"Veronika Dapunt masterfully blends dark humor with a compelling mystery, offering a fresh and often hilarious perspective on life and death." — Joanna Wallace, author of You'd Look Better as a Ghost
For fans of Sign Here and Benjamin Stevenson comes a darkly comedic, genre-bending mystery following a female-personified Death who must investigate a string of unplanned murders before the whole world is thrown into chaos.
Her job is to die for. Literally.
When most people think of Death, they picture 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. Still, even Death needs a break. But when she finally takes some time off to live on earth, things start to go terribly wrong. Someone is killing people not on her list (well, not yet anyway) and it's up to her to find the killer before it's too late.
To make matters worse, her sanctimonious sister Life – whom Death hasn't gotten along with in millennia – won't stop blaming her for the unplanned deaths . . . and then there's the slight problem of the charming (and sexy) parasitologist she can't quite trust.
But she'll be fine, right?
After all, who better to investigate a murder than Death herself?
Genre: Cozy Mystery
For fans of Sign Here and Benjamin Stevenson comes a darkly comedic, genre-bending mystery following a female-personified Death who must investigate a string of unplanned murders before the whole world is thrown into chaos.
Her job is to die for. Literally.
When most people think of Death, they picture 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. Still, even Death needs a break. But when she finally takes some time off to live on earth, things start to go terribly wrong. Someone is killing people not on her list (well, not yet anyway) and it's up to her to find the killer before it's too late.
To make matters worse, her sanctimonious sister Life – whom Death hasn't gotten along with in millennia – won't stop blaming her for the unplanned deaths . . . and then there's the slight problem of the charming (and sexy) parasitologist she can't quite trust.
But she'll be fine, right?
After all, who better to investigate a murder than Death herself?
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Praise for this book
"Veronika Dapunt has written a book that you'd hate for being so original and clever, if it wasn't so good! Packed with deadpan humour, dry wit and warm emotion, Death And Other Occupational Hazards is a tour de deathly force that grapples with what it is to be human, as well as a puzzling series of crimes. A murder mystery novel that really makes you appreciate being alive! I loved it." - Alice Bell
"A wildly entertaining blend of mystery, humour, and heart. Death as we've never known her - witty, sharp, and unexpectedly relatable. A must-read." - Ova Ceren
"Life, death, love and murder collide in the most delicious way. This wonderfully observed and brilliantly imagined book put me through all the emotions. I never knew what was coming next, but at every point, it made me fall more in love with life." - Luan Goldie
"Veronika Dapunt has fashioned an unforgettably winning heroine, a plot full of deliciously dark turns, and a wonderfully witty, elegant, to-die-for entertainment." - Richard T Kelly
"Gloriously absurdist, darkly comic, and utterly readable - twisty fantasy meets Jane Austen with a scythe - love it." - Helen Lederer
"Funny and smart with something new to think about and laugh at on every page. A top-class, deep-dish murder mystery and one of my favourite books of any year." - Ian Moore
"Clever, comedic, and tender, Dapunt's debuthas it all: mystery, metaphysical hilarity, and the witty voice of Death herself as she navigates the messy world of mortals. This story and its creative cast of characters had me smiling from start to finish." - Katherine A Olson
"I found myself wanting to rush back to the book whenever I could - genuine wit and warmth run all the way through the narrative... Inventive, fresh, cheering, genuinely moving and truly funny." - Silvia Saunders
"Veronika Dapunt masterfully blends dark humour with a compelling mystery, offering a fresh and often hilarious perspective on life and death." - Joanna Wallace
"A wildly entertaining blend of mystery, humour, and heart. Death as we've never known her - witty, sharp, and unexpectedly relatable. A must-read." - Ova Ceren
"Life, death, love and murder collide in the most delicious way. This wonderfully observed and brilliantly imagined book put me through all the emotions. I never knew what was coming next, but at every point, it made me fall more in love with life." - Luan Goldie
"Veronika Dapunt has fashioned an unforgettably winning heroine, a plot full of deliciously dark turns, and a wonderfully witty, elegant, to-die-for entertainment." - Richard T Kelly
"Gloriously absurdist, darkly comic, and utterly readable - twisty fantasy meets Jane Austen with a scythe - love it." - Helen Lederer
"Funny and smart with something new to think about and laugh at on every page. A top-class, deep-dish murder mystery and one of my favourite books of any year." - Ian Moore
"Clever, comedic, and tender, Dapunt's debuthas it all: mystery, metaphysical hilarity, and the witty voice of Death herself as she navigates the messy world of mortals. This story and its creative cast of characters had me smiling from start to finish." - Katherine A Olson
"I found myself wanting to rush back to the book whenever I could - genuine wit and warmth run all the way through the narrative... Inventive, fresh, cheering, genuinely moving and truly funny." - Silvia Saunders
"Veronika Dapunt masterfully blends dark humour with a compelling mystery, offering a fresh and often hilarious perspective on life and death." - Joanna Wallace
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