Sweet William

Life and death played out over 48 hours. A father desperate to be with his young son escapes from a secure psychiatric hospital knowing he has just one chance for the two of them to start a new life together. His goal is to snatch the three-year-old - a diabetic who needs insulin to stay alive - and run away to France ... but first he must find the boy evade his foster family and stay well clear of the police already in pursuit. A real page-turner cut through with dark humour Sweet William zeroes in on a potent mix: mental illness a foster family under pressure and an aggrieved father separated from his precious child. The result is an incisive and deeply affecting literary thriller.