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Rules of Prey

Sandford John
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mystery crime thriller past tense third limited POV ~436 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

tense gritty psychological

A mystery. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, sexual content.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 60%
noneexplicit
Humor 40%
seriouscomedic
Romance 50%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count109,088
Page count~436 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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