# The Amateur Cracksman — Character guide

> Key figures in The Amateur Cracksman by E. W. Hornung.

- [A. J. Raffles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_amateur_cracksman_se/characters/raffles.md): Raffles moves through London as a beloved sporting hero, dining at his club and keeping blazers for every occasion, while quietly casing the same houses he visits as a guest. When Bunny, his former fag, confesses bankrup
- [Bunny](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_amateur_cracksman_se/characters/bunny.md): Bunny arrives at Raffles's rooms with worthless checks and no future, and leaves as the lookout, driver, and conscience he never quite wanted to be. He flinches at murder talk, frets over warrants, and still follows his 
- [Inspector Mackenzie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_amateur_cracksman_se/characters/mackenzie.md): Mackenzie boards ships, studies ventilators, and reads the small print of his warrants with a patience that unnerves even Raffles. He is no fool and no villain, just a professional doing his job against a man he plainly 
- [Reginald Crawshay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_amateur_cracksman_se/characters/crawshay.md): Crawshay sheds his collar and boots in Raffles's flat with the ease of a man who has played gentleman only under duress, and talks business before whiskey. He knows Raffles's secrets and makes clear that if he is caught,
- [J. M. Craggs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_amateur_cracksman_se/characters/craggs.md): Craggs moves through the same clubs and drawing rooms as Raffles, but with a reputation already fraying at the edges. His taste for cards and his willingness to bend the rules make him both a convenient ally and a liabil
- [Captain von Heumann](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_amateur_cracksman_se/characters/von_heumann.md): Von Heumann is a courteous, self-satisfied rival who plays cricket against Raffles and carries a priceless pearl on a diplomatic errand. His weakness for drink and for a certain young woman named Amy make him easy prey f
- [The Captain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_amateur_cracksman_se/characters/the_captain.md): A ship captain involved in transporting stolen goods.
- [Miss Werner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_amateur_cracksman_se/characters/miss_werner.md): A charming young woman who attracts Raffles's attention.

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