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The Franchise Affair
Tey, Josephine
mystery
cozy mystery
past tense
third limited POV
~361 pp
Vibe
A mystery. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven. Ends with catharsis. Contains notable violence, humor.
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Style Fingerprint
Prose density
75
sparsedense
Pacing
40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone
30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding
10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot
80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority
60
externalintrospective
Ending
90
unresolvedcathartic
Content
Sexual content
20%
noneexplicit
Structure & Cast
Structure
| Word count | 90,171 |
| Page count | ~361 pp |
| Prologue | — |
| Epilogue | — |
| Tense | past |