Gentlemen and Players & A Costume Piece by E. W. Hornung | The Midnight Archive — Two Raffles Mysteries

📌 Patreon — ad-free, early access, bonus content (tiers from $2.99/month)https://www.patreon.com/NocturnalTalesA double bill tonight from the gentleman thief you asked for more than any other: A. J. Raffles, by E. W. Hornung — Conan Doyle's own brother-in-law, who dedicated the collection to him.🏏 GENTLEMEN AND PLAYERSThe most celebrated Raffles story of them all. Raffles is a dangerous bat, a brilliant field and perhaps the finest slow bowler of his decade — and he takes remarkably little interest in cricket for its own sake. So what exactly does he find interesting about a country-house cricket week? And why is a professional player on the other side watching him quite so closely? The game on the lawn is very far from the only game being played.💎 A COSTUME PIECELondon is talking about Reuben Rosenthall, who made his millions on the diamond fields of South Africa and has come home to enjoy them in the most conspicuous way imaginable — enormous diamonds in his shirt and on his finger, and a prize-fighter of heinous repute at his shoulder. He is exactly the sort of man Raffles cannot resist. He is also, as Bunny is about to discover, exactly the sort of man who keeps something rather more dangerous than a safe.Two burglaries, two very different methods. In each, the pleasure is watching Raffles work out not how to break in, but how to be the last person anyone suspects.ℹ️ FOR LISTENERSThese are complete, unabridged readings of Gentlemen and Players and A Costume Piece by E. W. Hornung, collected in The Amateur Cracksman (1899) and now in the public domain. Every word is the author's own. Part of The Midnight Archive: three nights of classics every week, alongside four original Nocturnal Tales mysteries.🗳️ YOU CHOOSE WHAT'S NEXTThe Archive is deep — more Raffles? Sherlock Holmes? Father Brown? Max Carrados? Lady Molly? Arsène Lupin? Violet Strange? Vote in the poll attached to this episode, or tell us in the comments which classic you want to hear by lamplight.💬 QUESTION FOR THE COMMENTSRaffles never hides in the shadows — he hides behind his own good name. Who's harder to catch: the criminal nobody can find, or the one nobody can believe? 🕵️📖 GET THE EBOOK — $3.99📌 Patreon — included with Writing Table & Archive Society, or one-time purchasehttps://www.patreon.com/posts/156573383🛒 Gumroad — EPUB + PDF includedhttps://nocturnaltalespod.gumroad.com/l/ebookvol2❤️ SUPPORT & LISTENING OPTIONS📌 Patreon — ad-free, early access, bonus contenthttps://www.patreon.com/NocturnalTales📺 Rumble — free, supports us with ad revenuehttps://rumble.com/c/c-7820714❤️ Buy Me a Coffee — one-time supporthttps://buymeacoffee.com/nocturnaltales🎧 Spotify — follow the showhttps://open.spotify.com/show/0OQ7OEseXIMbMt2NTI7oHy🎧 Apple Podcastshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nocturnal-tales-mystery-audiobooks-and-crime-stories/id1896195848🧾 CREDITSStories by E. W. Hornung (public domain). Narrated and produced by Nocturnal Tales.🔖 TAGS / KEYWORDSe w hornung audiobook, raffles audiobook, gentlemen and players audiobook, a costume piece audiobook, the amateur cracksman, gentleman thief story, cricket mystery story, jewel theft story, Reuben Rosenthall, victorian crime story, double bill mystery, classic detective story audiobook, public domain audiobook, unabridged classic mystery