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The Mimicking of Known Successes

169 pages 2023 Science Fiction, Mystery, Novella 🌶️ Clean Standalone

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The Vibe

On Jupiter's atmospheric platforms, a scholar and an investigator — who happen to be exes — must solve a mystery involving a missing man and extinct Earth species. Sherlock Holmes meets sapphic romance on Jupiter in 169 pages of cozy science fiction mystery perfection.

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Clean — sapphic romance.

Content Heads-Up

Murder
Isolation
Past relationship tension

Is This Book for You?

Skip if you dislike:

Need long reads
No cozy sci-fi

Ending: Satisfying

Pacing: Fast

What This Book Feels Like

Moods: Cozy Sapphic Jupiter Academic

Tropes: Locked Room on Jupiter Sapphic Exes Scholar Detective Cozy Sci-Fi Mystery

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is it really set on Jupiter?

On platforms in Jupiter's atmosphere — Earth is abandoned.

Is the romance central?

The exes-to-lovers arc is as important as the mystery.

Is 169 pages enough?

Perfectly paced — not a word wasted.

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