‘Tense, marvellously detailed’ – The Sunday TimesEye of the Needle, Ken Follett’s breakthrough international bestseller, is a heart-racing, exciting tale about the fate of the Second World War as it rests in the hands of a master spy, his opponent and one brave woman. Written when he was only twenty-seven, it launched the career of master storyteller Ken Follett, and was later adapted for the screen by Richard Marquand, starring Donald Sutherland. ***VICTORY HANGS IN THE BALANCE1944.
In the weeks leading up to D-Day, the Allies are disguising their invasion plans with elaborate decoy ships and planes. If they can land a force on mainland Europe, they will gain the upper hand in a war that has ravaged the world for years, and can then take the fight to the Nazi menace. A COLD-BLOODED KILLERHis weapon is the stiletto; his code name: The Needle.
He is Hitler’s prize undercover agent – a ruthless, professional murderer. In England, he uncovers the Allies’ D-Day plans, but his cover is blown in the process. A DEADLY CHASELeaving a trail of bodies in his wake and with MI5 on his tail, The Needle ruthlessly races to a U-boat that is waiting to convey him and his critical message to Germany.
But he hasn’t planned for a storm-battered island and the remarkable young woman who lives there . . .
***‘Really thrilling’ – The New York Times Book Review‘An absolutely terrific thriller, so pulse-pounding, so ingenious in its plotting and so frighteningly realistic that you simply cannot stop reading’ – Publishers Weekly‘Top-notch suspense . . .
a terrific thriller . . .
spellbinding’ – Miami Herald‘Great . .
