{"product_id":"9780857507716-death-and-other-occupational-hazards","title":"Death and Other Occupational Hazards","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eGet ready to\u003cb\u003e fall in love with this likeable and flawed version of the not-so-grim reaper\u003c\/b\u003e’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCULTUREFLY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn original and darkly comedic murder mystery about a female personified Death whose sabbatical gets rudely interrupted by a string of unplanned murders. \u003ci\u003eWho better to investigate a murder than Death herself? \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE COMEDY WOMEN IN PRINT PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Funny and smart . \u003cb\u003eone of my favourite books of any year\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003cb\u003eIAN MOORE\u003c\/b\u003e, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eDeath and Croissants\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'There are \u003cb\u003eshades of Terry Pratchett\u003c\/b\u003e in Dapunt's debut novel . An \u003cb\u003eentertaining page-turner \u003c\/b\u003ewith plenty of metaphysical \u003cb\u003efun and games\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE GUARDIAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A total \u003cb\u003eSCREAM\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003cb\u003eJANICE HALLETT, \u003c\/b\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Appeal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e---\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHer job is to die for. Literally.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMost people think that when they meet Death, it’ll be a skeleton in a black potato sack. Maybe with a scythe. Truth is, she’s just a woman doing a job, and she’s \u003ci\u003every \u003c\/i\u003egood at it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut when Death takes a much-needed break to live on earth, things start to go terribly wrong. Someone’s killing people not on her list (well, not yet anyway) and it's down to her to find the culprit before it’s too late.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo make matters worse, her sanctimonious sister, Life – whom Death hasn’t got on with in millennia – won’t stop blaming her . And then there’s the slight problem of the charming (sexy) parasitologist she’s suspicious of.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut she’ll be fine, right?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfter all, who better to investigate a murder than Death herself?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-----\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eREADERS CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT \u003ci\u003eDEATH\u003c\/i\u003e!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Darkly funny\u003c\/b\u003e, uniquely absurd and \u003cb\u003emadly entertaining \u003c\/b\u003e. 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