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

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

by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung

EN·~5 hours

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Description

A seasoned cricket star and gentleman burglar, A. J. Raffles returns to the scene with his loyal confidant, Bunny, who narrates their exploits with wry honesty. Their partnership blends the elegance of the cricket pitch with the daring of high‑society heists, and the narrator’s recollections reveal the fine line between sport and subterfuge that defines their friendship.

When Bunny finds himself in debt after a disastrous baccarat night and tangled in a fraught romance, he turns to Raffles for help. Over a bottle at the Café Royal, he confides his secret affair and the pressure from powerful relatives, prompting Raffles to devise a plan that could free his friend from both financial ruin and emotional peril.

What follows is a meticulously plotted night‑time raid, full of whispered warnings and the thrill of slipping through shadows. Listeners will be drawn into the tension of a heist that tests loyalty, skill, and the thin veneer of respectability that Raffles so effortlessly maintains.

Details

Language

en

Duration

~5 hours (337K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Suzanne Shell, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2010-07-15

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung

E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung

1866–1921

Best known for creating the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, this English writer brought a sly charm to crime fiction and helped shape the modern antihero. His work also ranged widely, from novels and short stories to war writing drawn from personal loss and experience.

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