'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.

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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...
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'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

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• Publication Date: September 4, 2008
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