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Raffles: Playing On
Book 6 in the Raffles series.
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Raffles disappears abroad without explanation, leaving Bunny to confront rumours and his own uncertain future. Bunny wishes to marry Lucy Rosebery, but her father Prescott refuses consent because the prospective bridegroom lacks income and status. When Raffles returns, he proposes resolving the problem through a cricket match against a formidable team captained by Prescott.
The wager extends the series’ use of cricket as social currency. Raffles must recruit an exceptional player and manipulate the contest without openly disgracing Bunny or Lucy. Playing On gives friendship and marriage priority over burglary, while retaining the risk that Raffles’s habit of treating life as a game may worsen the very problem he intends to solve.
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