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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True story: as a young man, my brother was a car salesman here in Vegas.

真实故事：我哥哥还是小伙子的时候，在维加斯做汽车推销员。

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Take my friend Richard. True story.

讲一个我朋友理查德德的真实故事。

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It is as if my story is too unbelievable to be true, that I am an interloper, someone in a place I do not belong.

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And in a stunning example of true journalistic research, a story from my old next door neighbours.

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That is why I didn't want to go to England with my brother Victor, who also looks after Adrian, because I knew the story was true.

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