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Captive Witness

Keene, Carolyn
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mystery young adult mystery past tense third limited POV ~135 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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adventurous clever mysterious

A propulsive mystery. Expect minimal worldbuilding, epic scope. Plot-driven and action-forward. Ends with catharsis. Contains notable humor.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 45
sparsedense
Pacing 75
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 60
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 20
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 30
externalintrospective
Ending 80
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 85
intimateepic

Content

Violence 30%
noneextreme
Sexual content 0%
noneexplicit
Humor 70%
seriouscomedic
Romance 40%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count33,809
Page count~135 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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