Sunday Times bestseller and The Times #1 bestsellerA Between The Covers Book Club Pick 2023Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2019Shortlisted for the Womens Prize for Fiction 2019Winner of the 2019 LA Times Award for Best Crime ThrillerCapital Crime Debut Author of the Year 2019__________A literary sensationGuardianA bombshell of a book… Sharp, explosive, hilarious New York TimesGlittering and funny… A stiletto slipped between the ribs and through the left ventricle of the heart Financial Times__________When Koredes dinner is interrupted one night by a distress call from her sister, Ayoola, she knows whats expected of her: bleach, rubber gloves, nerves of steel and a strong stomach. Thisll be the third boyfriend Ayoolas 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. Koredes long been in love with him, and isnt prepared to see him wind up with a knife in his back: but to save one would mean sacrificing the other…