No Country for Girls

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 Girlslives 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 novelsparked 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 *