{"_id":"63d62c348bb0e66353c5db98","title":"The Law Beaters","author":"Richard Connell","code":"the-law-beaters","words":4340,"publish_year":1928,"image":"murder.jpg","image_alt":"A shadow of a pointed gun and a surrendering hand. Graphite filter.","genres":["adventure"],"blurb":"“I had a perfect alibi as far as Erskine was concerned, and there was no way of connecting me and Mance. Nobody had ever seen us together.”","description":"Two men discuss the law while drinking, and compare their past nefarious escapades.","rating":3,"publish_source":"Collier’s","publish_edition":"Vol. 81, No. 25","publish_scan":"https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015056076717&seq=1327","unique_cover":"A man peering through a curtain.","cover_source":true,"has_review":false,"has_collections":false}