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The House of Silk
Horowitz, Anthony
mystery
classic detective fiction
past tense
first POV
~384 pp
Vibe
tense
macabre
atmospheric
A dark mystery. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven. Ends with catharsis. Contains notable violence.
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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
Content
Sexual content
10%
noneexplicit
Structure & Cast
Structure
| Word count | 95,951 |
| Page count | ~384 pp |
| Prologue | — |
| Epilogue | — |
| Tense | past |