Stalking Jack the Ripper 📖

Stalking Jack the Ripper

Kerri Maniscalco
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historical fiction historical mystery past tense first POV ~361 pp

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gothic psychological thriller melancholic

A dark historical fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, romance.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 85
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

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

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count90,180
Page count~361 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst