Author: Veronika DapuntCrime & mysteryPublished on 26 March 2026 by Transworld Publishers Ltd (Penguin (Transworld)) in the United Kingdom.Paperback | 384 pages196 x 128 x 27 | 264g Who better to solve a murder than Death herself? Discover the funny and twisted supernatural murder mystery, perfect for fans of Terry Pratchett and Caimh McDonnell's The Stranger Times.'Get ready to fall in love with this likeable and flawed version of the not-so-grim reaper’ CULTUREFLYSHORTLISTED 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' ? ? ? ? ?'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
