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In this case these would be no reciprocal links and I wonder if search engines could detect this?
Receiprocal Link won't help you in long way. Google always determines about the reciprocal links and your website would be penalised for the same. So I would recommend not to do that.
Are reciprocal links from websites in you niche good idea for SEO and ranking in general?