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Francis, Dick
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mystery cozy mystery with noir elements past tense third limited POV ~363 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

melancholic gritty atmospheric

A mystery. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

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

Content

Violence 80%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 20%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count90,803
Page count~363 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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