But a month ago as I prepared to publish and promote my latest detective novel, "Nine Dragons," I learned of a true mystery with eerie similarities and connections to my story and my research.

但一个月之前，我在准备出版和宣传我的最新侦探小说《九龙》时，听说了一个和我的小说和研究有着可怕惊人相似点和关联的真实案例。

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This is true in detective work; it is true in prosecutorial work.

这是事实，在侦查工作，它是真正在检察工作。

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I grow up to become a detective Sherlock Holmes, like all problems, find the key, not shrink back for the true answer, only one truth forever!

我长大后想当一名侦探，像福尔摩斯那样，找出一切难题的关键所在，毫不退缩的寻找真正的答案，真相永远只有一个！

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Simon and Schuster publicist Anna McKean says the girl detective stays true to her roots but is "ultra-modern."

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After pleading not guilty, Milke stood trial and tried to convince a jury that her account -- and not the detective's -- was the true one.

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It is only thanks to the painstaking detective work of these committees that the true extent of Soviet exploitation of Baltic resources, environment, and labor is becoming apparent.

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Such is the obscurity of Softbank's tax arrangements, its corporate structure and the prospects of its investments that, to gain even a partial view of the firm's true value, you need to be a trained accountant, a stockmarket analyst and a private detective rolled into one.

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