A Thief in the Night (book)
- A Thief in the Night (book)
Infobox short story |
name = A Thief in the Night
title_orig =
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author = E.W. Hornung
country = flagicon|United Kingdom UK
language = English
series = AJ Raffles
genre = Crime fiction
publication_type =
publisher =
pub_date = 1905
english_pub_date =
preceded_by = The Black Mask
followed_by = Mr. Justice Raffles
"A Thief in the Night" is a 1905 collection of short stories by Ernest William Hornung, featuring his popular character A.J. Raffles. It was the third book in the series, and the final collection of short stories. In it, Raffles, a gentleman thief, commits a number of burglaries in late Victorian England.
Hornung originally intended this to be the final appearance of Raffles. In the final story, Raffles is killed during the Second Boer War and Manders returns to England badly wounded. Hornung hoped this would be a fitting end for his hero.Popular demand, however, led to him writing a full-length Raffles novel, "Mr. Justice Raffles", in 1909. It was set before the Boer War, with Raffles in his heyday as a gentlemen thief.
Stories included in the book are:
*1. Out of Paradise
*2. The Chest of Silver
*3. The Rest Cure
*4. The Criminologists' Club
*5. The Field of Phillipi
*6. A Bad Night
*7. A Trap to Catch a Cracksman
*8. The Spoils of Sacrilege
*9. The Raffles Relics
*10. The Last Word
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