It's a well-constructed crime story, told with speed and punch.

这篇描写犯罪的故事构思精巧，情节紧凑，引人入胜。

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But American Crime Story felt like a national news event in itself.

而《美国罪案故事》本身似乎就一个新闻事件。

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And "Kill a Mockingbird" is a story of the destruction of innocent the innocent crime story.

而“杀死一只知更鸟”的故事就是一个罪恶毁灭天真无辜者的故事。

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In nineteen seventy, James Conaway wrote a crime novel called The Big Easy. The story was set in New Orleans.

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In this true-crime story, Dirty Harry lifts the lid on one of most corrupt regimes in the less-than-stellar history of the Los Angeles Police Department.

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Since the thieves (who dressed as police) have not been identified, and since every crime story needs a villain, Stolen substitutes a hero with a would-be hero--the crime's investigator, Harold Smith , a respected insurance investigator of 78, disfigured by skin cancer, who has made recovering the Gardner pictures the mission of his retirement.

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When the eyewitnesses, perpetrators and victims are all dead, the real story of a crime dies too.

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