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* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: Many times, even the titles of the books.
* [[Last-Name Basis]]: Snape and Boyle; in the former's case it turns out that his first name is [[Embarrassing First Name|Freddie]].
* [[Odd Name Out]]: The first six books' titles are all parodies of crime novels and movies such as ''[[
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Inverted in that Nick chose to abandon his parents when they emigrated to Australia.
* [[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.
* [[Plot
* [[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.
* [[Reunion Revenge]]: The plot of ''I Know What You Did Last Wednesday''.
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