Cos that only happens in dime novels.

It was all right out of some dime novel.

Now, sweetie. . . . . .you don't believe them silly dime novels, do you?

Some gumshoe in a dime novel. . . . . .loose-cannoning around the city?

Took to wearing that gun, swaggering around like some... dime-novel jackass.

N ow, sweetie... ...you don't believe them silly dime novels, do you?

I'd rather try and do whatever good I can than waste my brain writing dime novel sci fi waiting for my next movie deal.