![]() This ebook features a new introduction by Otto Penzler and has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.Ī collection of 8 short stories which feature A.J. Full of sophisticated banter, hair-raising close calls, and nefarious schemes, Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman is a masterwork of crime fiction and irrefutable proof that there truly is honor among thieves. Hornung introduced the world to a duo as gifted at burglary as Sherlock Holmes and Watson are at detection. A few hours later, he and his old school chum break into a jeweler’s shop and steal thousands of pounds’ worth of diamonds and gemstones. ![]() “I never dreamt you had such stuff in you, Bunny!” says Raffles, a gleam in his eye. ![]() When Raffles hesitates, Bunny pulls a gun out of his coat pocket and puts it to his head. Hundreds of pounds in the red, Bunny grows so desperate that he asks Raffles, a former classmate who captained their public school’s cricket team, for help. ![]() ![]() Raffles, such a moment comes when a bad night at the baccarat tables threatens to end in suicide. Sometimes the greatest of partnerships are born in the direst of moments. Raffles, proper English gentleman and jewel thief extraordinaire ![]()
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