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The Quickie

James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge
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mystery police procedural with domestic thriller elements past tense first POV ~252 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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tense grim paranoid

A dark mystery. Expect minimal worldbuilding, epic scope. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, romance.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 65
sparsedense
Pacing 70
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 75
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 85
intimateepic

Content

Violence 90%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 60%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count63,083
Page count~252 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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