Neil R. A. Bell

Neil R A Bell is one of the most respected students of the Ripper case. He has been published extensively in specialist journals such as Ripperologist and Casebook Examiner, as well as for the BBC. Neil has also recently been Police Advisor for the Channel Five documentary Jack the Ripper: The Definitive Story and has appeared on other documentaries. Neil's first book, Capturing Jack the Ripper: In the boots of a Bobby in Victorian London (Amberley) has been critically acclaimed, and deemed a must have for those who are interested in the crimes and Victorian era policing. His second book, Sir Howard Vincent's Police Code 1889 (Mango Books), written in conjunction with Adam Wood and published in 2015, is a description and republication of the original Victorian Policeman's guidebook, and was once used by the men who hunted Jack the Ripper. As with the original, Neil & Adam have maintained the tradition of donating the set proceeds made from book sales to the Metropolitan & City Police Orphans Fund itself. Neil's latest work, written in conjunction with M. W. Oldridge, Kate Clark and Trevor N. Bond, The A-Z of Victorian Crime has recently been released by Amberley, and is a study on crime during that era.