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The Crime at Black Dudley

Margery Allingham
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mystery classic detective fiction past tense third limited POV ~278 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

suspenseful tense mysterious

A mystery. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 70
intimateepic

Content

Violence 60%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 40%
seriouscomedic
Romance 30%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count69,562
Page count~278 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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