Femi Kayode: Author. Turning Imposter Syndrome Into A Positive

Nadine Matheson is in conversation with Femi Kayode who trained as a clinical psychologist in Nigeria, before starting a career in advertising. He has created and written several primetime TV shows. He completed an MA in Crime Fiction at the University of East Anglia, where his novel Lightseekers won the Little, Brown / UEA Crime Fiction Award.

Lightseekers is the beginning of a series of books based on the investigations of Dr Philip K. Taiwo and was nominated for the Strand Critic's Awards 2002 and was a Waterstones' Thriller of the Month and hailed as a  "A delight." by the New York Times and "Tense and Disturbing...An impressive debut." by the Guardian.

His new novel 'Gaslight' is out now. 

Gaslight
Bishop Jeremiah Dawodu, pastor of a Nigerian megachurch, has been arrested and charged with the murder of his wife, Folsade, the 'First Lady' of the church. The arrest was public, humiliating and sensational - sending shockwaves through Lagos - but throughout it all, Bishop Dawodu maintains his innocence.

Philip Taiwo, an acclaimed investigative psychologist, is asked by his sister, a member of the church's congregation, to clear the pastor's name. With no actual body, it looks to be a simple case and despite Philip's dislike of organised religion, he agrees to take it on as a favour to his sister. Then the First Lady's body is found in a nearby lake just as Philip's beloved family come under attack from someone warning him off the case, and he realises that nothing to do with this investigation will be straightforward.

Who can you trust if you can't trust a man of God?

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