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Alex Cross 23: Cross Justice

James Patterson
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mystery crime thriller past tense first POV ~368 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

tense gritty psychological

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

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 85
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 60%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 30%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count92,073
Page count~368 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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