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Career of Evil

Galbraith, Robert
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mystery crime thriller past tense third limited POV ~631 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

gritty psychological menacing

A dark mystery. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 80
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 85
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 45%
noneexplicit
Humor 15%
seriouscomedic
Romance 35%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count157,787
Page count~631 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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