Emma Styles writes contemporary Australian noir about young women taking on the patriarchy. She grew up on Whadjuk Noongar country in Perth, Western Australia and now lives in London where she was born. Emma has an MA in crime fiction from the University of East Anglia. No Country for Girls is her debut novel; it won the Little, Brown UEA Crime Fiction Award 2020.
Bold and badass, No Country For Girls is the kind of searingly
stylish, unrelenting page-turner I just adore. I burned through the
twisting plot almost as fast as Charlie and Nao light up the
Australian outback'
*CHRIS WHITAKER, author of WE BEGIN AT THE END*
Styles's first novel starts with a bang . . . There are decided
echoes of films such as Shallow Grave and
Thelma & Louise in this bumpy road trip . . . The real star is the
desolate outback. And, refreshing for a summer read, there isn't a
luxury villa in sight
*The Times*
A thrilling cat-and-mouse pursuit through West Australia's Badlands
. . . It left me breathless
*ALEX MARWOOD, author of THE WICKED GIRLS*
As the two leave a trail of destruction in their wake, each of
their heartbreaking stories unravels as their pasts catch up with
them, and they bond over life and death . . . A triumph
*The i*
An impressive first novel . . . Styles describes the terrifying
emptiness of the Outback and the drilling heat with absolute
conviction. The ending is beautifully done
*Literary Review*
Fresh as hell with two strikingly original protagonists who blaze a
thrilling trail through the outback. Not just a terrific debut, a
terrific book full stop
*TREVOR WOOD, author of THE MAN ON THE STREET*
No Country for Girls expertly captures the protagonists' grit and
tenacity in a thrilling cross-country chase . . . Introducing two
memorable literary heroines. A perfectly paced thriller
*Scotsman*
Razor-sharp wit meets pumping action, with twists and turns to keep
the pages turning! No Country for Girls is the road trip for our
time; relevant, powerful and unrelentingly entertaining . . .
Welcome Emma Styles. We didn't know how much we needed you until
you came
*FEMI KAYODE, author of LIGHTSEEKERS*
A thrilling cross-country chase through remote Australia and a
gipping yarn about two heroines that masterfully interlaces dark
humour and tension with poignant familial drama. Wonderful!
*Sunday Post*
A taut, evocative and utterly absorbing road-trip thriller about
two young women on the run for their lives, both caught up in a
landscape as full of threat and danger as the people who are after
them. Unputdownable
*JACOB ROSS, author of BLACK RAIN FALLING*
Emma Styles' thriller perfectly captures the pulse-pounding chaos
of life on the run . . . Gripping
*Woman's Own*
A unique voice, compelling protagonists, and a dizzyingly wild and
gripping ride that grabs you by the throat - this is outback
Australia like you've never seen it and you will not soon forget
it
*PETER PAPATHANASIOU, author of THE STONING*
I LOVED THIS BOOK. Thelma & Louise meets The Tourist in this pacey,
surprising and relentlessly tense Aussie road trip thriller. With
No Country for Girls Emma Styles is not playing around - she's
staking her claim as the new queen of Outback Noir
*LIZZIE POOK, author of MOONLIGHT AND THE PEARLER'S DAUGHTER*
A fast-moving, cinematic debut by a new Australian author . . .
Violent, picturesque and a barrel full of twists along the way,
this high-octane road movie of a novel delivers on all counts
*Crime Time*
Every now and then you open a book, and you know immediately that
here is something fresh and new and exciting. This novel is all of
that, with extra . . . No Country for Girls is both original and
brilliant, and it is hard to believe that this first-class novel by
Australian-born Emma Styles, now living in the UK, is a debut
*Crime Review*
An edge-of-your-seat, high-octane, thrilling road trip across the
Oz Outback, in the company of three unforgettable women
*LOUISE MORRISH, author of OPERATION MOONLIGHT*
The grit and harshness of [Australia] runs in her writer's
bloodstream. This is a two-fisted road trip adventure . . . One
action twist after another. Terrific fun! 10/10
*Peterborough Telegraph*
You'll be gripped from the first page of this perfectly-paced
thriller. Styles masterfully interlaces dark humour with tension by
the bucketload, and poignant familial drama, introducing two new
literary heroines for modern fiction. 10/10
*Breaking News*
No Country For Girls lives up to its title and Emma Styles is to be
lauded for an exceptional debut crime novel . . . Wonderful
*SHOTS*
Aussie noir is another on-trend fashion in publishing, and with
debuts as flinty and suspenseful as Emma Styles' No Country For
Girls, it's easy to see why. This is a breathless outback chase
novel sparked by a violent crime . . . Styles takes familiar tropes
and energises them with a sense of escalating dread. The book's
billed as an outback Thelma & Louise, though it's closer in tone to
the Cormac McCarthy referenced in the title
*The Age*
The vast expanses of Western Australia provide the backdrop for an
exciting tale . . . Styles ratchets up the tension as we ride
through vivid settings with two strong personalities who don't
trust each other . . . An intense, fascinating, female-centred
read
*NZ Listener*
Riveting . . . There's a fabulous rawness to Styles' debut crime
tale; strong voices and viewpoints that aren't polite or prettied
up. Gritty and gripping, No Country for Girls marks the emergence
of a talented new crime voice
*Good Reading Magazine*
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