{"product_id":"eye-of-the-needle-ken-follett-9781035080182","title":"Eye of the Needle","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Tense, marvellously detailed' - The Sunday Times\n\u003cbr\u003eEye 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\n\n\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\n\n\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVICTORY HANGS IN THE BALANCE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e1944. 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 upperhand in a war that has ravaged the world for years, and can then take the fight to the Nazi menace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA COLD-BLOODED KILLER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis 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\n\n\u003cp\u003eA DEADLY CHASE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLeaving 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\n\n\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Really thrilling' - The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'An absolutely terrific thriller, so pulse-pounding, so ingenious in its plotting and so frighteningly realistic that you simply cannot stop reading' - Publishers Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Top-notch suspense . . . a terrific thriller . . . spellbinding' - Miami Herald\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Great . . . one of the twelve best thrillers from the last fifty years' - Rocky Mountain News\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Extraordinarily satisfying . . . a truly suspenseful novel . . . heart-stopping, nerve-freezing terror' - Los Angeles Times \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A spy novel of the highest order' - The Baltimore Sun\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ken Follett","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":48499391987955,"sku":"9781035080182","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781035080182.jpg?v=1770836496","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/eye-of-the-needle-ken-follett-9781035080182","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}