Eye of the Needle
- Authors: Ken Follett
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- Type: Novel
- Genres: Thriller
- Rank:Top 500 in Best Spies & Political Thrillers on Amazon
- Rating: 4.6 based on 30,032 reviews
- Release Date: January 1, 2006
- Print length: 311 pages (Hardcover)
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About the book
His weapon is the stiletto, his codename: "The Needle". He is Henry Faber, Germany's most feared agent in Britain. His task is to discover the Allies' plans for D-Day, and get them to Germany at all costs. A task that he ruthlessly carries through, until Storm Island and a woman called Lucy.
Accolades
Edgar Award for Best Novel 1979
Praise for Eye of the Needle
A spy novel of the highest order.
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Great... one of the twelve best thrillers from the last fifty years.
Top-notch suspense... a terrific thriller... spellbinding.
Really thrilling.