Crime and Thriller Book Club 12/10: My Sister, the Serial Killer
Oyinkan Braithwaite
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN 13: 978-1786495983
Our Crime and Thriller Book Club is for readers who love the thrill of a good chase. Whether you're a lifelong fan of golden-age whodunnits or looking to dive into the genre for the first time, our goal is to create a welcoming, lively space to share theories, analyse motives, and celebrate great storytelling. Each month, we'll gather in person to dissect everything from the atmospheric pacing of classic thrillers to the complex puzzles of modern murder mysteries.
In October, we will be discussing My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite: a darkly humorous novel set in Nigeria that follows two sisters; Korede, the responsible older sister, and Ayoola, the beautiful younger sister who murders her boyfriends.
Date:
Monday 12th of October
Venue:
Bookmarked, 47 Henleaze Road, BS9 4JU
Time:
Doors at 18:30. Discussion at 18:45. Finish at 19:45.
Tickets:
Attendance for the book club is free, but if you could register your place through the website, it helps us to gauge numbers.
If you would like to buy a copy of the book, you can order it through us and show up on the night.
ABOUT THE BOOK
My Sister, the Serial Killer
When Korede's dinner is interrupted one night by a distress call from her sister, Ayoola, she knows what's expected of her: bleach, rubber gloves, nerves of steel and a strong stomach.
This'll be the third boyfriend Ayoola's dispatched in, quote, self-defence and the third mess that her lethal little sibling has left Korede to clear away. She should probably go to the police for the good of the menfolk of Nigeria, but she loves her sister and, as they say, family always comes first.
Until, that is, Ayoola starts dating the doctor where Korede works as a nurse. Korede's long been in love with him, and isn't prepared to see him wind up with a knife in his back: but to save one would mean sacrificing the other...
Not just an inventive take on the serial-murder thriller, Braithwaite's blistering debut is also a tender examination of sibling relationships in an oppressively patriarchal society and a story that turns the tables on the woman-as-victim trope.
Winner of the British Book Awards Crime & Thriller Book of the Year 2020
Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2019
Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019
ABOUT THE AUTHOR