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The Lincoln Lawyer A Novel

Michael Connelly
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contemporary fiction legal thriller past tense first POV ~548 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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tense gritty paranoid

A contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven. 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 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 85%
noneextreme
Sexual content 65%
noneexplicit
Humor 40%
seriouscomedic
Romance 30%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count137,028
Page count~548 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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