Match BookCrossed by Death
A.C.F. Bookens
2021 · 220 pages · Mystery
How it reads
Crossed by Death is mystery (cozy mystery, specifically), and its dominant mood is cosy. Low stakes, warm company: the kind of book you read under a blanket. It moves fast: plot-driven and hard to put down, the kind of book that carries you along even when you're tired.
It's set in a small town setting, in the present day, told in the third person, staying close to one character. Its central concerns are justice, friendship and secrets. In weight it's light and escapist — easy to fall into.
It opens a series. The ending resolves happily. At 220 pages it's a quick read. It's moderately known: read by plenty of people, but not a household name.
Pick it up if…
- you're in the mood for something cosy
- you want a book that pulls you through
- you want an escape
Maybe not if…
- you need something dark, tense or eerie
- you want dense, lingering prose
All 15 dimensions
- Genre
- mystery
- Author gender
- female
- Author experience
- prolific veteran
- Setting: place
- small town
- Setting: time
- contemporary
- Mood / feeling
- cosy
- Pace
- fast paced
- Tone / weight
- light and escapist
- Length
- short
- Narrative style
- third person, one viewpoint
- Publication era
- recent
- Popularity
- moderately known
- Series vs standalone
- first in a series
- Themes
- justice, friendship, secrets
- Ending style
- resolved and happy
What these mean: the 15 dimensions of a book.
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