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The Brass Verdict: A Novel

Connelly, Michael
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mystery legal thriller past tense first POV ~524 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

tense gritty paranoid

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

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 80
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 85%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 20%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count131,078
Page count~524 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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