An incredibly gripping road trip thriller about two kick-ass heroines on the run from the law with a bag full of gold. Set against the harsh, unforgiving landscape of outback Australia, this is Thelma and Louise for a new generationBold 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'
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
A
thrilling cat-and-mouse pursuit through West Australia's Badlands . . .
It left me breathlessAs 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 triumphAn
impressive first novel . . . Styles describes
the terrifying emptiness of the Outback and the drilling heat with
absolute conviction. The ending is
beautifully doneFresh 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 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 thrillerRazor-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
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!
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.
UnputdownableEmma Styles' thriller
perfectly captures the pulse-pounding chaos of life on the run . . . Gripping
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 itI 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 NoirA 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 countsEvery 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
An
edge-of-your-seat, high-octane, thrilling road trip across the Oz Outback, in the company of three
unforgettable women
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! 10/10You'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. 10/10No Country For Girls lives up to its title and Emma Styles is to be lauded for
an exceptional debut crime novel . . . WonderfulAussie 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 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 readRiveting . . . 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 voiceEmma 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.