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  • Published: 8 January 2026
  • ISBN: 9781837311040
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 224

Raffles, Gentleman Thief




A selection of the best stories about E. W. Hornung's much-loved rogue

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.

  • Published: 8 January 2026
  • ISBN: 9781837311040
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 224

About the author

E. W. Hornung

E. W. Hornung owes his place in the history of crime and mystery fiction to his popular scoundrel, the gentleman-burglar A. J. Raffles.

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