My Sister, the Serial Killer: A Novel
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Braithwaite, Oyinkan Author
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group , 2018.
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"Pulpy, peppery and sinister, served up in a comic deadpan...This scorpion-tailed little thriller leaves a response, and a sting, you will remember."--NEW YORK TIMES"The wittiest and most fun murder party you've ever been invited to."--MARIE CLAIREWINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR MYSTERY/THRILLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 WOMEN'S PRIZEA 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.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.Sharp as nails and full of deadpan wit, Oyinkan Braithwaite's deliciously deadly debut is as fun as it is frightening.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Braithwaite, O. (2018). My Sister, the Serial Killer: A Novel . Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Braithwaite, Oyinkan. 2018. My Sister, the Serial Killer: A Novel. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Braithwaite, Oyinkan. My Sister, the Serial Killer: A Novel Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2018.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Braithwaite, O. (2018). My sister, the serial killer: a novel. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Braithwaite, Oyinkan. My Sister, the Serial Killer: A Novel Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2018.
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