Chasing the Serpent

Chasing the Serpent focuses on Shane McArthur - a young Scot wrongfully convicted of his girlfriend's murder. In sharing Shane's journey through prison, might he be connected to an earlier troubled soul when a ghost materialises in his cell? 


Nicholas de la Croix is also central to the story. A disillusioned priest (and formerly a merchant banker) opts to become a prison chaplain, only to find himself working in the same establishment as young Shane. 


A story of jealousy, Freemasonry and corrupt policemen we encounter loathing and love, vicious retribution and reconciliation. A thriller in which murder and revenge run amok the book also explores who we are, whether through ideas of reincarnation, karma, etc. 


The serpent in mythology is a symbol of contradictions: Wisdom and cunning, healing and death. Its associations within Judaeo-Christianity first appear in the Garden of Eden, where Satan the fallen angel disguises himself as a snake.