Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman

by E W Hornung Book 2 in the Raffles series.

First published 1901

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After the exposure that ends The Amateur Cracksman, Bunny leaves prison to find his old life destroyed and Raffles believed dead. A disguised Raffles eventually returns, but the pair can no longer rely on effortless access to respectable society and must operate from a more precarious position.

These connected stories are darker than the first collection, placing burglary beside exile, damaged reputation and the narrowing choices available to both men. Their adventures move between London, Italy and the South African War, where the sequence brings Raffles’s loyalty, courage and criminal code into direct contact with imperial conflict.