Usage examples of "detective stories" in English with translation to Spanish

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He enjoyed reading detective stories. Él disfrutaba leyendo novelas policiacas.
He suddenly took a liking to detective stories. De pronto, comenzaron a gustarle las historias de detectives.
When I was a boy, I was addicted to reading detective stories. De niño yo era adicto a la lectura de cuentos policiales.
The detective I hired called to tell me he has a promising lead. El detective que contraté me llamó para decirme que tiene una pista prometedora.
Nobody believed Kevin because he always makes up stories. Nadie creyó a Kevin porque él siempre se inventa las historias.
He is a detective. Él es detective.
This book contains a lot of short stories. Este libro tiene muchas historias cortas.
The man turned out to be a private detective. El hombre resultó ser un detective privado.
He is an author famous for his novels and stories. Es un autor famoso por sus novelas y cuentos.
The detective was accused of planting evidence at the scene of the crime. El detective fue acusado de plantar evidencia en la escena del crimen.
I am very interested in these stories. Estoy muy interesado en esas historias.
She described him as a detective. Ella lo describió como un detective.
The building is seven stories high. El edificio tiene siete pisos de altura.
The detective has the crime's evidences. El detective tiene las pruebas del crimen.
He had heard wonderful stories about cities of gold with silver trees. Él había oído historias maravillosas de ciudades de oro y árboles de plata.
Tom thinks he's being shadowed by a private detective. Tom piensa que está siendo seguido por un detective privado.
Jack bores me with stories about his trip. Jack me aburre con las historias sobre su viaje.
Tom is a detective. Tom es detective.
Tom makes up stories all the time. Tom inventa historias todo el tiempo.
The detective held the wine glass up to the light checking for fingerprints. El detective alzó la copa de vino contra la luz verificando huellas digitales.
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