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Oyinkan Braithwaite
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Korede, infirmière, s'est donné pour mission de protéger sa cadette et ce n'est pas une mince affaire. Non contente d'être la plus belle et la favorite de leur mère, Ayoola a aussi la fâcheuse habitude de tuer ses amants. Au fil du temps, l'aînée est devenue experte pour faire disparaître les preuves.Mais Korede a une vie à mener, elle aussi : elle est secrètement amoureuse de Tade, un séduisant collègue médecin. Lorsque sa jeune soeur jette son dévolu sur celui-ci, Korede se trouve face à un dilemme : comment continuer à protéger Ayoola sans risquer la vie de l'homme qu'elle aime ?
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MY SISTER, THE SERIAL KILLER - BOOKER PRIZE LONGLIST 2019
Oyinkan Braithwaite
- Atlantic Books
- 15 Octobre 2019
- 9781786495983
Sunday Times bestseller and The Times #1 bestseller
A Between The Covers Book Club Pick 2023
Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2019
Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019
Winner of the 2019 LA Times Award for Best Crime Thriller
Capital Crime Debut Author of the Year 2019
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'A literary sensation'
Guardian
'A bombshell of a book... Sharp, explosive, hilarious'
New York Times
'Glittering and funny... A stiletto slipped between the ribs and through the left ventricle of the heart' Financial Times
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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... -
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Sharp as lacquered nails, a deliciously deadly debut about a Nigerian woman whose younger sister has a very inconvenient habit of killing her boyfriends while she's stuck cleaning up after her. Korede is bitter. Her sister, Ayoola, is the favourite child, the beautiful one. And now Ayoola's third boyfriend in a row is dead, and she's turned her eye towards a man Korede cares deeply about.
