The Death on the Beach

Holmes, retired among his bees, faces a murder with no murderer on the whole Sussex shore.

Fitzroy McPherson staggers up from the lagoon, back scored as if flogged with red-hot wire, gasps 'the lion's mane', and dies. Holmes narrates his own last recorded case — answer for it.

Drawn from The Adventure of the Lion's Mane (The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, 1926) — read the summary & analysis, or try The Weal Examiner, this story's analysis tool. More at the Game Room and the tool bench.