What a wonderfully enjoyable read! I’m a fan of Caimh McDonnell’s writing and this had a similar style and content - fast paced, witty, self deprecating humour and a bunch of colourful characters. Yes, it got a little more far fetched as time went on, but this is fiction, just go with it and enjoy the tale.

A light read with a unique premise that will leave you smiling.
Al (not his real name), unbeknown to the owners, stays in people’s luxurious homes when they are away. He terms himself an ‘interloper’. During one of these stays one owner turns up unexpectedly and the plot develops from there.
This novel has a great blend characters that are likeable, engaging and well developed. The growing relationship between Al, Em, Elle and Jonny makes for a compelling read.
Told in the first person by Al (MC), it’s fun, fast paced and humorous .
The plot is well conceived, entertaining and at times totally intriguing.
Overall, this was well written, witty and quirky.
Many thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley UK for the ARC.

A fabulously written gripping story that was a pleasure to read. I would absolutely recommend this book, it was brilliant

Al breaks into houses. He doesn’t do it to steal.. He does it to have a place to stay. When he leaves, the house will be exactly as he found it on entering the property. When he discovers people are doing a similar sort of thing to him, he decides to go along with their methods and join them for once.

However, on the first property they enter they are greeted by the owner in an agitated state. His friends have obviously not done the reconnaissance that he would’ve done. Now the owner is dead. Al and his friends must try to discover who could’ve wanted this person dead in order to save themselves.

I really enjoyed this book, and it gave me an insight into the way. Other people may live. I was gripped to the very end and certainly didn’t figure out the guilty person a book, well worth reading .

Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the opportunity to see DRC

This was a really hard book for me to stick with. The style of writing is not for me but I can see why it would be good for others.
The story just seems a little boring and don’t grip me like I expected it too.

Many thanks to NetGalley, Random House UK and Andrew Hunter Murray for my ARC of ‘A Beginner’s Guide to Breaking and Entering’.

A thoroughly entertaining read which was different to my usual but well worth it.

Al spends his life living in other people’s houses while they are away. He doesn’t take anything and considers it fair game.

Then it all goes wrong.

Highly recommended

Book's engaging; can't put it down.
The characters are very British.
The story's fun, exciting, and surprising.

Thanks to PRH & Net Galley for this early copy! I though this was brilliant! I really liked the look of the cover and the description sounded right up my street. Safe to say i wasn't disappointed and thoroughly enjoyed this clever, funny and witty plot. It has a great cast of characters and fantastic style of writing. It was great reading from the main character, Al’s, point of view and you can’t help but be taken along for a ride on this one! Would love for this to form some part of a series and am looking forward to seeing this publish next April!

We join Al as he's spending some time at His Majesty's Pleasure. But how did an "interloper" who spends his life staying in rich people's empty houses, without their knowledge of course, end up in prison?

Al takes us on a story of murder, dodgy business deals and an expensive house or two. And reminds us why we should ALWAYS follow the rules.

This was an enjoyable and fun read of adventure and misadventure with twists and turns thrown in for good measure.

A fun read about the main character Al who lives in wealthy people's second homes while their real owners are away…. That is until Al and his “co-workers” Elle, Em and Jonny stumble onto a murder.
I really enjoyed this story, it’s an easy and quirky read

Excellent. Fast-paced. Tongue-in-cheek humour. A very different novel that had me on the edge of the seat, Highly recommended.

A good, fun read. I loved the characters, and the convoluted plot. I will definitely look out for other books by this author,

I very much enjoyed this book. It's great fun, fast paced and quirkily written. The main character is personable and easy to like - and I didn't think he was half as bad as he seemed to think himself. I enjoyed meeting the other characters too - each one with their own traits, tics and uniqueness.

The story (plot) is somewhat fantastic but that's no hardship. It's nice to read fiction that doesn't try to put the real world right, sometimes, and it's not as if there aren't little hints at injustices along the way.

Recommended if you want a light, amusing mystery with a fair bit of tension thrown in.

“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 they are away – the owners have no idea that this is what he does. He respects their space and does not take anything from the property. In his view the house is empty why not stay in it. He goes to his latest “home” but unfortunately the owner returns as he has forgotten his passport. He escapes and decides to go to his go to house. Unfortunately when he gets there some other “interlopers” are already insitu. This starts to be a catalogue of dramas including a murder. The story, for me, comes and goes and I found it amusing in places but on the whole it was not a story for me as it was a little slow in others

On a real run of good books, and picked this up. I wasn't disappointed! Totally different to a lot of other bog standard thrillers, with housebreakers being at the key of this story - this one will do well, and is totally different to exBOTM The Sanctuary which wasn't quite my cup of tea. I've already recommended this to a few colleagues and am excited for the publication for this!

This book drew me in right from the first page. Full of humour and colourful characters who find themselves mixed up in all kinds of drama. It got progressively more far fetched as it went on but this just added to the absurdity of the book. A fun read.

I’m the calling this my book or the year already.
I really enjoyed this book, Andrew Hunter Murray knows what he’s doing..
What a wonderful story. All of the stars.

I really enjoyed this book. It was fun read. Easy to read and to follow. I found it funny at times. I hope others do to. Highly recommended this.

Meet Al. It isn't his real name, but it's going to have to do.

Al is an unconventional, unofficial, and most definitely un-legal "housesitter" for some very exclusive properties. No, he's not a squatter, just a very temporary, rent-free tenant while the owner is...elsewhere.

When things don't go exactly according to plan at one property, Al returns to his failsave backup bolthole to find it's occupied.

Meet Elle, Em and Jonny. They're sort of in the same line of work as Al.

And when all four are almost-witnesses to a murder, things start to get very difficult and complicated indeed.

Brilliantly funny, and a great thriller

Not really my cup if tea. I found the style of writing quite hard to get in to and just didn't grab me like some books.