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Alex Cross 27: The People vs. Alex Cross

James Patterson
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thriller crime thriller past tense third limited POV ~334 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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tense gritty paranoid

A propulsive and dark thriller. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 80
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 40
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 20%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count83,553
Page count~334 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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