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A is for Alibi

Grafton Sue
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mystery cozy mystery past tense first POV ~309 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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noir gritty moody

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

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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 60
intimateepic

Content

Violence 70%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 50%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count77,286
Page count~309 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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