Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 57 Philip Marlowe 48 hardboiled 45 private 44 noirish 44 detective 43 Sam Spade 42 Ellroy 41 Mickey Spillane 41 shadowy 41 seamier side 40 fictional 39 whodunits 39 gumshoe 38 protagonist 38 Meyer Lansky 37 LAPD detective 37 quasi 37 sleuth 36 ex con 36 amateur sleuth 36 crooked cops 36 protection rackets 36 homicide detective 36 mercenary 36 delves 36 mafiosi 36 seedy underbelly 36 assignations 35 fictionalized account 35 assassins 35 intertwines 35 gangsters 35 intertwining 35 femme fatales 35 interweaves 35 mobsters 35 phantasmagoric 35 romances 35 gumshoes 35 dark underbelly 35 villains 35 assassin 35 darkly comic 35 plot revolves 35 mobster 35 shady characters 34 titular character 34 romantic liaisons 34 seamy 34 mafioso 34 seedy 34 whodunit 34 narrates 34 romantic entanglements 34 NYPD detective 34 bounty hunter 34 amoral 34 venal 33 kidnaps 33 adulterous 33 avenging angel 33 lawman 33 revolves around 33 gangster 33 characters 33 psychopathic killer 33 paramours 33 phantasmagoria 33 seductions 32 paints portrait 32 semi autobiographical 32 entities 32 criminal profiler 32 morally ambiguous 32 lowlifes 32 interweaving 32 petty thief 32 reimagines 32 lurid 32 Krays 32 straitlaced 32 FBI profiler 32 womanizing 32 subversively 32 darkly 32 Braugher 32 skeevy 32 romanticizes 32 bounty hunters 32 investigator 32 fictive 32 Graysmith 31 paramour 31 underworld 31 supernatural creatures 31 mysteries 31 paranormal investigator 31 delves deeper 31 sordid 31 Private 31 protagonists