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The Black Echo

Connelly, Michael
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mystery crime thriller past tense third limited POV ~643 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

noir gritty melancholic

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

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 85
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 80
intimateepic

Content

Violence 90%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 30%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count160,678
Page count~643 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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