Author(s): Oyinkan Braithwaite

Novel | Crime and Thriller | Africa

NOMINATED FOR THE 2019 BOOKER PRIZE WINNER OF THE LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR MYSTERY/THRILLERFINALIST FOR THE 2019 WOMEN'S PRIZE   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.

Review: Pulpy, peppery and sinister... This scorpion-tailed little thriller leaves a response, and a sting, you will remember. * New York Times *

A literary sensation * Guardian *

A sensational debut * Observer, Debut's of 2019 *

Fiendishly talented * The Times *

Hilarious, disturbing, and so much fun to read. * Elle, Books to watch in 2019 *

Utterly addictive and a pure joy to read * Stylist *

A bombshell of a book - sharp, explosive, hilarious * New York Times Book Review *

Feverishly hot * Paula Hawkins, author of 'The Girl on the Train' *

Lethally elegant -- Luke Jennings, author of Killing Eve: Codename Villanelle

Delightfully naughty... The wittiest and most fun murder party you've ever been invited to. * Samantha Irby, Marie Claire *

Disturbing, sly and delicious * Ayobami Adebayo, author of 'Stay with Me' *

Riveting, brutally hilarious, ultra-dark novel... A delicious tale. * Nylon *

An ideal book for the present moment * Washington Post *

This book is amazing, and every woman should read it in public. While cackling. * Lit Hub, Book of the Year 2018 *

A deliciously kitschy thriller... Murderously good fun * Tatler, Best Books of 2019 *

You can't help flying through the pages * Buzzfeed, Book of the Year 2018 *

Inventive and darkly comic * Daily Mail *

A stiletto slipped between the ribs and through the left ventricle of the heart * Financial Times *

Oyinkan Braithwaite is rewriting the slasher novel, and man, does it look good... A terrific and clever novel about sisterhood * Refinery29 *

A gem: small, hard, sharp, and polished to perfection * Edgar Cantero, author of 'Meddling Kids' *

Sly, risky, and filled with surprises * Idra Novey, author of 'Ways to Disappear' *

Bursting with chutzpah and laced with deadpan wit * Liz Jensen, author of 'The Ninth Life of Louis Drax' *

Blazing... Bitingly funny and brilliantly executed * Publishers Weekly, (starred review) *

Dark, scathing, insidious, and wickedly funny * Crimereads *

Deftly written... pointy and sleek * The i *

A comically clever and exciting debut * The Skinny *

A short, sharp and sinister sister act, told with plenty of mordant humour * Irish Independent *

A darkly funny romp * Big Issue *

That dark humour will stay with you long after you've put down the book * Scotsman *

Leaves you torn between laughing, crying, and immediately going out and resisting the patriarchy * Vogue *

[A] glittering noirish comedy. * Daily Mail *