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- Sam Spade, e.g.
- Nicholson role in "Chinatown"
- Philip Marlowe or Sam Spade
- Tec for hire
- ???
- Gardner's Paul Drake, e.g.
- Nero Wolfe, for one
- Sleuth for hire
- Soldier to inspect magazine
- Investigator playing every tape first for impact
- Detective type I’ve associated with era mistakenly
- Tommy and I caught by investigator
- Whodunit hero
- Whodunit character