The Shark
$30.39
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
10 March 2026
Summary
Every monster has a weakness.
At the height of Australian summer, a serial killer known as The Shark stalks a coastal suburb, hunting young female swimmers.
Afraid and furious at the failure of the police to protect them, two women fight back. Raych is grieving someone she’d have died to save, while Carmen hides her own disturbing connection to the murders.
In desperation, they form an uneasy alliance. And when another girl vanishes, they take matters …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781408722428 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1408722429 |
| Author: | Emma Styles |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Sphere |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 10 March 2026 |
| Weight: | 440g |
| Dimensions: | 232mm x 150mm x 30mm |
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Totally original. A taut and unpredictable thriller – Chris Hammer, author of LEGACYVividly written and darkly atmospheric, The Shark takes the serial killer novel apart and puts it back together again with a compulsively gripping twist. A terrific serial killer thriller – VASEEM KHAN, author of MIDNIGHT AT MALABAR HOUSEA ferociously intense, white-knuckle thriller … Emma’s a shining star of Australian crime fiction, she’s subversive and unflinching, and she’s done it again here - delivered a propulsive and utterly compelling story that is so tense and atmospheric, it will stay with you long after the last page – PETER PAPATHANASIOU, author of THE BOLTHOLEUniquely 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 KILLERNo one does girl power like Emma Styles. In The Shark she takes the serial-killer novel apart, dragging it, kicking and screaming, into a tale of discovery and redemption. If you want strong female characters who do their best to kick the patriarchy’s arse then this is the writer you’ve been looking for! – Trevor Wood, author of THE SILENT KILLER
Emma Styles has perfected the art of creating kick-ass female characters that you can’t help but love. A hugely original and sometimes shocking tale of friendship and revenge. Emma has a brilliantly unique voice
– EMMA CHRISTIE, author of WATCH YOUR BACKBlindingly 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 UNBURIEDThelma and Louise - turbocharged. My heart was racing from the first page to the last of this tense and stylish Australian thriller – ELISSA SOAVE, author of GINGER AND MEPRAISE 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 DARKStyles’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 LIGHTSEEKERSRachel and Carmen’s alternating and perhaps unreliable narratives offer insight into grief turned into obsession and the temptations of a psychopath who’s spotted one of their own. Despite its beachy setting, the Shark’s Perth is dark, filtered through the loss and vengefulness that fuel its tense hunt and twisty face-off. Styles’ compassionate portrayal of raw emotions and young adult perspectives make a strong, subversive undercurrent here. Readers will likely find themselves rooting for both highly flawed narrators – starred review * Booklist *About The Author
Emma Styles
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.
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