A Sociopath's Guide to a Successful Marriage: A Novel

ISBN: 1668096900

Author: Oliver, MK

Condition: New

A whip-smart and darkly funny crime novel-perfect for fans of My Sister, the Serial Killer and The Maid-that follows a wife and mother with a deadly secret that she must suppress if she wants to maintain her picture-perfect faade.Meet Lalla Rook. Lalla has a lot on her plate: She needs to guarantee her husband makes partner, secure her dream house in Hampstead, and get her daughter into a prestigious prep school. And on the afternoon she stabs a stranger seven times after he breaks into her living room, she has a four-year-olds birthday party to host.With an unambitious partner, two demanding children, and a barely adequate large house in a nice (if not quite fashionable) part of town, Lallas life isnt quite perfect yet. And she cant pretend she hasnt missed the adrenaline rush that comes with transgressing. Besides, as a wife and mother, shes already an expert multi-tasker. So, disposing of a body, framing a friend, and being the worlds best mother can easily be managed alongside the usual domestic minutiae.Its just that her husband Stephen seems distracted, her daughters drowning of the class hamster is affecting her academic future, and then there is the unexpected intruder. Who is this man and what does he want from her? Because Lalla has a past shed rather keep hidden-and the sudden appearance of the police means that avoiding them will be yet another task to cross off her to-do list.Funny, calculating, hypercompetent, and ambitious, Lalla is your next favorite antiheroine. Just dont mention it to her mother-in-law.