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Alex Cross, Run

Patterson, James
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thriller crime thriller past tense first POV ~314 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

tense bleak gritty

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

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 65
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 65%
noneexplicit
Humor 15%
seriouscomedic
Romance 40%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count78,491
Page count~314 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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