Raffles, Gentleman Thief

A selection of the best classic crime stories featuring the much-loved rogue, Raffles Why should I work when I could steal? Why settle down to some humdrum uncongenial billet, when excitement, romance, danger, and a decent living were all going begging together? Of course, it s very wrong, but we can t all be moralists Dashing man about town, first-class cricketer and master burglar: Raffles is the ultimate gentleman thief. Here we find the debonair rogue cracking a jeweller s safe on Bond Street, stealing from the nouveau riche, spiriting away a priceless pearl, outwitting the law at every turn and, of course, bowling like a demon all with the assistance of his plucky sidekick Bunny Manders. This new selection of Ernest Hornung s much-loved crime stories is taken from his three Raffles collections, The Amateur Cracksman, The Black Mask and A Thief in the Night.