Double Cross 📖

Double Cross

Patterson, James
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thriller psychological thriller past tense third limited POV ~312 pp

Vibe

tense gritty paranoid

A propulsive and dark thriller. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Contains notable violence.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 85
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 40
externalintrospective
Ending 30
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 40%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count77,935
Page count~312 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited