A Beginner's Guide to Breaking and Entering

By the Sunday Times bestselling author Andrew Hunter Murray and shortlisted for the Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction 2024, 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. 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. Highly recommended.' Mail on Sunday 'Smart, satirical, knowledgable, accurate, punchy, laugh out loud funny, surprising, shocking, thought provoking ... Loved it.' Matt Chorley, 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 make this a genuine and thoroughly enjoyable page-turner.' Guardian 'It's laugh-out-loud funny, proceeding at a pace that makes it almost impossible to put down.' Sunday Times 'Filled with humour, shocks, love and hare - and a few tips on how to beat the housing crisis.' Daily Express 'The plot is corset-tight and lavish with its surprises. An amusing crime caper . . . a delight.' Strong Words Magazine '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 'Filled with humour, shocks, love and hate - and a few handy tips on how to beat the housing crisis... Funny, thoughtful and all-round entertaining.' Press Association