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Books in Hugo Dare series

  • The Greatest Spy Who Never Was

    David Codd

    (Independently published, Dec. 21, 2019)
    Meet Hugo Dare. Schoolboy turned super spy. Both stupidly dangerous and dangerously stupid.Thirteen year old Hugo’s life is turned upside down when his part-time job as a toilet boy in secret organisation, SICK, is unexpectedly upgraded eight levels to that of a spy. His first assignment - to go deep undercover with Agent One and assist him in any way he can.Sounds easy, right? Wrong. Very wrong.A robbery at the Bottle Bank. Diamond smuggling at the Pearly Gates Cemetery. The theft of priceless artifact, Coocamba’s Idol. Hugo is there on each and every occasion, but then so, too, is someone else.Wrinkles, the town of Crooked Elbow’s oldest criminal mastermind.She needs to be stopped and fast. No, quicker than that. Double fast. Before it's too late.In a battle of good versus evil, young versus old, ugly versus even uglier, there can only be one winner ... and it better be Hugo otherwise we're all in trouble!A laugh-out-loud, thrill-a-minute adventure story for children aged 7+.
  • The Weasel Has Landed

    David Codd

    (Independently published, March 30, 2020)
    Schoolboy turned super spy Hugo Dare is back ... and this time he's going where others fear to tread!No, not barefoot through a puddle of cat sick. This is much, much worse than that.Maya, the Mayor of Crooked Elbow's daughter, is being held captive in one of the most dangerous places known to mankind.Elbow's End.Populated by rogues and wrong 'uns of the lowest order, only one person can find Maya and get her out of there in one piece. Unfortunately, that person is busy flossing their nostrils so it's left to someone else.And that someone else is Hugo!A laugh-out-loud, thrill-a-minute adventure story for children aged 8 and upwards.