Death and Other Occupational Hazards by Dapunt, Veronika (9780857507716) | Browns Books
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Death and Other Occupational Hazards

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'Get ready to fall in love with this likeable and flawed version of the not-so-grim reaper CULTUREFLY

An original and darkly comedic murder mystery about a female personified Death whose sabbatical gets rudely interrupted by a string of unplanned murders. Who better to investigate a murder than Death herself?

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COMEDY WOMEN IN PRINT PRIZE


'Funny and smart . . . one of my favourite books of any year' IAN MOORE, bestselling author of Death and Croissants

'There are shades of Terry Pratchett in Dapunt's debut novel . . . An entertaining page-turner with plenty of metaphysical fun and games' THE GUARDIAN

'A total SCREAM' JANICE HALLETT, bestselling author of The Appeal

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Her job is to die for. Literally.

Most people think that when they meet Death, it ll be a skeleton in a black potato sack. Maybe with a scythe. Truth is, she s just a woman doing a job, and she s very good at it.

But when Death takes a much-needed break to live on earth, things start to go terribly wrong. Someone s killing people not on her list (well, not yet anyway) and it's down to her to find the culprit before it s too late.

To make matters worse, her sanctimonious sister, Life whom Death hasn t got on with in millennia won t stop blaming her . . . And then there s the slight problem of the charming (sexy) parasitologist she s suspicious of.

But she ll be fine, right?

After all, who better to investigate a murder than Death herself?

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READERS CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT DEATH!

'Darkly funny, uniquely absurd and madly entertaining . . . I could practically hear Louis Armstrong crooning What a Wonderful World in the background' 5-STAR Reader Review

'An absolute joy to read. . . beautifully bonkers' 5-STAR Reader Review

A beautiful bittersweet tribute to life 5-STAR Reader Review

'Thought-provoking and extremely moving' 5-STAR Reader Review

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More praise for Death and Other Occupational Hazards:

'Wickedly irreverent and clever' IRISH INDEPENDENT

'Gripped me from the start and kept me hooked to the end' DAILY MAIL

'A constant grin of a novel' SFX

'Gloriously absurdist, darkly comic and utterly readable' HELEN LEDERER

'Wonderfully observed and brilliantly imagined. . . it made me fall more in love with life' LUAN GOLDIE

'A tour de deathly force' ALICE BELL

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Product Details
Bantam
0857507710 / 9780857507716
Paperback
823.92
10/04/2025
English
Modern crime
384 pages
24 cm

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