Murder Seen

Set in Scotland, Murder Seen is a contemporary conspiracy thriller blending crime, religious mystery, and the supernatural.

Claire Pentland is a gifted professional photographer and single mother whose life is quietly shaped by a disturbing ability: she experiences involuntary visions—the gift of the 'second sight'—fragmented, symbolic flashes of future events, sometimes violent. A year earlier, one such vision helped police investigators locate a missing child, leaving Claire both grateful she saved a life but fearful of what her gift might yet reveal.

While on assignment photographing historic sites around Scotland—including the world famous Rosslyn Chapel—Claire crosses paths with Professor Kilwinning, a respected academic with profound interests in early Christianity. Hours later, Kilwinning is found murdered, and a young local boy, Andrew Airlie, vanishes without trace. Evidence discovered at the professor’s home implicates Claire, drawing her into a web of conspiracy, deception and a murder enquiry she cannot escape.

As police suspicion intensifies, Claire’s visions return—stronger and more disturbing than ever—convincing her that the missing boy is in imminent danger. With official channels closed to her, she turns to two people she trusts: Rosie, her fiercely loyal best friend, and Colin, a history lecturer whose growing relationship with Claire offers both intellectual insight and emotional support.

Together, they begin to decode a complex message left behind by Kilwinning: an intricate puzzle woven through photographs, books, symbols, and religious texts. Their investigation leads to the discovery of a suppressed gospel attributed to Mary Magdalene, proposing a radical reinterpretation of Christ’s Resurrection—one with implications that reach far beyond theology and into the modern world.

As Claire pieces together the meaning of Kilwinning’s message, she realises the revelation threatens powerful interests determined to keep it buried. Meanwhile, her visions begin to blur the line between symbol and reality, past and future, forcing her to confront a terrifying possibility: the danger to Andrew may be far closer to her own life and family than she ever imagined.

Hunted by police, racing against time, and no longer certain who she can trust, Claire must follow her visions to their conclusion—risking everything to save a child and expose a truth that could change world history forever.