Emma Styles Press Reviews
'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
