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Body Of Evidence

Cornwell, Patricia
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mystery psychological thriller past tense first POV ~393 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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tense paranoid melancholic

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

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 70
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 80
intimateepic

Content

Violence 90%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 30%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count98,210
Page count~393 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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