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
“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
“Stood in the doorway, I considered my options in four easy steps. Step one and I’d bump into a stiff-looking piece of red moulded plastic. The visitor’s chair. Step two and I’d bang my knees on an antique wooden writing table that was piled high with pizza boxes. Step three and I’d have by-passed both the table and its companion, a leather armchair, only to find myself nose-to-brick with the opposite wall. Step four and … oh, that’s not possible. Not without a pneumatic drill at least.”
― The Greatest Spy Who Never Was
― The Greatest Spy Who Never Was
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