Six social thrillers that will make you question who you can trust

Anna Barrington has worked in galleries and auction houses in the art world for over five years. She received an MA from the Courtauld Institute of Art and a BA from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Originally from Atlanta, she currently lives in London, where she worked at a leading international art gallery.

The Spectacle is her first novel.

At CrimeReads Barrington tagged "six novels to remind us that just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean people aren’t out to get you." One title on the list:

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Korede is a nurse whose life centers around her mission to protect her beautiful sister Ayoolah. Who is Ayoolah? Along with being the favorite child, she’s also a serial killer with an unpleasant habit of murdering her boyfriends. This novel is set in Lagos, Nigeria, where Korede navigates torrential storms and traffic jams as she reluctantly helps her sister clean up the mess … Until Ayoolah’s eye falls on Tade, the kind, handsome doctor at the hospital where Korede works. This novel reads like a combination of American Psycho and Nip/Tuck, imagining a murderous response to the pressure on women to be beautiful and sexually appealing. But Braithwaite doesn’t press the point. She is most interested in the sisters’ relationship, which is complex and filled with realistically petty jealousies.

Read about the other novels on the list.

My Sister the Serial Killer is among Kate Alice Marshall's six great thrillers featuring sisters (and murder), Margot Douaihy's four novels that show the power of siblings in mysteries & thrillers, Francesca McDonnell Capossela's seven books about women committing acts of violence, Tessa Wegert's five thrillers about killer relatives, Catherine Ryan Howard's five notable dangers-of-dating thrillers, Sally Hepworth's top five novels about twisted sisters, Megan Nolan's six books on unrequited love and unmet obsession, Sarah Pinborough's top ten titles where the setting is a character, Tiffany Tsao's top five novels about murder all in the family, Victoria Helen Stone's eight top crime books of deep, dark family lore, and Kristen Roupenian's six best books.

--Marshal Zeringue