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The first novel was adapted for the big screen in 1989 under the name ''Just Ask For Diamond'', and ''South by South East'' was made into a TV series in 1991 using the same cast.
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* [[Adults Are Useless]]: Nick manages to outwit each and every adult he encounters, be it the police, his older brother, or a master criminal.
* [[Bait and Switch Gunshot]]: [[Played for Laughs]] at the climax of ''The Falcon's Malteser''.
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* [[Courtroom Antic]]: Subverted by ''Public Enemy Number Two'': when Tim is called as a witness to Nick's trial, he does proceed to make a complete mockery of the legal system by saying increasingly stupid things, but he is completely unaware he's doing so and it more or less secures Nick's conviction.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Nick.
* [[Do Not Call Me "Paul"]]: Tim gets very touchy about people using his real name.
* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: The first book refers to Tim as "Herbert" (his real name) throughout, and isn't quite as comedic in tone as any of the others.
* [[Gene Hunt Interrogation Technique]]: ''Everything'' Boyle does.
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