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The Last Mile

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

Vibe

tense gritty paranoid

A dark 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 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 40
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 85
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 15%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 5%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count117,327
Page count~469 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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