A Beginner’s Guide to Breaking and Entering

Property might be theft. But the housing market is murder . . . A Beginner's Guide to Breaking and Entering is a gripping thriller about what it's like to be young, skilled, unemployed - and on the run. 'A comic delight' Financial Times 'A thoroughly entertaining mix of whodunnit, social satire and a cunningly smuggled-in love story ' Mail on Sunday ' Laugh out loud funny, surprising, shocking , thought provoking ... Loved it' The Times Property might be theft. But the housing market is murder. My name is Al. I live in wealthy people's second homes while their real owners are away. I don’t rob them, I don’t damage anything… I’m more an unofficial house-sitter than an actual criminal . Life is good. Or it was - until last night, when my friends and I broke into the wrong place, on the wrong day, and someone wound up dead. And now … now we’re in a great deal of trouble. Praise for A Beginner's Guide to Breaking and Entering . . . 'A propulsive plot , an ingenious narrator and lashings of intrigue ' Guardian ' It’s laugh-out-loud funny , proceeding at a pace that makes it almost impossible to put down .' Sunday Times ' Fantastic ' Zoe Ball ' Madly fun and exciting' Lisa Jewell ‘Who knew murder could be so funny. A joyous read from start to finish . I loved it!’ Clare Mackintosh 'Legit brilliant, FUN and FUNNY and I couldn’t recommend it more' Stevie Martin ‘ Dark, funny, and deeply twisted' Val McDermid ' Witty , dazzling and incredibly addictive ' Jenny Colgan ‘A bloody brilliant, fantastic book . . . I’m bereft now I’ve finished it’ Philippa Perry ‘[Andrew Hunter Murray] has written something so funny and clever , you will want to give him a badge.’ Cariad Lloyd 'Tremendous fun: a quirky, gripping and insightful novel that kept me reading late into the night.' Elizabeth Macneal ‘This is a giddy, addictive thrill ride of a book - who knew accidental espionage was so much fun?! ' Daisy Buchanan 'An excellent pacy caper’ Professor Sophie Ratcliffe 'Tremendous fun: a quirky, gripping and insightful novel that kept me reading late into the night.' Elizabeth Macneal Five stars for A Beginner's Guide to Breaking and Entering . . . 'I just didn't want this to end. The narrator's voice is very, very engaging: a little cynical, very witty and all round jolly good fun' ' It has some brilliantly written characters and the plot keeps you engaged throughout ' ' I was gripped to the very end' ' Great fun , fast paced and quirkily written '

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Andrew Hunter Murray

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