| Description |
1 online resource (1 electronic document (309 pages)) |
| Contents |
Out of Paradise -- The chest of silver -- The rest cure -- The Criminologists' Club -- The field of Philippi -- A bad night -- A trap to catch a cracksman -- The spoils of sacrilege -- The Raffles relics -- The last word |
| Summary |
First published in 1905, A Thief in the Night is the third collection of stories detailing the exploits and intrigues of gentleman thief A.J. Raffles in late Victorian England. In public a popular sportsman, in private a cunning burglar with a weakness for valuable jewelery, Arthur Raffles, with the help of his side-kick Bunny Manders, always manages to thwart the investigations of Scotland Yard's Inspector Mackenzie. Popular in its day, this is the last collection of short stories about E.W. Hornung's most famous character - followed only by a novel, Mr. Justice Raffles |
| Notes |
Archived by the National Library of New Zealand |
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Title from PDF title page (viewed on Oct. 5, 2010) |
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Short stories |
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"First published in 1905"--Page 2 |
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Hypertext links contained in the archived instances of this title are non-functional. Nz |
| Subject |
Detective and mystery stories, English.
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Detective and mystery stories, English
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| Genre/Form |
Mystery fiction.
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Mystery and detective fiction.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781775415114 |
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1775415112 |
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9781775569121 |
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1775569128 |
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