Veronika Dapunt: Death and Other Occupational Hazards, Kartoniert / Broschiert

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' Get ready tofall 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

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?

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' ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿

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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