Title: Mr. Justice Raffles
First published: 1909
Description: 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.
Subjects: Classic Literature, English Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, Raffles (Fictitious character), Short Stories, Roman policier anglais, Fiction, mystery & detective, general
LC classification: PZ3.H786 M, PR6015.O687 M