History Literature / FlyByNightSeries

* ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud: Inverted. The young lawyer Pertellis teaches children how to read and write, and dictates political tracts for them to copy. One of the tracts ends with, "All right, children, that's all for today, now everyone out of the windmill."

* FantasticRacism: A unique case is presented in the series, as it has nothing to do with races. When a child is born, they are given a MeaningfulName in honour of whatever Beloved is sacred to that day or hour. However, many Beloveds are considered superior to others, and people born under them are usually deemed more blessed for it. The town of Toll in ''Twilight Robbery'' takes the prejudice UpToEleven, as residents named after either unsavoury or just less than stellar Beloveds not only have to wear badges proclaiming their patron to the world and live and work as second-class citizens, but are not permitted to ''exist'' during daylight hours, and must hide themselves indoors until night. The fact that it is totally nonsensical is, of course, the point.

A children book series by Creator/FrancesHardinge currently consisting of two [[Main/{{Doorstopper}} doorstoppers]] about the (mis)adventures of one Mosca Mye, a twelve-year-old girl with a passion for books and intrigues, her not-so-willing accomplice Eponymous Clent, a conman/travelling poet, and a goose named Saracen, whose thirst for blood more than compensates for Clent's unwillingness.

* AtrociousAlias[=/=]AwesomeMcCoolname: YMMV as to which name falls into which category, but one thing is definite: there's no middle ground.

* BlackAndGreyMorality: Most of the characters, including our trio of protagonists, are different levels of jerkass, even though most of the time it's Main/PlayedForLaughs. However, see Main/ZeroPercentApprovalRating below.

* WouldHitAGirl[=/=]WouldHurtAChild: The villains (of whom there are many) have absolutely no reservations about either.

* EveryoneHasStandards[=/=]HorrifyingTheHorror[=/=]ZeroPercentApprovalRating: ''Everyone'' is terrified of Birdcathers, including the Locksmiths, who otherwise fulfill the position of Main/TheDreaded in the Realm.

** She then becomes furious at how she has been used and spends the entire book exacting revenge on this man. It's probably no coincidence that this is also the book where Goshawk becomes a more prominent character and immediately [[spoiler: [[Main/VillainTakesAnInterest takes an interest in Mosca]]]].

* ''Twilight Robbery (US: ''Fly Trap'') (2011)

!!Both novels provide examples of the following tropes:

!!''Fly by Night'' provides examples of the following tropes:

!!''Fly Trap/Twilight Robbery'' provides examples of the following tropes:

** [[spoiler:Beamabeth, the mayor's adopted daughter from ''Twilight Robbery'', is a greedy, manipulate shrew underneath her SpoiledSweet mask.]]

Not [[SimilarlyNamedWorks to be confused with]] ''Series/{{Nightflyers}}'', a Creator/Syfy miniseries based on a novella from Creator/GeorgeRRMartin. Or with 1997's film ''Film/TheNightFlier'', based on the story of the same name from Creator/StephenKing.