Death and Other Occupational Hazards

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<p><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE COMEDY WOMEN IN PRINT PRIZE. </b></p><p><i>Good Omens</i> meets Bella Mackie in this wickedly funny, joyful and twisted murder mystery about Death leading a murder investigation while on earth for her once-in-a-millennium sabbatical<i>.</i></p><p><b>'I laughed, I cried (no, seriously, I ugly cried)' </b><br><b>'I could practically hear Louis Armstrong crooning <i>What a Wonderful World</i> in the background' </b><br><b>'Beautifully bonkers' </b><br><b>'Absolutely amazing!' </b><br><b>'Uniquely absurd and madly entertaining' </b><br><b>'This book is an absolute vision... utterly grabbed me immediately' </b></p><p><b>----------------</b></p><p>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:</p><p>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.</p><p>2. Life, her sanctimonious sister, blames her for, well, <i>everything</i>.</p><p>3. A string of murders occurs off-schedule. Nothing ruins a holiday quite like an admin disaster.</p><p>4. A charming (<i>sexy</i>) scientist shows up, and, of course, he's hiding something.</p><p>5. And she's stuck in a mortal body . . . while there's a killer on the loose.</p><p><b>But she'll be fine, right?</b></p><p><b>After all, who better to investigate a murder than Death herself?</b></p><p><b>PRAISE FOR DEATH AND OTHER OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS:</b></p><p>'One of my<b> favourite </b>books of<b> any year</b>' <b>IAN MOORE</b></p><p>'A total <b>SCREAM</b>' <b>JANICE HALLETT</b></p><p>'There are <b>shades of Terry Pratchett</b> in Dapunt's debut novel . . . An <b>entertaining page-turner </b>with plenty of metaphysical <b>fun and games</b>' <i><b>THE GUARDIAN</b></i></p><p>'<b>Wickedly irreverent</b> and clever'<i> <b>IRISH INDEPENDENT</b></i></p><p>'Gripped me from the start and <b>kept me hooked</b> to the

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781804995044

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

196 x 130 x 30 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Verlag / Hersteller

Transworld Publ. Ltd UK