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The Girl in the Locked Room

Hahn, Mary Downing
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mystery historical mystery with supernatural elements past tense first POV ~144 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

tense spooky melancholic

A mystery. Expect minimal worldbuilding, epic scope. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

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Prose density 45
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 20
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 70
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 50
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 80
intimateepic

Content

Violence 80%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count36,118
Page count~144 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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