M.K. Oliver is a former English teacher and headteacher originally from Liverpool. He long dreamed of becoming a writer and after many years of working in schools, he took the exciting decision to put down the whiteboard marker, take up the keyboard, and give it a go.
Oliver's new novel is A Sociopath's Guide to a Successful Marriage.
At People magazine the author tagged "a few great books in which mothers range from a little bit selfish to completely, dreadfully awful!" One title on the list:
Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle CosimanoRead about the other entries on the list.
A wonderfully comic take on the overwhelmed single mother. The conceit that opens the book is brilliant and sets the tone for the series. Finlay is a struggling crime writer who is outlining the plot of her novel over lunch to her agent and is mistaken for an assassin.
This is cosy and comic crime territory, but it is a study of a single mom operating outside the boundaries of acceptability, and showcasing what it feels like to be constantly operating in a hugely entertaining crisis mode.
Finlay Donovan is Killing It is among Darynda Jones's thirteen must-read laugh-out-loud mysteries.
--Marshal Zeringue
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