Veronika Dapunt – författare

'Get ready to fall in love with this likeable and flawed version of the not-so-grim reaper’ CULTUREFLYAn original and darkly comedic murder mystery about a female personified Death whose sabbatical gets rudely interrupted by a string of unplanned murders. Who better to investigate a murder than Death herself? SHORTLISTED 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---Her job is to die for. Literally.Most 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 very good at it.But 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.To 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.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' 5-STAR Reader Review'An absolute joy to read. . . beautifully bonkers' 5-STAR Reader Review‘A beautiful bittersweet tribute to life’ 5-STAR Reader Review'Thought-provoking and extremely moving' 5-STAR Reader Review-----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

After a bad break-up, thirty-something Londoner Chloe is struggling to adjust. But things seem to be improving when a powerful and enigmatic fashion boss offers Chloe her dream job. Never mind the slightly worrying detail that the boss claims to be the Pandora of the Greek myth, on a mission to correct that faux-pas of a few thousand years ago by putting evil back in the box.Now tasked with finding the seven great Evils, it turns out this job is not quite what Chloe expected. Everything gets even more complicated when a mysterious advisor to the Ministry of Defence reveals a secret about Chloe’s past, and her ex also shows up again with impeccable timing.To make matters worse, Chloe realises she is not the only one hunting down the evils. Will she find them before it's too late? and if she does, will she able to handle the truth?

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COMEDY WOMEN IN PRINT PRIZE. Good Omens 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 laughed, I cried (no, seriously, I ugly cried)' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I could practically hear Louis Armstrong crooning What a Wonderful World in the background' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Beautifully bonkers' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Absolutely amazing!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Uniquely absurd and madly entertaining' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'This book is an absolute vision… utterly grabbed me immediately' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐----------------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?PRAISE FOR DEATH AND OTHER OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS:'One of my favourite books of any year' IAN MOORE'A total SCREAM' JANICE HALLETT'There are shades of Terry Pratchett in Dapunt's debut novel . . . An entertaining page-turner with plenty of metaphysical fun and games' THE GUARDIAN'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'Wonderfully observed and brilliantly imagined. . . it made me fall more in love with life' LUAN GOLDIE'A tour de deathly force' ALICE BELL