The Alibi 📖

The Alibi

Brown, Sandra
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mystery legal thriller past tense third limited POV ~551 pp

Vibe

tense psychological romantic

A mystery. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven. Contains notable violence, romance, sexual content.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 40
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 65
externalintrospective
Ending 50
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 80
intimateepic

Content

Violence 60%
noneextreme
Sexual content 70%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 85%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count137,813
Page count~551 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited