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The series starts with Luke passing his FI examination, only to quickly be thrust into his first case when a series of murders occur in the school that all seem to point to him being the perpetrator. After solving the case he's stationed in London due to the abundance of crimes in the South, which puts pressure on his already forbidden relationship with [[Love Interest]] Jade Vernon.
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* [[Arranged Marriage]]: Pairings work this way. It becomes a source of conflict in many of the books, most notably between Luke and Jade.
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* [[Buried Alive]]: What {{spoiler|Ian Pritchard}} nearly did to Luke in ''Final Lap''.
* [[Endangered Species]]: Cats and dogs. A cat smuggling operation was even central {{spoiler|though a [[Red Herring]]}} to the plot of ''Framed!''
* [[Excited Show Title!]]: ''Framed!''.
* [[Faking the Death]]: {{spoiler|Camilla in ''Double Check''. She tries it again during the investigation, but Luke isn't fooled.}}
* [[Foreshadowing]]: {{spoiler|Ian's}} line to Luke about the foundations in Final Lap.
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* [[Parental Abandonment]]: After children are sent to school they aren't allowed to see their parents again. {{spoiler|Subverted in Blood Brother where Luke's father appears.}}
* [[Robot Buddy]]: Malc.
* [[Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl]]: Luke and Jade.
* [[Smoking Is Cool]]: Inverted; smoking is illegal in the Traces verse.
* [[Taking the Bullet]]: Malc does this three times for Luke; taking a knife in ''Framed!'', a bullet in ''Lost Bullet'' and a tree branch in ''Final Lap''. Justified in that Luke's safety is Malc's second priority after upholding the law.
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