{"_id":"6632ea2db4c37c5ee0b7ff0a","title":"The Beetle Hunter","author":"Arthur Conan Doyle","code":"the-beetle-hunter","words":6139,"image":"stare.jpg","image_alt":"The eye of an angry, staring man. Graphite filter.","publish_year":1898,"publish_source":"The Strand","publish_edition":"Vol. 15","publish_scan":"https://archive.org/details/TheStrandMagazineAnIllustratedMonthly/TheStrandMagazine1898aVol.XvJan-jun/page/n611/mode/2up","genres":["mystery"],"blurb":"“I wish you to come for a short journey with me, to remain always at my side, and to promise to do 25without question whatever I may ask you, however unreasonable it may appear to you to be.”","description":"A medical man with a passion for beetle collecting finds an ad in the paper perfectly suited for his abilities. But upon meeting the advertisers they give no clues as to why they need a man with such a specific set of skills.","rating":3,"unique_cover":"Drawing of two cloaked men grapple with one appearing frenzied and a hammer flying off from someone's hand.","cover_source":true,"has_review":false,"has_collections":false}