My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

 My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite, 226 pages   *challenge book

Satire meets slasher in this short, darkly funny hand grenade of a novel about a Nigerian woman whose younger sister has a very inconvenient habit of killing her boyfriends. "Femi makes three, you know. Three and they label you a serial killer." Korede is bitter. How could she not be? Her sister, Ayoola, is many things: the favorite 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 realize 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.

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

My Sister, the Serial Killer: A Novel by Oyinkan Braithwaite --- 226 pages including Acknowledgements.

Nigerian author, Oyinkan Braithwaite's debut novel, My Sister, The Serial Killer may be described as Nigerian Noir. The book is a black and edgy comedy about two Nigerian sisters. Korede, the elder, is the responsible, self-effacing sister who cleans up the messes made by her younger sister, Ayoola, who has a bad habit of killing her boyfriends.

But the book also has a serious point to make: both sisters are emotionally damaged because of the abuse they suffered at the hands of a vicious and controlling father, and a society that enables and encourages the subjugation of women. 

If you liked the Dexter series by Jeff Lindsay, you may enjoy this book too. It will be interesting to see what Oyinkan Braithwaite comes up with next.

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