{"product_id":"raffles-gentleman-thief","title":"Raffles, Gentleman Thief","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA selection of the best classic crime stories featuring the much-loved rogue, Raffles\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘Why should I work when I could steal? Why settle down to some humdrum uncongenial billet, when excitement, romance, danger, and a decent living were all going begging together? Of course, it’s very wrong, but we can’t all be moralists’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDashing man about town, first-class cricketer and master burglar: Raffles is the ultimate gentleman thief. Here we find the debonair rogue cracking a jeweller’s safe on Bond Street, stealing from the nouveau riche, spiriting away a priceless pearl, outwitting the law at every turn – and, of course, bowling like a demon – all with the assistance of his plucky sidekick Bunny Manders. This new selection of Ernest Hornung’s much-loved crime stories is taken from his three Raffles collections, \u003ci\u003eThe Amateur Cracksman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Black Mask\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Thief in the Night\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55476764901720,"sku":"9780241790229","price":17.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780241790229_f076fc28-bdbc-4ae7-9da9-bbc0cac3b118.jpg?v=1778675465","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/raffles-gentleman-thief","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}