Download or read book Mr. Justice Raffles written by E. W. Hornung and published by The Floating Press. This book was released on 2009-06-01 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.