A Beginner’s Guide to Breaking and Entering
Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror , Science Fiction & Fantasy | Hardback Published on: 25/04/2024
£18.99
Synopsis
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.
- Publisher: Cornerstone
- ISBN: 9781529152807
- Number of pages: 464
- Weight: 684g
- Dimensions: 242 x 163 x 38 mm
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Could have been great, but overly repetitive
*contains mild spoilers*
This started off promisingly. A guy who ‘lodges’ (ie; breaks in and lives) in luxury houses as a permanent lifestyle choice, th... READ MORE
A Beginner's Gide to Breaking and Entering
“Al” is the main character of this story and he has some very bad luck along the way. He spends most of his time living in other people’s houses while the... READ MORE
Funny initially, good concept, but slow and repetitive.
*contains mild spoiler*
This started off promisingly. A guy who ‘lodges’ (ie; breaks in and lives) in luxury houses as a permanent lifestyle choice, thi... READ MORE
Fabulous!
I totally loved this book! So funny at times that I literally did laugh out loud. It was extremely well written, and the amount of research that must hav... READ MORE
Had me grinning from ear to ear
This book is such great fun to read. Yes it is farcical in many ways, but that is the intention. I found myself grinning from ear to ear at many things in ... READ MORE
A Beginner's Guide to Breaking and Entering
3.5 stars rounded up.
Well this was all thing convoluted and interconnected with a healthy side order of, well, bonkers! But delightfully so...
We start ... READ MORE
An eye-opening and thoroughly fun read.
“It’s probably a good rule of thumb that if being on the run from a murderer and the police in the company of three professional squatters is the first tim... READ MORE
Fast paced and entertaining
Al has an interesting alternative lifestyle. He lives off the grid as an interloper. He identifies luxury homes, ensures that the owners are absent and bre... READ MORE
Unexpected Murder Mystery
Al is an interloper. He lives in wealthy people’s second houses when the owners are away, and it’s been mostly going very well. That is until he gets caugh... READ MORE
Disappointing .
I found this book quite chaotic and over long .The story of Al breaking into rich peoples homes and house sitting was interesting especially when he met up... READ MORE
Looking for something light and enjoyable? Try this.
With a title and author’s name like these, there’s not a lot of space on the cover to give much away about this novel. In fact, it could be described as co... READ MORE
A very entertaining read
Al describes himself as an “interloper” who spends his life living in rich peoples houses but without their permission. Al is not his real name and this i... READ MORE
Great Quirky Read!
I really enjoyed this quirky read. I thought it was quite comical in places and it made me smile. It's a serious issue "breaking and entering" or "interlop... READ MORE
fun read
I haven't read any books by this author before and was intrigued by the premise of this one. It's very entertaining and flows along nicely with its dispara... READ MORE
A thoroughly entertaining read
Al is a very likeable 'interloper'. He moves into luxury homes and 'squats'. He never steals, he repairs any damage he causes and is a thoroughly likeable ... READ MORE
Loved the author's fun, engaging writing style
I loved the author's fun, engaging writing style. It's written in the first person and that person is very dry witted, very funny and very likeable. 'Al' i... READ MORE
Rule #1 - Read this book
Al has a pretty sweet life, having perfected the art of borrowing (without permission, but with every intention of giving back) wealthy people's second ho... READ MORE
House-Hopping High Jinx
A very entertaining thriller whose argument revolves around a number of hot issues (property market, laundering money, foreign dodgy governments...) intell... READ MORE
Witty hunted-protagonist murder-mystery
Would you prefer to be in prison for something you didn’t do (murder), or something you did (housebreaking? Neither, you’d prefer not to be in prison at a... READ MORE
Very clever finish
The first book I have read by this author and the Title immediately draws you in and intrigued you. Humour at times but a lot of padding in my view. Very c... READ MORE
An intelligent whodunnit
An amusing and well-plotted whodunnit with the intelligent dry humour one would expect from Mr Hunter Murray Not an exceptional novel and a little long and... READ MORE
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