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A Sociopath’s Guide to a Successful Marriage
A Sociopath’s Guide to a Successful Marriage
M. K. Oliver | 2026 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry, Humor & Comedy, Thriller
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I laughed my way through this dark, genuinely funny novel.

Laila is a mother of two, and desperate to move to a better area of London. She wants her husband to get the promotion, her children to be accepted into the expensive private school, and for the dead body in the living room to be somewhere else - and who on earth is he?!

Laila is clever, manipulative, very cold and dangerous. However, everything she does has a domino effect, which results in her having to clear up one inconvenience after another.

This is a twisty, fast paced novel, and the narrator, Perdita Weeks, was perfect in bringing Laila to life. It made the prospect of having a sociopath as a friend an attractive proposition (for the laughs, of course!).
  
This book is about the disappearance and murder of Joan Webster - the investigation took years and still, to this day, nobody is sure what took place.


This book is so well written that I forgot I was reading about an actual murder. The trauma and turmoil that the people Joan left behind go through is heart-breaking, to never know what happened must play on their minds everyday. I know it would mine.


I found that everything flowed through so smoothly and calmly considering the chaos that is being described. A lot of research has gone in to find as many facts as possible and to keep to the truth without too much of a dramatic flair and fabrication.


I would definitely recommend this book for any body who likes to read true crime.