I just finished The Day of the Jackal, loved it, and decided to try another suspenseful fiction book which is a genre that I seldom read. It was a good decision.This book, which was made into a film in 1981, is a well written story of the Nazi top secret agent, The Needle (Die Nadel), who has discovered that the Allies will indeed attack Fortress Europa at Normandy. The Allies have so far convinced the Nazis that they will invade at Cherbourg where Hitler is moving his troops to stop them on the...

For years, Ken Follett has been one of the authors I most admire... but given the length of his novels and the historical aspects, I tend to only read one or two a year -- and he has a lot to catch up on. This year, I started with Eye of the Needle, perhaps his most well-known novel. A German spy is at the center of the story, and he's infiltrated the British military intelligence agency... several are killed before his identity becomes compromised, and then he's on the run. He kills with a stil...

I do enjoy a good old fashioned spy thriller and who better than Ken Follett to write a suspenseful and exciting story that had me intrigued from start to finish. In the weeks leading up to D-Day. Hitler’s prize undercover agent and a cold and professional Killer who goes by the enamel of The Neddle, is on the cusp of discovering the Allies Invasion plans and ruining what has been months of planning. Hunted by MI5 he leads a murderous trail across Britain to a waiting u Boat but he hasn’t planne...

A enthralling tale with falling off your seat suspense.I absolutely couldn't stop thinking about the characters and their plight in this "older" gem of a read! I enjoy WWII historical fiction and this one delivered on many fronts. The terrifying German spy called "The Needle", a determined British intelligence officer, a betrayal, a strong English woman, a hunt for the villain, a shipwreck, an unlikely rendezvous. There are even a few steamy scenes that may give you some chills.A friend handed m...

Um Amor ComplicadoPor onde passa deixa um rasto de morte. Mata com um estilete e por isso lhe chamam o Agulha. Tem uma missão a cumprir e é tudo o que lhe importa. Até que Ela aparece...E... se mais quiserem saber... terão que ler a sinopse ou outras resenhas (algo que definitivamente não recomendo), pois eu irei calar-me por aqui. É ler e ganhar ou não ler e perder. O conselho é meu e a escolha é vossa! 😉———————————++++++++++++++++++——☠️💕 Love is a Hunter 💕 ☠️They call him The Needle. They k...

Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett is an adventurous spy thriller novel set in the backdrop of World War II, specifically leading to the D-Day aka the Battle of Normandy. Henry Faber aka The Needle, is a German spy in the midst of the English. He somehow gathers the most important intelligence information that can decide the fate of the war for the Germans. Hitler trusts him, but will he able to successfully transfer that knowledge, given that the English Intelligence is doing everything in their ...

If you have never read any of Follett's work, then this is a good place to start. The paperback is 368 pages, which is shorter than many of his other books. If you like his style, then his other books have even more point-of-view characters that he rotates his narration around. I'm guessing that Follett realized he had a solid formula for creating tension. He just added more characters to prevent telegraphing too many plot points.This spy thriller delivers quite the adventure! No master work of ...

Clichéd and predictable: an ultimate disaster. Wasted my precious time on this one.

This was the novel that gave Follet star quality status in publishing circles. Not only was it a best seller but it also was adapted into a movie, starring Donald Sutherland. Here are some reasons to read THE EYE OF THE NEEDLE: (1) PRECISION: you like reading about cool, precise heroes or anti-heroes or villains who are painfully precise in their plans, the best at what they do and are totally "stone cold.";(2) WWII BUFF: you love to read about the "big thrills" of WWII; this has it since the Ge...

Today, most people know Ken Follett as the author of mammoth works of historical fiction. I mean, we’re talking novels that would make War and Peace turn and run like Napoleon’s troops from Moscow. (See what I did there?) It’s a known fact that you can construct a home able to withstand an F5 tornado solely from copies of Pillars of the Earth, World Without End and Fall of Giants. (Note: this house will not have doors, windows, a roof, or the ability to withstand an F5 tornado). Before he starte...