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What Lies Between Us

John Marrs
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psychological thriller domestic thriller past tense third limited POV ~409 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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psychological horror oppressive dark

A dark psychological thriller. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, sexual content.

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 5
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 85
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 60%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 30%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count102,245
Page count~409 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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