E W Hornung

A Thief in the Night E W Hornung

A Thief in the Night by E. W. Hornung

Chronicler and accomplice Bunny Manders recounts other adventures he had previously omitted at various points in their criminal career. All but the last two stories take place while A. J. Raffles and Bunny Manders are still respectable gentlemen and Raffles is still an amateur cricketer living in Albany rooms.

The two remaining stories take place after Raffles and Bunny become professional criminals with tainted reputations: the penultimate story follows the events of "An Old Flame", and the final story takes place after the events of "The Knees of the Gods" .

All stories are largely self-contained and independent, with the exception of the last story, which serves as an epilogue to the events explored in the first story. Each story was first published in serial format, with the exception of "The Last Word" which is a short epilogue to the events of "Out of Paradise".