My Sister, The Serial Killer

By Oyinkan Braithwaite is published in hardback by Atlantic

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This is one funny book, but not in a ha-ha, laugh-out-loud manner. Instead, it's more in its ability to trigger the feeling (particularly if you are blessed with sisters) that, yes, you can totally imagine getting a call like the one Korede gets from her sibling, Ayoola. And yes, you'd probably have to help if called upon.

Ayoola, the beauty, has stabbed her boyfriend that'll be the third she's killed now - but conscientious, loyal Korede is well prepared for the clean-up job. What she's not prepared for is the newly 'bereaved' Ayoola then taking an interest in her rather attractive doctor colleague, Tade. It's deftly written, as pointy and sleek as Ayoola's blade, with Braithwaite incrementally winding up the uneasiness, all the while making you question, along with Korede, the motives of the people you love. Incredibly sharp, it's a swift read that'll be whirring around in your brain for some time.