Eye of the Needle
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By Ken Follett
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His weapon is the stiletto, his codename: The Needle. He is Hitler’s prize undercover agent – a cold and professional killer. It is 1944 and weeks before D-Day. The Allies are disguising their invasion plans with a phoney armada of ships and planes. Their plan would be ruined if an enemy agent found out…and then The Needle does just that. Hunted by MI5, he leads a murderous trail across Britain to a waiting U-Boat. But he hasn’t planned for a storm-battered island, and the remarkable young woman who lives there. ""Eye of the Needle"", an international bestseller, is a heart-racingly exciting tale about the fate of the war resting in the hands of a master spy, his opponent and a brave woman. ‘An absolutely terrific thriller, so pulse-pounding, so ingenious in its plotting and so frighteningly realistic that you simply cannot stop reading’ – ""Publishers Weekly"". ‘A tense, marvellously detailed suspense thriller based on a solid foundation of fact’ – ""Sunday Times"".
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Tightly written and well constructed novel. A war-time espionage tale that left me wondering just what happened in the weeks and days that led up to D-Day. Everybody had their part to play if Hitler was to be out-manoeuvred and the sides were depending on accurate assessment of the massing of troops and the area where the anticipated assault would land in Europe. Perhaps the battle would be won by successful mis-information as much as by the bravery of the troops in battle? A good read.
