Daddy's Great Escape - John Martin - Bog

If Mad Bill hates visitors so much, why does he make it so hard for them to leave his island?
Why would Ralph even think that would ever become a problem for him anyway?
Until he is chased into the bay by an angry mob and has to swim to safety, he doesn't have any idea his life is in danger.
The good news is that a passing fishing boat rescues him - but his relief turns to more despair when he learns the trawler is headed out to sea on a fishing trip, and the captain refuses to turn around.
Ralph, an expectant father, is worried he might miss the rapidly approaching birth.
His rising anxiety doesn't improve when he finds out who else is aboard the trawler.
And when he ends up on an island ruled by a gun-toting old man, the situation calls for desperate measures.