The Clue of the Broken Locket 📖

The Clue of the Broken Locket

Keene, Carolyn
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mystery cozy mystery past tense third limited POV ~137 pp

Vibe

mysterious tense adventurous

A propulsive mystery. Expect minimal worldbuilding. Plot-driven.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 45
sparsedense
Pacing 75
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 40
externalintrospective
Ending 60
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 65
intimateepic

Content

Violence 40%
noneextreme
Sexual content 0%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 50%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count34,352
Page count~137 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited