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The Guilty

Baldacci, David
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mystery crime thriller past tense third limited POV ~469 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

tense gritty oppressive

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

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 80
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 40
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 30%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count117,304
Page count~469 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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