When it comes to the crime fiction stuff I use, I often like to use a [url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KnightInSourArmor]Knight in Sour Armor[/url] or an [url= http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AntiVillain]Anti-Villain[/url] in a [url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrapsackWorld]Crapsack World[/url]

I'm in the process of working on something that'll invoke the [url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VicePresidentWho]Vice President Who?[/url] and [url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman]Richard Nixon the Used Car Salesman[/url] tropes.