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My Sister The Serial Killer – Facebook Group Giveaway
…ORTANT: Please read these Official Rules before entering the MY SISTER THE SERIAL KILLER Facebook Group Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”), presented Penguin Random House LLC (“Sponsor”). By entering the Sweepstakes, you agree to the terms of these Official Rules. These Official Rules shall govern in the event of any inconsistency with other Sweepstakes-related materials. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. ELIGIBILITY: The Sweepstakes is open to…
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The Most Complicated Sibling Relationships in Literature
…ce. Read an excerpt | Get the reader’s guide | Buy the book My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite “A taut, rapidly paced thriller that pleasurably subverts serial killer and sisterhood tropes for a guaranteed fun afternoon.” —Huffington Post “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…
Read more ›Staff Picks: The Books We’re Giving This Year
…s, and fans of voice-driven narrative nonfiction. Read more My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite Recommended by Lindsay M., Marketing I’m planning to give my sisters (biological and honorary) Oyinkan Braithwaite’s darkly hilarious debut, My Sister, the Serial Killer. It’s a sharp, witty exploration of the power of sisterhood and a reminder that I’m not that bad of a sister because, hey, at least I don’t have a habit of killing my bo…
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Our Favorite Thrillers for Halloween
…pages with fearful delight. Buy the book | Read an excerpt My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite 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 be…
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Chilling Thrillers to Keep You Cool at the Beach
…guaranteed to help combat that blazing heat. Stay cool! My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite “Campy and delightfully naughty. . . . A taut and darkly funny contemporary noir that moves at lightning speed, it’s the wittiest and most fun murder party you’ve ever been invited to.” —Sam Irby, Marie Claire This short, darkly funny, hand grenade of a novel about a Nigerian woman whose younger sister has a very inconvenient habit of ki…
Read more ›Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Holiday Reads 2011
…d. Media coverage quickly reaches fever pitch: Could this be the work of a serial killer? The crime scenes offer no coherent clues, the police investigation is stalled, and the one man who might be able to help doesn’t want to be found. Traumatized by his last case, Inspector Harry Hole has lost himself in the squalor of Hong Kong’s opium dens. Yet when he is compelled, at last, to return to Norway—his father is dying—Harry’s buried instincts begi…
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We Like Our Books Like We Like Our Coffee
…er. They were long thought to have been victims of Sweden’s most notorious serial killer, Jurek Walter, now serving a life sentence in a maximum security psychiatric hospital. Now Mikael tells the police that his sister is still alive and being held by someone he knows only as the Sandman. This internationally bestselling thriller tells the chilling story of a manipulative serial killer and the two brilliant police agents who must try to beat him…
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Reading the Signs: Beach Reads for Leo Season
…ur-long toast to yourself. You deserve it. Learn more VIRGO My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyikan Braithwaite This is absolutely a Leo/Virgo cusp read. Beautiful, outgoing Ayoola is for sure giving off Leo vibes, but this is really Korede’s story, and Korede is most definitely a Virgo. She’s reliable, she’s logical, and she knows how to get a bloodstain out of literally anything (this is ABSOLUTELY a Virgo trait. Just imagine a Sagittarius trying…
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