The Black Mask
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4.5 • 2 Ratings
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Publisher Description
After the events of The Amateur Cracksman Raffles is missing, presumed dead, and “Bunny” Manders is destitute but free after a stretch in prison for his crimes. So when a mysterious telegraph arrives suggesting the possibility of a lucrative position, Bunny has little option but to attend the given address.
Raffles was a commercial success for Hornung, garnering critical praise but also warnings about the glorification of crime. The Black Mask, published two years after his first collection of Raffles stories, takes a markedly more downcast tone, with the high-life escapades of the earlier stories curtailed by Raffles’ purported death.
Customer Reviews
The Black Mask
How will Bunny survive without Raffles to lead him into profitable danger? One can find out in this collection of tales. I can say no more without risking saying too much, aside from mentioning that our stalwart sidekick paid his debt to society and fell from grace after watching the only friend he had in the world disappear into the sea.