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My Sister, the Serial Killer

by Oyinkan Braithwaite Publisher: ANCHOR

Critically Recognized

Sisterly loyalty under pressure

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Awards & Recognition

  • Editorial selection

    A New York Times Top Ten Thriller of the 21st Century

    Named a top-ten thriller of the 21st century.

  • Critical praise

    Praised by Marie Claire as “the wittiest and most fun murder party”

    Marie Claire praises the book as a taut, darkly funny contemporary noir and calls it witty and fun.

AlbakiReads Editorial

Sisterly loyalty under pressure

Korede’s practical competence becomes a means of managing the aftermath of her sister Ayoola’s repeated deadly relationships. At the same time, Korede’s hopes for a doctor at the hospital where she works bring her sister’s presence into her own romantic life. The setup places family loyalty, concealment, and personal desire in direct tension: protecting Ayoola is no longer only a matter of handling the immediate consequences, but also of deciding what Korede is willing to risk. Set around the sisters’ relationship and Korede’s workplace, the novel frames a murder-centered premise through the choices of the person left to contain its fallout.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers interested in crime fiction centered on family relationships and concealment.
  • For readers who enjoy stories about divided loyalties and difficult personal choices.

Themes

Sisterhood and family loyaltySecrecy and complicityRomantic desire and divided loyalties

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Book overview

A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN THRILLER OF THE 21ST CENTURY - ONE OF TIME'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME - BOOKER PRIZE NOMINEE -"A taut and darkly funny contemporary noir that moves at lightning speed, it's the wittiest and most fun murder party you've ever been invited to." --MARIE CLAIRE

Korede's sister Ayoola is many things: the favorite child, the beautiful one, possibly sociopathic. And now Ayoola's third boyfriend in a row is dead, stabbed through the heart with Ayoola's knife.

Korede's practicality is the sisters' saving grace. She knows the best solutions for cleaning blood (bleach, bleach, and more bleach), the best way to move a body (wrap it in sheets like a mummy), and she keeps Ayoola from posting pictures to Instagram when she should be mourning her "missing" boyfriend. Not that she gets any credit.

Korede has long been in love with a kind, handsome doctor at the hospital where she works. She dreams of the day when he will realize that she's exactly what he needs. But when he asks Korede for Ayoola's phone number, she must reckon with what her sister has become and how far she's willing to go to protect her.

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