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  • Published: 11 July 2026
  • ISBN: 9781529154481
  • Imprint: Hutchinson Heinemann
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $60.00
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Bad Deeds




Slick, gripping and 'madly fun and exciting' (Lisa Jewell), get ready for Andrew Hunter Murray's new crime caper.

Alex used to break into houses illegally. These days, it’s his job.

Alex is part of a small firm of consultants who break into offices and homes to test their security. It’s fun, it’s well paid, and he’s very good at it. It’s almost like he’s grown up at last.

But when he gets fired from his firm, evicted from his flat and dumped by his girlfriend, all in the same evening, he decides to steal one last job from his company without their knowing. A job they had already decided not to accept.

Big mistake.

Before long, Alex is in remote northern Scotland, following the trail of an ambitious young man who supposedly fell to his death with no witnesses in sight.

And if Alex doesn’t get to the truth soon, he may well be the next one over the edge...

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Praise for A Beginner's Guide to Breaking and Entering...

'Fantastic' Zoe Ball

‘A joyous read from start to finish. I loved it!’ Clare Mackintosh

'It’s laugh-out-loud funny, proceeding at a pace that makes it almost impossible to put down.' Sunday Times

'A comic delight' Financial Times

  • Published: 11 July 2026
  • ISBN: 9781529154481
  • Imprint: Hutchinson Heinemann
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $60.00
Categories:

About the author

Andrew Hunter Murray

Andrew Hunter Murray is a writer and broadcaster from London. His three previous novels (The Last Day, The Sanctuary, and A Beginner’s Guide To Breaking And Entering) have between them hit the Sunday Times top 10 bestseller charts, been Waterstones' Thriller of the Month and have been nominated for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize.

When not writing, Andrew presents The Naked Week on BBC Radio 4, co-hosts the award-winning smash podcast No Such Thing As A Fish, writes jokes and journalism for Private Eye magazine, and hosts the Eye’s podcast, Page 94.


Andrew lives in London, in a house which largely belongs to someone else (Barclay’s).

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Praise for Bad Deeds

Witty, wicked and whip-smart - Bad Deeds is the perfect page turner for those who like their thillers with propulsive plots, rollicking action, and a serving of bone-dry satire. An absolute hoot!

Ross Montgomery

Bad Deeds is a smart, page-turning romp that sees the ripples from one tiny not-quite-innocent action reach tidal wave proportions for its lively anti-hero. Funny, thoughtful and intriguing, this is crime writing with an edge of biting wit that sets Andrew Hunter Murray in a class of his own

Janice Hallett

A brilliant and wickedly entertaining murder mystery by a brilliant and wickedly entertaining author

Emma Freud