MYSTERY & CRIME COLLECTION (Illustrated)

This carefully crafted ebook: "MYSTERY & CRIME COLLECTION: Dr. John Dollar''s Mysteries & Adventures of A. J. Raffles, A Gentleman-Thief (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.A. J. Raffles is an ''amateur cracksman'' and a gentleman-thief who with his wit and ingenuity befools everyone to get what he wants. On the other hand, Dr. John Dollars is interested in solving criminal cases with his medical expertise – the precursor of our modern day medical mystery detectives!Contents:A Thief in the NightOut of ParadiseThe Chest of SilverThe Rest CureThe Criminologists'' ClubThe Field of PhilippiA Bad NightA Trap to Catch a CracksmanThe Spoils of SacrilegeThe Raffles RelicsThe Last WordThe Crime DoctorThe Physician Who Healed HimselfThe Life-PreserverA Hopeless CaseThe Golden KeyA Schoolmaster AbroadOne PossessedThe Doctor''s AssistantThe Second MurdererE. W. Hornung (1866–1921) was an English author and poet and also brother-in-law to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Hornung is known for writing the A. J. Raffles series about a gentleman thief based on a deliberate inversion of the Sherlock Holmes series. Hornung dedicated his creation as a form of flattery to Doyle.