The Quiet Shepherd is a dark Victorian historical mystery set in the smoke-filled streets and hidden chambers of nineteenth-century Bradford. Decades after the infamous crimes that shook the town, Chief Constable James Withers and forensic chemist Felix Marsh Rimmington find themselves drawn into a final and unsettling investigation, one where influence, secrecy, and power may prove more dangerous than any ordinary criminal.

When a series of strange deaths exposes connections between Bradford's most respectable circles and a hidden world of symbols, control, and manipulation, Withers must confront a disturbing question: what happens when those entrusted to protect society believe themselves entitled to decide its future?

As science challenges superstition and justice collides with authority, Withers and Rimmington follow a trail that leads beneath the surface of Victorian Bradford - into a world where truth is concealed not by darkness, but by respectability itself.

Atmospheric, intelligent, and rooted in historical detail, The Quiet Shepherd blends Victorian crime fiction, forensic investigation, and gothic suspense in a story about power, morality, and the secrets a city chooses to bury.

From the author of Stolen Innocents and The Bradford Poisonings, When Sweetness Turned to Death.