The Shark
A dark and propulsive psychological thriller from an award-winning crime writer
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3.0 • 4 Ratings
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Publisher Description
'Totally original. A taut and unpredictable thriller' CHRIS HAMMER
'A compulsively gripping twist . . . Terrific' VASEEM KHAN
'A propulsive and utterly compelling story' PETER PAPATHANASIOU
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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 into their own hands - by kidnapping the prime suspect. But as their interrogation spirals, horrifying truths surface on both sides of the table.
The clock is ticking to save the missing girl. And in their quest for justice, Raych and Carmen must face the darkest question of all: have they caught a monster - or become one?
The Shark is a propulsive psychological thriller about fear, vengeance and the thin line between predator and victim.
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Reader reviews of 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'
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Styles (No Country for Girls) probes the obsessive rage of two young women as a serial killer stalks their Perth, Australia, beach community in this nerve-shredding thriller. Inspired by the real-life case of the Claremont Stalker, the novel alternates between the perspectives of Raych, whose widowed father frequently travels for work, leaving her to fend for herself, and Carmen, who's relentlessly bullied by her adoptive sister. The two teenagers meet in a psych ward, where both have been confined following violent outbursts, then go their separate ways. A short time later, a killer dubbed "the Shark" murders young female swimmers in Perth. Raych's best friend, Piper, for whom she harbors romantic feelings, has gone missing—a possible victim of the Shark—and she and Carmen seek revenge. Motivated by their shared anger at "men muzzling in on everything," the girls track down and enact bloody vengeance on the prime suspect, but the truth of the case is more complicated than they realize. Though some plot developments strain credulity, Styles delivers jolts aplenty with her pitch-black plunge into wounded psyches and the costs of revenge. It's a gut-wrenching ride worth taking.
