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9781529152807

A Beginner's Guide to Breaking and Entering

A Beginner's Guide to Breaking and Entering

by Andrew Hunter Murray

Publisher Hutchinson Heinemann

Genre: Crime

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  • Hardback
  • UK First Edition, First Printing


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The new Andrew Hunter Murray read is here . . . 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.

'
Madly fun and exciting' Lisa Jewell
A bloody brilliant, fantastic book. It’s great, witty and pacy. I’m bereft now I’ve finished it’ Philippa Perry
'This is a
 giddy, addictive thrill ride of a book - who knew accidental espionage was so much fun?!' Daisy Buchanan
‘Who knew murder could be so funny. 
A joyous read from start to finish. I loved it!’ Claire Mackintosh
'
Wittydazzling and incredibly addictive' Jenny Colgan
'Legit brilliant, 
FUN and FUNNY and I couldn’t recommend it more' Stevie Martin
Dark, funny, and deeply twisted' Val McDermid
'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
__________

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.
__________

Readers love A Beginner's Guide . . .

‘Murder, intrigue and 
plenty of comedy’
‘I really
 laughed out loud in parts’
‘Huge 
five stars from me’
‘What 
a blast!’
‘If you only 
read one book this year, make it this one
‘Wonderfully 
wicked humour’
‘I 
kept on laughing all the way through’
‘Murder, cyber crime, and a little bit of romance –
 this book has it all’
‘One of 
my favourite reads of the year so far’
‘Refreshingly 
witty
‘What a 
wonderfully enjoyable read’
‘Will 
leave you smiling’
‘A 
fabulously written gripping story’

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About the Author

Andrew Hunter Murray

Andrew Hunter Murray is a writer and comedian.


He is one of the writers and researchers behind the BBC show QI and also cohosts the spinoff podcast, No Such Thing as a Fish, which, since 2014, has released 250 episodes, been downloaded 200 million times, and toured the world. It has also spawned two bestselling books, The Book of the Year and The Book of the Year 2018, as well as a BBC Two series No Such Thing as the News.


Andrew also writes for Private Eye magazine and hosts the Eye‘s in-house podcast, Page 94, interviewing the country’s best investigative journalists about their work.


In his spare time he performs in the Jane Austen–themed improv comedy group Austentatious, which plays in London’s West End and around the UK.


The Last Day is his debut novel.

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