Slaughterhouse Heart

What makes a father violent? It takes a brave man to find out . . .

As a volunteer at St Margaret''s Hospice, eager and helpful Meryl is looking for a role in life. The arrival of Jamie, the son of a patient, may be just what she is after. He is good-looking, young and, above all, troubled.

Jamie''s father has only a few days to live, but between father and son is a lifetime of misunderstanding an...