Death and Other Occupational Hazards

byVeronika Dapunt

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'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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Death is having an existential crisis – and honestly, she needs some time off. But the minute she arrives in London for a well-earned break, everything goes terribly wrong:

1. People still insist she’s a scythe-wielding skeleton in a black sack. Spoiler: she’s a woman who'd love a wardrobe upgrade, thanks.
2. Life, her sanctimonious sister, blames her for, well, everything.
3. A string of murders occurs off-schedule. Nothing ruins a holiday quite like an admin disaster.
4. A charming (sexy) scientist shows up, and, of course, he’s hiding something.
5. And she’s stuck in a mortal body . . . while there's a killer on the loose.

But she’ll be fine, right?

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


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

An entertaining page-turner with plenty of metaphysical fun and games as well as earthly intrigue.

The Guardian

About Veronika Dapunt

Veronika Dapunt is a British-Austrian writer. Her debut novel, Death and Other Occupational Hazards, was a runner-up for the 2023 Comedy Women in Print Prize. She has always had a love of the darkly comic and the absurd, quite possibly the reason why her first career was in law. Veronika holds a degree from the University of Oxford and currently lives in London.
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  • Imprint: Penguin
  • ISBN: 9781804995044
  • Length: 384 pages
  • Price: £9.99
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