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* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: Many times, even the titles of the books. |
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: Many times, even the titles of the books. |
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* [[Last-Name Basis]]: Snape and Boyle; in the former's case it turns out that his first name is [[Embarrassing First Name|Freddie]]. |
* [[Last-Name Basis]]: Snape and Boyle; in the former's case it turns out that his first name is [[Embarrassing First Name|Freddie]]. |
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* [[Odd Name Out]]: The first six books' titles are all parodies of crime novels and movies such as ''[[The Maltese Falcon]]'' and ''[[North by Northwest]]''. The last book's title is taken from ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas (novel)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]''. |
* [[Odd Name Out]]: The first six books' titles are all parodies of crime novels and movies such as ''[[The Maltese Falcon]]'' and ''[[North by Northwest]]''. The last book's title is taken from ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (novel)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]''. |
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* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Inverted in that Nick chose to abandon his parents when they emigrated to Australia. |
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Inverted in that Nick chose to abandon his parents when they emigrated to Australia. |
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* [[Piano Drop]]: Nick escapes from the flat he's imprisoned in by dropping a piano on the villains returning there after finding he's lied to buy himself time. |
* [[Piano Drop]]: Nick escapes from the flat he's imprisoned in by dropping a piano on the villains returning there after finding he's lied to buy himself time. |
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* [[Plot Based Photograph Obfuscation]]: ''The Blurred Man'', {{spoiler|where the two criminals of the book have been running a charity using the fake persona of "Lenny Smile". When somebody asks for a photo of Lenny Smile, one of the criminals dresses up as him in a deliberately out-of-focus photograph.}} |
* [[Plot Based Photograph Obfuscation]]: ''The Blurred Man'', {{spoiler|where the two criminals of the book have been running a charity using the fake persona of "Lenny Smile". When somebody asks for a photo of Lenny Smile, one of the criminals dresses up as him in a deliberately out-of-focus photograph.}} |
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* [[Punny Name]]: In the first book alone there are two Germans called Gott and Himmel, a [[Femme Fatale]] called Lauren Bacardi, and a charlady called Betty Charlady. |
* [[Punny Name]]: In the first book alone there are two Germans called Gott and Himmel, a [[Femme Fatale]] called Lauren Bacardi, and a charlady called Betty Charlady. |
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* [[Reunion Revenge]]: The plot of ''I Know What You Did Last Wednesday''. |
* [[Reunion Revenge]]: The plot of ''I Know What You Did Last Wednesday''. |
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* [[Running Joke]]: Tim's inability to remember a client's name properly; 'Mr Naples' becomes 'Mr Venice', 'Mr Navels' and 'Mr Nipples' within the course of the first chapter, 'Johnny Powers' becomes 'Johnny Flowers', 'Mr Hammill' becomes 'Mr Camel', 'Mr Hubble', 'Mr Rubble' and 'Mr Rabble', etc. etc. |
* [[Running Joke]]: Tim's inability to remember a client's name properly; 'Mr Naples' becomes 'Mr Venice', 'Mr Navels' and 'Mr Nipples' within the course of the first chapter, 'Johnny Powers' becomes 'Johnny Flowers', 'Mr Hammill' becomes 'Mr Camel', 'Mr Hubble', 'Mr Rubble' and 'Mr Rabble', etc. etc. |
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* [[Schedule Slip]]: 12 years between books 3 and 4. |
* [[Schedule Slip]]: 12 years between books 3 and 4. |
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* [[Status Quo Is God]]: No matter how great the reward is for solving a crime, by the beginning of the next book the Brothers are destitute again. |
* [[Status Quo Is God]]: No matter how great the reward is for solving a crime, by the beginning of the next book the Brothers are destitute again. |
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* [[Title Drop]]: All the titles of the books, from "I Know Who You Killed Last Wednesday" to "The Falcon's Malteser" to even "South by Southeast" get dropped in context. |
* [[Title Drop]]: All the titles of the books, from "I Know Who You Killed Last Wednesday" to "The Falcon's Malteser" to even "South by Southeast" get dropped in context. |
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* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Tim |
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Tim |
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* [[Twist Ending]]: Once in each of the first three novels; {{spoiler|In ''The Falcon's Malteser'', when Nick finds that Lauren has got to the diamonds before him, in ''Public Enemy Number Two'' when Nick realises his French teacher is the [[Big Bad]], and in ''South by South East'' when Nick realises that Tim's girlfriend is the [[Big Bad]].}} |
* [[Twist Ending]]: Once in each of the first three novels; {{spoiler|In ''The Falcon's Malteser'', when Nick finds that Lauren has got to the diamonds before him, in ''Public Enemy Number Two'' when Nick realises his French teacher is the [[Big Bad]], and in ''South by South East'' when Nick realises that Tim's girlfriend is the [[Big Bad]].}} |
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