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Death and Other Occupational Hazards

by Veronika Dapunt

A murder investigation from Death’s point of view

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A murder investigation from Death’s point of view

Death is portrayed as a woman with a job—and, for once, time away from it. Her break on Earth is disrupted by deaths that were not scheduled, turning her into an investigator in a mystery where the personification of death is also responsible for keeping it in order. The case brings her into conflict with her sister Life and into the orbit of a parasitologist she does not fully trust. The setup mixes supernatural figures and a murder puzzle, with questions of work, mortality, and responsibility woven into the premise.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Mystery readers interested in a case investigated by an unconventional sleuth.
  • Readers who enjoy supernatural premises and personified forces such as Death and Life.
  • Those looking for crime fiction framed with dark humor, as described in the publisher copy.

Themes

Mortality and deathWork and responsibilityFamily conflictTrustMurder investigation

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Book overview

"Veronika Dapunt masterfully blends dark humor 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

For fans of Sign Here and Benjamin Stevenson comes a darkly comedic, genre-bending mystery following a female-personified Death who must investigate a string of unplanned murders before the whole world is thrown into chaos.

Her job is to die for. Literally.

When most people think of Death, they picture a skeleton in a black potato sack. Maybe with a scythe. Truth is, she's just a woman doing a job, and she's very good at it. Still, even Death needs a break. But when she finally takes some time off to live on earth, things start to go terribly wrong. Someone is killing people not on her list (well, not yet anyway) and it's up to her to find the killer before it's too late.

To make matters worse, her sanctimonious sister Life - whom Death hasn't gotten along with in millennia - won't stop blaming her for the unplanned deaths . . . and then there's the slight problem of the charming (and sexy) parasitologist she can't quite trust.

But she'll be fine, right?

After all, who better to investigate a murder than Death herself?

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