{"_id":"6292c393fa5c01e51eff5e0a","title":"The Adventure of the Dying Detective","publish_year":1913,"publish_source":"The Strand Magazine","publish_scan":"https://archive.org/details/TheStrandMagazineAnIllustratedMonthly/TheStrandMagazine1913bVol.XlviJul-dec/page/n621/mode/2up","publish_edition":"Vol. 46","author":"Arthur Conan Doyle","code":"the-adventure-of-the-dying-detective","words":5769,"image":"detective.jpg","image_alt":"A man in a bowler hat and a popped collar. Graphite filter","genres":["mystery","adventure"],"blurb":"“For three days he has been sinking, and I doubt if he will last the day. He would not let me get a doctor. This morning when I saw his bones sticking out of his face and his great bright eyes looking at me I could stand no more of it.”","description":"Upon learning of a bedridden Holmes, Watson finds him gaunt and flushed, claiming to have a disease both fatal and infectious.","rating":4,"series":"Sherlock Holmes","unique_cover":"Drawing of Holmes, lying in bed, is reaching out towards Watson who his handling a small box.","cover_position":"top","cover_source":true,"has_review":false,"has_collections":false}