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Presumed Innocent

Scott Turow
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mystery legal thriller past tense first POV ~577 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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noir obsessive corrupt

A dark mystery. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Ends with catharsis. Contains notable violence, romance, sexual content.

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 90
externalintrospective
Ending 80
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 70
intimateepic

Content

Violence 80%
noneextreme
Sexual content 90%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 60%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count144,199
Page count~577 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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