Eye of the Needle

<p><b>‘Tense, marvellously detailed’ – <i>The </i><i>Sunday Times</i></b><br><br><b><i>Eye of the Needle</i>, 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.<br><br>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.<br><br>***</b><br><br><b>VICTORY HANGS IN THE BALANCE</b><br><br>1944. 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.<br><br><b>A COLD-BLOODED KILLER</b><br><br>His 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.<br><br><b>A DEADLY CHASE</b><br><br>Leaving 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 . . .<br><br><b>***<br><br>‘Really thrilling’ – <i>The New York Times Book Review</i><br><br>‘An absolutely terrific thriller, so pulse-pounding, so ingenious in its plotting and so frighteningly realistic that you simply cannot stop reading’ – <i>Publishers Weekly</i><br><br>‘Top-notch suspense . . . a terrific thriller . . . spellbinding’ – <i>Miami Herald</i><br><br>‘Great . . . one of the twelve best thrillers from the last fifty years’ – <i>Rocky Mountain News</i><br><br>‘Extraordinarily satisfying . . . a truly suspenseful novel . . . heart-stopping, nerve-freezing terror’ – <i>Los Angeles Times </i><br><br>‘A spy novel of the highest order’ – <i>The Baltimore Sun</i></b></p>