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The Complete Short Stories of Raffles--The Amateur Cracksman

1 review
E. W. Hornung

Leete's Island Books, 1986

Evil thieving Sherlock Holmes
Yep this book pretty much gives you a take on what would happen if genius detective Sherlock Holmes were instead genius cat burglar Justice Raffles. Raffles commits high collar petty theft for fun and profit. He steals jewelry etc and uses his connections as a gentleman to sniff out new opportunities. At one point as he describes the many middle men involved in reselling a piece of stolen ...

Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman (Penguin Classics)

5 reviews
E. W. Hornung

Penguin Classics, 2003

Raffles, Gentleman Thief: Very Entertaining Stories
[The following review refers to Penguin Classics edition of 'Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman' by E.W. Hornung, edited by Richard Lancelyn Green] This book (originally published in 1899) is the first collection of stories about A.J. Raffles, 'gentleman thief' and first-rate cricket player. E.W. Hornung, who married Conan Doyle's sister Connie, presents a unique pair in English literature: they ...

Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman

LeClue, 2008

He's back, 'Raffles', the charming gentleman thief. Having survived the first book "Amature Cracksman" Raffles has returned and is back in England. But now he has made some powerful enemies in the Italian underworld.

Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (Black Dagger Crime)

8 reviews
E.W. Hornung

Black Dagger Crime Reprints, 2000

Evil thieving Sherlock Holmes
Yep this book pretty much gives you a take on what would happen if genius detective Sherlock Holmes were instead genius cat burglar Justice Raffles. Raffles commits high collar petty theft for fun and profit. He steals jewelry etc and uses his connections as a gentleman to sniff out new opportunities. At one point as he describes the many middle men involved in reselling a piece of stolen ...

Sergeant Verity and the Cracksman

Futura, 1975

A Thief in the Night [Facsimile Edition]: Further Adventures of A.J. Raffles Cricketer and Cracksman
E. W. Hornung

Wildside Press, 2007

Facsimile Edition.

The Complete Raffles: 1-The Amateur Cracksman & The Black Mask
E. W. Hornung

Oakpast, 2008

These are E. W. Hornung's famous stories of adventure and crime featuring the thrill seeking A. J. Raffles and his friend, accomplice and chronicler 'Bunny'. By turns urbane gentleman about town and accomplished cricketer, life is just too ordinary for Raffles and that sets him on a series of adventures that have long been treasured as a real antidote to the 'white knights' who are the usual heroes of the crime fiction of this period. This book ...