s purpose in taking on the case was to finally solve the case of Charles Bravo’s death. Ruddick seems like a reliable author since most of the information he uses was all research. He doesn’t make assumptions based off of the older
