No Country for Girls

GOLD. THEFT. MURDER. A ROAD TRIP TO DIE FOR.

Shortlisted for the CWA New Blood Dagger Award
Longlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize
Longlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award

'An unrelenting page-turner' CHRIS WHITAKER, author of WE BEGIN AT THE END

'A triumph' THE i

'The real star is the desolate Outback' THE TIMES

'Thrilling . . . It left me breathless' ALEX MARWOOD, author of THE WICKED GIRLS

'Perfectly paced' SCOTSMAN

'Razor-sharp wit meets pumping action' FEMI KAYODE, author of LIGHTSEEKERS

'Beautifully done' LITERARY REVIEW

'A thrilling cross-country chase through remote Australia' SUNDAY POST

'A breathless Outback chase' THE AGE

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Charlie and Nao are strangers from different sides of the tracks. They should never have met, but one devastating incident binds them together forever.

A man is dead and now they are unwilling accomplices in his murder there's only one thing to do: hit the road in the victim's twin cab ute, with a bag of stolen gold stashed under the passenger seat.

Suddenly outlaws, Nao and Charlie must make their way across Australia's remote outback using only their wits to survive. They'll do whatever it takes to evade capture and escape with their lives . . .

Thelma & Louise for a new generation, No Country for Girls is a gritty, twisty road-trip thriller that follows two young women on the run across the harsh, unforgiving landscape of Australia.
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What readers are saying about No Country for Girls

'What an incredible, high octane, thrilling ride this book is!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'I desperately wanted to know what happens next' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'I loved the characters and the setting, which was described with vivid and rich imagery' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Incredibly well plotted' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Tense and thrilling . . . Highly recommended, there are absolutely no slow bits to this story' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐




Genre: Mystery

"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

"A thrilling cat-and-mouse pursuit through West Australia's Badlands . . . It left me breathless." - Alex Marwood

"An edge-of-your-seat, high-octane, thrilling road trip across the Oz Outback, in the company of three unforgettable women." - Louise Morrish

"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

"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

"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