A raw, gripping fiction debut from Caspar Walsh, the acclaimed author of CRIMINAL.
A gritty, emotional thriller about a guy on the run with his two sons.
When Nick Geneva does over Vince Cracknel s place with his best mate Warren, he realises instantly they ve pissed off the wrong guy. And accidentally killing his dog was not a good move. But the money they steal is Nick's ticket to a new life. With Warren in custody, and Vince, the police and his ex-wife on his heels, Nick hits the road north, taking his difficult, confused, but fiercely loyal boys with him.
Fast-paced and packed with razor-sharp dialogue, Walsh keeps the drama and tension building to the last page. - The News of the World
Walsh is the authentic literary voice of British gangland. His debut novel reveals the chilly, emotionally complex world of a career criminal. By turns violent, dramatic and powerfully compassionate, Caspar Walsh's thriller neither condemns nor romanticises its subject but treats it with honesty, humanity and flashes of unsentimental humour. Here is an author to watch - and read - Andrew Taylor
Caspar Walsh is a regular writer for BBC Radio 4, with broadcasts including the sixties gangster story Vincent Vice's Rainbow. The Prison Father, a critically acclaimed feature length docudrama, and the young offender docudrama, Inside Out, were based on his prison life experience. As a workshop facilitator in and out of prisons, he helps fathers and their families to rehabilitate by using his own experiences as an inspiration.