The Amateur Cracksman - The Original Classic Edition (Paperback)

from asxz

Well that was a rum little thing. Holmes and Watson as thieves written by Conan Doyle's brother-in-law. Only they're not terribly good. Raffles is far from perfect. He's a bit of a lunatic. Bunny contributes almost nothing. It's all a bit of a mess. And yet... the stories contain the bare-bones t...

from ClicksClan

My husband got a collection of 'crime classics' several months ago and has been working his way through them, in between reading other books. I don't like to read his books until he'd read them but somehow I overlooked Raffles, by E.W. Hornung, when he finished with it. We can't even remember exa...

from page.fault

The Raffles stories are basically the British version of Arsene Lupin: they feature a hyperintelligent Sherlock Holmes-like character who uses his skills to transgress the law rather than defend it. Raffles' adventures are rather more serious and straightforward than the often spoofy escapades of...

from AliceAnna

I read this previously and found the tales of Raffles and his sidekick Bunny entertaining in a quaint, old-fashioned kind of way. Nothing groundbreaking, but likeable characters. The fact that they are gentlemen burglars makes it even more fun.

from JVioland

"I say, Bunny. The Count has a stone of incomparable worth, the color of a Peacock's crown. Shall we attempt it tonight?""Surely, you must be joking. Won't his man impede us? He will not be attending the Ball at Hamptons with him, after all. I must say, you do take unwarranted risks."Yeah, yeah. ...