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  • A Beginner’s Guide to Breaking and Entering

  • By: Andrew Hunter Murray
  • Narrated by: Phil Dunster
  • Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (135 ratings)

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Summary

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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.

Featuring crooked houses, dodgy coppers and a lot of lockpicking, 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.

©2024 Andrew Hunter Murray (P)2024 Penguin Audio
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Brilliant Crime Comody

A very good book by Andrew Hunter Murray, filled with crime, crooked businessmen, mystery and of course humour. All of the characters are loveable and make the story a brilliant read that get you invested in what will happen next.
Also, the narrator is very good at using different accents. Made me chuckle at times.

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Excellent

An excellent book! Well done Andy Elf! I loved it from start to finish. Great

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Good characters, some humour

Not as good as I’d hoped from newspaper review. Amusing in a gentle way. Silly plot, good narrator.

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A for outstanding

Brilliant story of our time
Money speaks in many tongues , genres -all well translated in this very gripping tale,
So well read , made it impossible to stop listening!
First class,

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Gripping and Thrilling, Humorous and Heartwarming

Gripping and Thrilling, Humorous and Heartwarming: AHM’s new deep novel is hard to put down.

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Hugely entertaining

What an easy listen! Looked forward to car journeys to catch up on the story. Humour, familiar landscapes, intriguing plot, interesting characters - great book. Looking forward to his next one….

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A Somewhat Accurate Depiction of British Undercurrents

I quite honestly forgot who the author was. I of course mean that with no offence but it was absolutely sidewinding to consider this from Andrew Hunter Murray. A thrilling, dedicated telling of a small fish perspective with plenty of little pessimistic scoffs at the larger pond. Believable characters, descriptive scenery and a fitting pacing. I will be reccomending this to friends and family.

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Really fun Story

Really enjoyed this, was a fun listen, with light tone and good pace. I hope its thr first in a series - Al is a great main character.

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Good plot with a twist

I enjoyed the storyline. The couple of twists & turns to solve the mystery that evolves from an encounter

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Brilliant

Utterly, utterly brilliant. not sure what else I can add tbh. It's a lovely listen, brilliantly performed, excellently written

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