Mrs Death Misses Death

Salena Godden

Canongate £14.99

Mrs Death, an elderly black woman, is world weary and tired of the invisibility of her job – being death itself. She begins to tell her life story to a writer who is struggling with mental health troubles and grief. Dark at times – with compelling stories about miscarriages of justice, murder and racial oppression – it is nonetheless celebratory and life-affirming, aglow with love, fortitude and compassion.