Welcome to my weekly segment, Waiting on Wednesday, where I look at upcoming books that I am planning to order and review in the next few months and which I think I will really enjoy. Stay tuned to see reviews of these books when I get a copy of them. For this week’s Waiting on Wednesday, I highlight an outstanding sequel coming out in 2027 with the hilarious upcoming A Sociopath’s Guide to Making a Killing by M. K. Oliver.
Earlier this year I had the very great pleasure of reading the incredible and highly entertaining thriller, A Sociopath’s Guide to a Successful Marriage. The debut novel of new author M. K. Oliver, A Sociopath’s Guide to a Successful Marriage followed a ruthlessly minded housewife who is determined to live her perfect life, even if that means killing a few inconvenient people. Fun, addictive, and filled with some amazing twists, A Sociopath’s Guide to a Successful Marriage was a deeply impressive novel, and I already consider it to be one of the top debuts of 2026.
After this incredible first outing, I’ve been keeping an eye out for more cool books from this great author, and I was particularly happy to find out that Oliver had a sequel to A Sociopath’s Guide to a Successful Marriage coming out next year. This sequel, A Sociopath’s Guide to Making a Killing, is currently set for release in May 2027, and has a fun sounding plot behind it and I’m really looking forward to reading it.
Plot Synopsis:
A Sociopath’s Guide to a Successful Marriage introduced the irresistible Lalla Rook; and now she takes on her biggest challenge yet: working motherhood—and perhaps hiding the body of her dead CFO.
After a minor shoplifting incident leads to some rare self-reflection, Lalla Rook decides that motherhood is no longer enough. Six months later she is CEO of her late husband’s company, wearing the right suit, projecting an impossible standard of perfection, and even breastfeeding her new baby while staring at the dead CFO on her office floor.
Will Fox’s accidental death should be a simple workplace tragedy. Unfortunately, Lalla has threatened him over some figures, and so she decides to hide his body in a wine fridge, and ask her assistant to procure the largest suitcase she can find.
Lalla is fighting on every front: a hostile board wants her removed, her daughter Nelly is being bullied in the brutal prep-school hierarchy, her husband Stephen wants her back in the domestic sphere, and her mother-in-law Madeleine is manoeuvring for control of the children.
But when Lalla realizes that Will Fox might have been investigating fraudulent figures, she is determined to prove her innocence and achieve victory. Because Lalla has learned all too well that behind every glamorous and successful woman is a man trying to trip her up.
I love the above cool plot for A Sociopath’s Guide to Making a Killing, and it looks like Oliver has some very intriguing ideas for his sequel. Watching Lalla this time murderously fight the patriarchy as a CEO, as well as dealing with the existing issues in her complicated life is going to be amazing, and I imagine I will once again be rooting for this protagonist, even if she is a raging sociopath. I have no doubt this will be one of the more entertaining and comedic crime fiction novels I check out next year, and I cannot wait to get my hands on A Sociopath’s Guide to Making a Killing.