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12th of Never

Patterson, James; Paetro, Maxine
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mystery cozy mystery with thriller elements past tense third limited POV ~288 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

tense gritty psychological

A propulsive mystery. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 85
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 40
externalintrospective
Ending 60
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 80
intimateepic

Content

Violence 90%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 50%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count71,950
Page count~288 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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