Arnold Bennett 
The Loot of Cities 
Detective Mysteries

‘The Loot of Cities’ is a collection of stories which recounts the adventures of a millionaire who commits crimes to achieve his idealistic ends. In Queen’s Quorum, a survey of crime fiction, this book was listed among the 100 most important works in the thriller genre. ‘Although it was ‘one of his least known works, ‘ it was nevertheless ‘of unusual interest, both as an example of Arnold Bennett’s early work and as an early example of dilettante detectivism’.
The Loot of Cities
Mr. Penfound’s Two Burglars
Midnight at the Grand Babylon
The Police Station
The Adventure of the Prima Donna
The Episode in Room 222
Saturday to Monday
A Dinner at the Louvre

About the author

Arnold Bennett (1867 – 1931) was an English writer. He is best known as a novelist, but he also worked in other fields such as the theatre, journalism, propaganda and films. One of Bennett’s most popular non-fiction works was the self-help book How to Live on 24 Hours a Day. Bennett’s novel The Old Wives’ Tale was an immediate success throughout the English-speaking world. The Old Wives’ Tale was hailed as a masterpiece.