{"product_id":"9781035080182","title":"Eye of the Needle","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Follett, Ken \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eThriller \/ suspense\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 1 January 1800 by PAN MACMILLAN (Pan Books) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 496 pages\u003cbr\u003e196 x 130 x 34 | 342g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Tense, marvellously detailed’ – The Sunday TimesEye of the Needle, Ken Follett’s breakthrough international bestseller, is a heart-racing, exciting tale about the fate of the Second World War as it rests in the hands of a master spy, his opponent and one brave woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten when he was only twenty-seven, it launched the career of master storyteller Ken Follett, and was later adapted for the screen by Richard Marquand, starring Donald Sutherland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e***VICTORY HANGS IN THE BALANCE1944. 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 can then take the fight to the Nazi menace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA COLD-BLOODED KILLERHis weapon is the stiletto; his code name: The Needle. He is Hitler’s prize undercover agent – a ruthless, professional murderer. In England, he uncovers the Allies’ D-Day plans, but his cover is blown in the process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA DEADLY CHASELeaving a trail of bodies in his wake and with MI5 on his tail, The Needle ruthlessly races to a U-boat that is waiting to convey him and his critical message to Germany. But he hasn’t planned for a storm-battered island and the remarkable young woman who lives there . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e***‘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‘Top-notch suspense . . . a terrific thriller . . . spellbinding’ – 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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47100428648707,"sku":"9781035080182","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781035080182.jpg?v=1755507672","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.live\/products\/9781035080182","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}