> Straight out of another LLM
??? Not a native speaker, turns out short word is hardboiled.
> Please name some books in this style, since it seems to be on the tip of your tongue.
Googled for you: https://www.google.com/search?q=hardboiled+detective+book
Could you expand on how it's pulp-fictitious? Or noir? Or "rugged" detective? Why the "rugged"? I've never heard of the word "hardboiled" referring to anything but eggs.