Veronika Dapunt

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

Every now and then, a book arrives completely from leftfield that manages to turn the murder/mystery genre on its head. Death and Other Occupational Hazards is a very clever and hugely funny example of such disruption . . . Wickedly irreverent and clever.

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, comedian and author of Death and Croissants

A murder mystery full of wit, originality and astute observations on humanity. Get ready to fall in love with this likeable and flawed version of the not-so-grim reaper’

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, author of The Book of Heartbreak

This original story gripped me from the start and kept me hooked to the end . . . Different and compelling.

Gloriously absurdist, darkly comic, and utterly readable – twisty fantasy meets Jane Austen with a scythe - love it

HELEN LEDERER, comedian and founder of the Comedy Women in Print Prize

Fast-paced supernatural comedy . . . a constant grin of a novel.

Veronika Dapunt masterfully blends dark humour 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

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, author of the Women’s Prize long-listed Nightingale Point

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.

Clever, comedic, and tender, Dapunt’s debut has 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, author of Look What You Made Me Do

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.

Veronika Dapunt has fashioned an unforgettably winning heroine, a plot full of deliciously dark turns, and a wonderfully witty, elegant, to-die-for entertainment.

I was taken in by the witty, bouncy tone of this novel . . . Dark humour reminiscent of Austrian crime humour.

'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

Veronika Dapunt

Praise for Death and Other Occupational Hazards

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

Every now and then, a book arrives completely from leftfield that manages to turn the murder/mystery genre on its head. Death and Other Occupational Hazards is a very clever and hugely funny example ...

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.

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

Every now and then, a book arrives completely from leftfield that manages to turn the murder/mystery genre on its head. Death and Other Occupational Hazards is a very clever and hugely funny example ...

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.

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

Every now and then, a book arrives completely from leftfield that manages to turn the murder/mystery genre on its head. Death and Other Occupational Hazards is a very clever and hugely funny example ...

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.

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