My Sister, the Serial Killer

By: Oyinkan Braithwaite

Narrated by: Weruche Opia

Nominated for the Booker Prize 2019.

Shortlisted for the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction.

Korede is bitter. How could she not be? Her sister, Ayoola, is many things: the favourite child, the beautiful one, possibly sociopathic. And now Ayoola's third boyfriend in a row is dead.

Korede's practicality is the sisters' saving grace. She knows the best solutions for cleaning blood, the trunk of her car is big enough for a body and she keeps Ayoola from posting pictures of her dinner to Instagram when she should be mourning her 'missing' boyfriend. Not that she gets any credit.

A kind, handsome doctor at the hospital where Korede works is the bright spot in her life. She dreams of the day when he will realise they're perfect for each other. But one day Ayoola shows up to the hospital uninvited and he takes notice. When he asks Korede for Ayoola's phone number, she must reckon with what her sister has become and what she will do about it. Sharp as nails and full of deadpan wit, Oyinkan Braithwaite has written a deliciously deadly debut that's as fun as it is frightening.

©2018 Oyinkan Braithwaite (P)2018 W. F. Howes Ltd

Critic reviews

"A literary sensation." (Guardian)

"A bombshell of a book.... Sharp, explosive, hilarious." (New York Times)

Unique and captvating

I enjoyed the story, the narrator and the story. I have never read/listened to this kind of genre set in Africa which was really cool and refreshing!

A wonderful look into Nigerian life

Of course the most captivating part of this story is the relationship between sisters; one murderous, the other somewhat innocent but I really enjoyed the look into Nigerian life alongside all of this - the commentary on class, religion, cuisine, fashion, work etc. Wonderful book

A must listen

brilliant!! well written well dictated. weruche did justice to the book. The subtle differences in the Nigerian accents were again brilliant..

enjoyable

loved it, short so listened in one go. narration easy on the ear & fluid

Gripping

Once I started listening, I didn’t stop. It’s very entertaining and not so unrealistic that it couldn’t be real. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It’s also very well read.