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Truly Devious

Maureen Johnson
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mystery cozy mystery with thriller elements past tense third limited POV ~388 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

suspenseful atmospheric anxious

A mystery. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Deeply introspective. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 85
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 80
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 70
intimateepic

Content

Violence 60%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 40%
seriouscomedic
Romance 50%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count97,098
Page count~388 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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