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| Title: | The Adventure of the Dying Detective | Collection: | His Last Bow |
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| Year published: | 1913 (November) | Year set in: | |
| Mystery: | No mystery | ||
| Apparent crime: | Murder and attempted murder | Actual crime: | Shown below (possible spoiler) |
| Summary: | Watson is called to Holmes side who is apparently dying from a tropical disease. | ||
- Introduction
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During Watson's marriage, he is visited by Mrs Hudson who explains that Holmes is dying of a tropical disease that he picked up on his investigations. Holmes looks bad but refuses to allow Watson near him.
- Actual crime
- Murder and attempted murder
- Explanation (spoiler alert)
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Holmes is actually pretending to be ill to gain a confession from a man who had killed somebody with a disease trap.
- Quotations in this story (0)
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- Characters in this story (3)
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Surname First name Title Holmes Sherlock Hudson Mrs Watson John Doctor
- Locations in this story (1)
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Location Town/City County 221b Baker Street London
- Other notes
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- Keywords
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Hudson tropical disease Culverton Smith Lower Burke Street Morton Staples Victor Savage