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Bad Deeds
  • Published: 16 June 2026
  • ISBN: 9781529154498
  • Imprint: Hutchinson Heinemann
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 432
  • RRP: $34.99

Bad Deeds

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Tr. Paperback
16 June 2026
Hardback
11 July 2026
EBook
11 June 2026
Audiobook
11 June 2026
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Escape to the highlands with a gripping crime caper from the Sunday Times bestselling author and co-host of the award-winning smash podcast No Such Thing As A Fish.

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: 16 June 2026
  • ISBN: 9781529154498
  • Imprint: Hutchinson Heinemann
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 432
  • RRP: $34.99

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).
portrait photo of Andrew Hunter Murray

Also by Andrew Hunter Murray

Jeeves Again
A Beginner’s Guide to Breaking and Entering
The Sanctuary
The Last Day
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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

Andrew Hunter Murray is always a joy to read - like having your funniest, wittiest friend to hand whenever you’re in the mood for a great story

Cariad Lloyd

Slow Horses meets The Gentleman! A fabulous cast of characters (honorary mention for the magnificently-named Poppy Philbrick and her pyjama line - *chef's kiss*), twisty and turny and also very dryly funny. I so so loved this book.

Sophia Money Coutts

Thoroughly entertaining and blackly comic

Mail on Sunday

Engaging … Andrew Hunter Murray is a funny author who enjoys creating grotesques, including an impoverished duke who belongs to an unusual men's club

Sunday Times

Fans of clever, fast-paced storytelling will be hooked from page one . . . With wit and unpredictability around every corner, it’s a riveting read

Woman’s Weekly

Those familiar with Andre Hunter Murray’s association with the satirical magazine Private Eye will not be surprised by the cutting wit that runs through Bad Deeds

Financial Times