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ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Raych and Carmen are two fully messed up teenagers. Raych because her girlfriend Piper disappeared almost a year ago, a year in which the mutilated bodies of young women are washing up on Perth beaches. She's convinced the serial killer is responsible for Piper's abduction and deliberately tries to lure him into snatching her, so she can find out what happened. Carmen knows her brain is different but she doesn't have the words to describe what happens when she disassociates, though she suspects she is the reason the killer is doing what he does, because there was 'that night'...
When the two girls come together in their suspicions and decide to hunt down the man they think is behind it all, they don't fully trust each other. Ensuing events show they don't really know what they've gotten themselves into, and soon they will be in more danger than they bargained for...
Told through their alternating voices, and over the course of a week, this is a propulsive and twisty novel about guilt, grief, predators and victims, but also about reclaiming agency and fighting back against demons, personal and societal. Lindy
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. Emma has an MA in crime fiction from the University of East Anglia. Her debut novel, No Country for Girls, won the Little, Brown UEA Crime Fiction Award pre-publication and the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize post publication. It was also shortlisted for the CWA New Blood Dagger Award, the Davitt Award for Best Adult Crime Novel and the ACWA Ned Kelly Award for Best Debut Crime Fiction.
ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Raych and Carmen are two fully messed up teenagers. Raych because her girlfriend Piper disappeared almost a year ago, a year in which the mutilated bodies of young women are washing up on Perth beaches. She's convinced the serial killer is responsible for Piper's abduction and deliberately tries to lure him into snatching her, so she can find out what happened. Carmen knows her brain is different but she doesn't have the words to describe what happens when she disassociates, though she suspects she is the reason the killer is doing what he does, because there was 'that night'...
When the two girls come together in their suspicions and decide to hunt down the man they think is behind it all, they don't fully trust each other. Ensuing events show they don't really know what they've gotten themselves into, and soon they will be in more danger than they bargained for...
Told through their alternating voices, and over the course of a week, this is a propulsive and twisty novel about guilt, grief, predators and victims, but also about reclaiming agency and fighting back against demons, personal and societal. Lindy
Totally original. A taut and unpredictable thriller -- Chris Hammer, author of LEGACY Uniquely Australian and packed with atmosphere, The Shark follows Raych and Carmen, both affected by loss and guilt, as they track down a serial killer in their community. Bursting with tension, this is riveting reading -- SAM HOLLAND, author of THE COUNTDOWN KILLER Blindingly tense and perfectly nuanced, The Shark is an absolute triumph. Styles creates vivid and complex characters in Carmen and Raych, upending serial killer tropes and taking the reader on a terrifying ride as they confront and imprison a man suspected of slaughtering young female swimmers. A thriller with serious depth - you won't read anything else like this in 2026 -- HEATHER CRITCHLOW, author of UNBURIED PRAISE FOR 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 -- CHRIS WHITAKER, author of ALL THE COLOURS OF THE DARK 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 * THE TIMES * A thrilling cross-country chase through remote Australia * SUNDAY POST * 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
