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The Simple Truth

Baldacci, David
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mystery legal thriller past tense third limited POV ~574 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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tense gritty tragic

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

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 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 20%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 40%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count143,575
Page count~574 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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