Death and Other Occupational Hazards

An entertaining page-turner with plenty of metaphysical fun and games as well as earthly intrigue. * The Guardian *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. * Irish Independent *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’ * CultureFly *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. * Daily Mail *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 *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 *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. * SILVIA SAUNDERS *

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.