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Similar in plot structure

These books are ranked using the plot structure labels extracted for The Authorities™.

Plot structure labels used: series setup, recruitment arc, case-of-the-week, investigation-driven, clue-based mystery, red herrings, foundation work, setup-heavy

Focused on “partial conclusion” where exact label matches exist.

This does not mean the books share the same plot, setting, quality, or difficulty. It means their plot structure embeddings are close.

Cover of X-Factor, Vol. 1: The Longest Night by Peter David

X-Factor, Vol. 1: The Longest Night

Peter David · 2007 · X-Factor (2005) (Collected Editions)

A mutant private-eye team investigates crimes and a larger conspiracy in the fallout of a world-shaking depowering event.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1514

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Paradox

Douglas Preston, Aletheia Preston · 2026 · Cash & Colcord

A Colorado murder and a stolen holy relic pull two investigators into a strange conspiracy linking faith, UFOs, and hidden violence.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1810

Cover of Celebrity in Death by J.D. Robb

Celebrity in Death

J.D. Robb · 2012 · In Death

When a movie based on an old case turns deadly at a celebrity party, Eve Dallas must solve a murder among the cast.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1875

Cover of Eternity in Death by J.D. Robb

Eternity in Death

J.D. Robb · 2007 · In Death

A pragmatic homicide detective chases a seemingly vampiric killer through a secretive underground club scene in future New York.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1946

Cover of Hex and the City by Simon R. Green

Hex and the City

Simon R. Green · 2005 · Nightside

A hidden London investigator is hired to uncover his city's origins and the truth about his missing mother.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1954

Cover of Lock In by John Scalzi

Lock In

John Scalzi · 2014 · Lock In

A rookie FBI agent in a near-future post-pandemic world investigates a murder tied to a new society of locked-in people.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1965

Cover of Stephen Leeds: Death and Faxes by Brandon Sanderson

Stephen Leeds: Death and Faxes

Brandon Sanderson, Max Epstein, David Pace, Michael Harkins · 2022 · Legion

An audio-first Legion novella sends Stephen Leeds into an FBI data-breach case where sound, faith, and vengeance collide.

Semantic match: ranked by plot structure

Distance: 0.1972