Eye of the Needle

Eye of the Needle, Ken Follett's breakthrough 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 one brave woman.

Written when he was only twenty-seven, it launched the careeer 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 take the fight to the Nazi menace.

A Cold-Blooded Killer
His weapon is the stiletto, his codename: The Needle. He is Hitler's prize undercover agent - a ruthless and 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, The Needle ruthlessly races to a U-boat waiting to convey him and his critical message to Germany, with MI5 on his tail. 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

'A tense, marvelously detailed suspense thriller based on a solid foundation of fact' - Sunday Times

'Top-notch suspense . . . a terrific thriller . . . spellbinding.' - The 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