Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 60 gumshoe 59 Dashiell Hammett 55 Maltese Falcon 52 detective 52 noir 51 Spenser 48 film noir 48 Ellroy 48 homicide detective 47 sleuth 46 Eliot Ness 46 Columbo 45 Thin Man 44 Charles Bukowski 44 James Ellroy 44 Humphrey Bogart 43 noirish 43 barkeep 43 lawman 42 Lecter 42 Don Draper 42 Bela Lugosi 42 Rebus 41 Sherlock Holmes 41 wisecracking 41 femme fatale 41 antihero 41 martini 41 Miss Marple 40 jewel thief 40 Pacino 40 amnesiac 40 Errol Flynn 40 cat burglar 40 NYPD detective 40 John McClane 40 swashbuckler 40 gruff 39 Deep Throat 39 Karl Malden 39 ex con 39 writerly 39 Wyatt Earp 39 Inspector Clouseau 39 Gene Hackman 39 Lothario 39 Elmore Leonard 39 titular character 39 Robert Mitchum 39 pulp fiction 39 mobster 39 Jason Bourne 39 Harvey Keitel 39 Stephen Dorff 39 Kerouac 39 Flaubert 39 suave 38 screwball comedy 38 petty thief 38 droll 38 Larry McMurtry 38 debonair 38 bloodhound 38 Prime Suspect 38 superspy 38 philanderer 38 Donnie Brasco 38 Poirot 38 Dirty Harry 38 serial killer 38 bon vivant 38 Billy Wilder 38 Matthew Goode 38 bounty hunter 37 Orson Welles 37 treasure hunter 37 wise cracking 37 Groucho 37 whodunit 37 Carrie Bradshaw 37 Eli Wallach 37 Barbara Stanwyck 37 Don Corleone 37 sophisticate 37 undercover cop 37 druggy 37 Gregory Peck 37 pulpy 37 Clouseau 37 Giamatti 37 mailman 37 Baudelaire 37 Ingrid Bergman 37 basset hound 37 Duchovny 36 assassin 36 Cary Grant 36 Al Capone 36 procedurals 36 pickpocket 36 Belushi