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The Killer Inside Me

Thompson, Jim
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crime fiction hardboiled noir past tense first POV ~254 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

dark psychological gritty

A propulsive and dark crime fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, romance.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 45
sparsedense
Pacing 85
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 70
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 60%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count63,546
Page count~254 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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