← E. W. HornungThe Black Maskby E. W. HornungCollection of stories about Raffles the amateur cracksman and his criminal exploitsFind on Amazon↗About the authorE. W. HornungHornung was Arthur Conan Doyle's brother-in-law and created the gentleman thief Raffles as a deliberate inversion of the Sherlock Holmes archetype. The Raffles stories are among the most elegant examples of late Victorian crime fiction.More by E. W. HornungRaffles: The Amateur CracksmanShort stories featuring an aristocratic gentleman thief and his clever crimes→A Thief in the NightCollection of Raffles stories depicting an educated burglar's daring robberies→Mr Justice RafflesStories featuring Raffles as a retired criminal trying to live respectably→
