{"product_id":"death-and-other-occupational-hazards","title":"Death and Other Occupational Hazards","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeet Death. . . but not as you know her.\u003c\/i\u003e Discover 2025's most original and madly entertaining debut - a runner-up for the Comedy Women in Print Prize and perfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eGood Omens\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Funny and smart. . . a top-class, \u003cb\u003edeep-dish murder myste\u003c\/b\u003ery and \u003cb\u003eone of my favourite books of any year\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003cb\u003eIAN MOORE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'An absolute joy to read. . . \u003cb\u003ebeautifully bonkers\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003cb\u003e5-STAR Reader Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eGloriously absurdist\u003c\/b\u003e, darkly comic and utterly readable' \u003cb\u003eHELEN LEDERER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Thought-provoking and \u003cb\u003eextremely\u003c\/b\u003e moving' \u003cb\u003e5-STAR Reader Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ---\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eHer job is to die for. Literally.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003every\u003c\/i\u003e good at it.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e But when Death takes a much-needed break to live on earth, things start to go terribly wrong.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e But 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\u003eQuirky, fun and witty, this is Death like you've never seen her before. A lover of bright colours, a fierce protector of nature and a human falling in love for the first time. Death's sharp voice will linger in your mind long after you've read.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'A total SCREAM' \u003cb\u003eJANICE HALLETT\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Darkly funny\u003c\/b\u003e, uniquely absurd and \u003cb\u003emadly entertaining\u003c\/b\u003e . . . I could practically hear Louis Armstrong crooning \u003ci\u003eWhat a Wonderful World\u003c\/i\u003e in the background' \u003cb\u003e5-STAR Reader Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eWonderfully observed and brilliantly imagined\u003c\/b\u003e. . . it made me fall more in love with life' \u003cb\u003eLUAN GOLDIE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Original and clever. . . a \u003cb\u003etour de deathly force\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003cb\u003eALICE BELL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRunner-up for the Comedy Women in Print Prize 2023 (unpublished category)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Death and Other Occupational Hazards","offer_id":44646533005509,"sku":null,"price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-0-85750-771-6.jpg?v=1744161421","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/death-and-other-occupational-hazards","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}