David Codd
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“Word of warning,’ said the postman, although I half-expected his warning would consist of more than one word. ‘That message will set alight in exactly five seconds … four … three … two …’ I slipped the paper onto my tongue and swallowed before he could finish his countdown. A moment later I felt a burning sensation rising in my chest. I burped and a plume of smoke blew out of both nostrils.”
― The Greatest Spy Who Never Was
― The Greatest Spy Who Never Was
“I tend to keep my pennies in a pair of my father’s socks,’ I said. ‘They were hanging on the washing line the last time I looked. Perfectly safe.”
― The Greatest Spy Who Never Was
― The Greatest Spy Who Never Was
“That’s a bit careless. Who was looking after them?’ ‘You were,’ sighed Finefellow. She drew a breath before reeling off the list. ‘Agents Fifteen and Sixteen have run off to open a florists together; Agent Twenty-Six has been trampled on by a herd of stampeding buffalo and Agent Nine got her scarf caught in a tumble-dryer … whilst she was still wearing it!”
― The Greatest Spy Who Never Was
― The Greatest Spy Who Never Was
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