Mr. Justice Raffles / E.W. Hornung.

First published in 1909, A Thief in the Night is the first novel detailing the exploits and intrigues of gentleman thief A.J. Raffles in late Victorian England. The novel is a darker work than the three preceding short story collections (The Amateur Cracksman, The Black Mask and A Thief in the Night .) In it a more cynical Raffles finds a corrupt moneylender, Mister Brigstock, is entrapping the young sons of the wealthy with exorbitant interest on his loans, and its up to Raffles to teach him a lesson.

Title; Contents; Chapter I An Inaugural Banquet; Chapter II ""His Own Familiar Friend""; Chapter III Council of War; Chapter IV ""Our Mr. Shylock""; Chapter V Thin Air; Chapter VI Camilla Belsize; Chapter VII In Which We Fail to Score; Chapter VIII The State of the Case; Chapter IX A Triple Alliance; Chapter X ""My Raffles Right or Wrong""; Chapter XI A Dash in the Dark; Chapter XII A Midsummer Night's Work; Chapter XIII Knocked Out; Chapter XIV Corpus Delicti; Chapter XV Trial by Raffles; Chapter XVI Watch and Ward; Chapter XVII A Secret Service; Chapter XVIII The Death of a Sinner

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