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The House of Silk

Horowitz, Anthony
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mystery classic detective fiction past tense first POV ~384 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

tense macabre atmospheric

A dark mystery. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven. Ends with catharsis. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 80
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 20%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count95,951
Page count~384 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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