Tuesday, January 14, 2020

THE AMATEUR CRACKSMAN - E.W.Hornung

























A collection of stories featuring  A.J. Raffles, gentleman thief and his associate " Bunny". the antithesis of Holmes & Watson

This collection was published in 1899 and is light and entertaining.  Hornung was Arthur Conan Doyle's brother in law and you can see the similarity in the setup.

Good innocent fun

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