Mistyann is fifteen, unpredictable, unreliable and violent. She's also gifted. Jonathan Diamond is fortyone.Looks a bit like Tom Cruise and he's going to Wales too. A failed musician and a recovering alcoholic he's now an Advanced Skills Teacher and he'll be in loco parentis for the week. Together the two of them develop an unlikely and dangerous alliance as they are forced to confront difficult truths about themselves.

A former barman, warehouseman, museum attendant, low level council worker and teacher, Stephen May didn't begin writing seriously until his 40s. The highly praised Tag was his first novel and has been followed by Life! Death! Prizes! (shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award as well as The Guardian's Not The Booker Prize) and Wake Up Happy Every Day. His fourth novel, Stronger Than Skin, will be published by Sandstone Press in Spring, 2017. Raised in Bedford he now lives and works in West Yorkshire.