| "Wilful Murder" | |||
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| Short story by E. W. Hornung | |||
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Wilful_Murder_01.jpg) 1899 illustration by Hy Leonard | |||
| Country | United Kingdom | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Genre(s) | Crime fiction | ||
| Publication | |||
| Publisher | Methuen Publishing | ||
| Media type | Print (Collection) | ||
| Publication date | August 1899 | ||
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| Series | A. J. Raffles | ||
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"Wilful Murder" is a short story by E. W. Hornung, and features the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, and his companion and biographer, Bunny Manders. The story was first published as the fifth part of the collection The Amateur Cracksman, published by Methuen & Co. Ltd in London, and Charles Scribner's Sons in New York, both in 1899.[1] This and "Le Premier Pas" were the two stories in the collection not published previously in magazine format.[2]