Death and Other Occupational Hazards: The joyful, hilarious and darkly twisted murder mystery about the not-so-grim reaper, perfect for spooky season.
Veronika Dapunt
Apr 2025 · Random House
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'Get ready to fall in love with this likeable and flawed version of the not-so-grim reaper’ CULTUREFLY
Death's sabbatical in modern-day London gets rudely interrupted by a string of unplanned murders . . . Who better to investigate a murder than Death herself?
'A total SCREAM' JANICE HALLETT, bestselling author of The Appeal
'I could practically hear Louis Armstrong crooning What a Wonderful World in the background' 5-STAR Reader Review
SHORTLISTED FOR THE COMEDY WOMEN IN PRINT PRIZE
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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!
'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
'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 top-class, deep-dish murder mystery and one of my favourite books of any year' IAN MOORE, bestselling author of Death and Croissants
'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
Death's sabbatical in modern-day London gets rudely interrupted by a string of unplanned murders . . . Who better to investigate a murder than Death herself?
'A total SCREAM' JANICE HALLETT, bestselling author of The Appeal
'I could practically hear Louis Armstrong crooning What a Wonderful World in the background' 5-STAR Reader Review
SHORTLISTED FOR THE COMEDY WOMEN IN PRINT PRIZE
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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?
-----
READERS CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT DEATH!
'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
-----
More praise for Death and Other Occupational Hazards:
'Wickedly irreverent and clever' IRISH INDEPENDENT
'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 top-class, deep-dish murder mystery and one of my favourite books of any year' IAN MOORE, bestselling author of Death and Croissants
'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
Ratings and reviews
4.2
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Ewan S
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June 1, 2025
Wise and witty throughout. As mad as a box of frogs and the better for it. There are some excellent life lessons contained within it. A fabulous read, in more ways than one.
Beth atkinson official channell
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May 14, 2025
Hilarious, gripping and insightful. totally unique.
Michael Perry
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May 19, 2025
rubbish
About the author
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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