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Taken at the Flood

Christie, Dame Agatha
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mystery whodunit past tense third limited POV ~252 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

tense melancholic oppressive

A mystery. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, romance.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 70
intimateepic

Content

Violence 80%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 60%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count63,062
Page count~252 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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