'Tense marvellously detailed' - The Sunday Times Eye 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 BALANCE 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. A COLD-BLOODED KILLER 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. A DEADLY CHASE 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 . . . *** '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 . . . one of the
twelve best thrillers from the last fifty years' - Rocky Mountain News 'Extraordinarily
satisfying . . . a truly suspenseful novel . . . heart-stopping nerve-freezing terror' - Los
Angeles Times 'A spy novel of the highest order' - The Baltimore Sun
