It was originally published in 1978 by the Penguin Group under the title Storm Island.This novel was Folletts first successful, best-selling effort as a novelist, and it earned him the 1979 Edgar Award for Best Novel from the Mystery Writers of America. But he hasn’t planned for a storm-battered island and the remarkable young woman who lives there. Eye of the Needle is a spy thriller novel written by Welsh author Ken Follett. Leaving a trail of bodies in his wake, The Needle ruthlessly races to a U-boat waiting to convey him and his critical message to Germany, with MI5 on his tail.
In England he uncovers the Allies’ D-Day plans but his cover is blown in the process. He is Hitler’s prize undercover agent – a ruthless and professional murderer. His weapon is the stiletto, his codename: The Needle. 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 take the fight to the Nazi menace.
In the weeks leading up to D-Day the Allies are disguising their invasion plans with elaborate decoy ships and planes. Eye of the Needle, Ken Follett's historical thriller, is a heart-racingly exciting tale about the fate of the war resting in the hands of a master spy, his opponent and one brave woman.ġ944.
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