{"product_id":"9781804995044","title":"Death and Other Occupational Hazards","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Dapunt, Veronika \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 26\/03\/2026,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 384 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781804995044,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Get ready to fall in love with this likeable and flawed version of the not-so-grim reaper’ CULTUREFLYAn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Life, her sanctimonious sister, blames her for, well, everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. A string of murders occurs off-schedule. Nothing ruins a holiday quite like an admin disaster.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. A charming (sexy) scientist shows up, and, of course, he’s hiding something.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. And she’s stuck in a mortal body . . . while there's a killer on the loose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut 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' ? ? ? ? ?'An absolute joy to read. . . beautifully bonkers' ? ? ? ? ?‘A beautiful bittersweet tribute to life’ ? ? ? ? ?'Thought-provoking and extremely moving' ? ? ? ? ?-----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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56722990072181,"sku":"9781804995044","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781804995044.jpg?v=1770714602","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781804995044","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}