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Total Control

Baldacci, David
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thriller legal thriller/corporate espionage past tense third limited POV ~681 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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tense paranoid gritty

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

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 85
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 40
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 30%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count170,316
Page count~681 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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