Meanwhile, the Fuhrer is waiting to hear from his number one spy, his D-Day plan resting on the trustworthy intelligence he knows that he will receive. Now, the fate of the war balanced in his cold hands. Armed with this information and photographs of the silent, detailed town, die Nadel, aka Henry Faber, is on the run to outwit British intelligence and get in contact with his submarine. Set in WWII the story oscillates between three narratives the first being the shenanigans of a Nazi spy named “die Nadel” (the needle) who prefers to kill with a stiletto knife and has debunked allied counter-intelligence regarding the true location of the D-Day landings by accidentally discovering fake tanks, aircraft, and a military town – an elaborate scheme designed to convince the Nazis that the landing is planned for Calais. Rating: A Tense World War II Thriller Filled with Spies and TacticsĪ tense thriller, Eye of the Needle is the novel that effectively launched Ken Follett’s career as a novelist, also spawning a later movie.
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