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A Thief in the Night: Further adventures of A. J. Raffles, Cricketer and Cracksman

by E. W. Hornung

Illustrated by Cyrus Cuneo

"A Thief in the Night: Further adventures of A. J. Raffles, Cricketer and…" by E. W. Hornung is a collection of short stories published in 1905. The third book in the Raffles series follows gentleman thief A. J. Raffles and his accomplice Bunny Manders through daring burglaries in late Victorian England. From depositing stolen silver at a bank to infiltrating a prison warden's home, the stories chronicle their criminal adventures while maintaining respectable appearances—until their reputations crumble and darker consequences emerge.

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