MR Justice Raffles (Electronic book text)

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.