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Eye of the Needle

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Eye of the Needle

By: Ken Follett
Narrated by: Samuel West
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The worldwide phenomenon from the bestselling author of The Pillars of the Earth, World Without End, A Column of Fire, and The Evening and the Morning

His code name was “The Needle.” He was a German aristocrat of extraordinary intelligence—a master spy with a legacy of violence in his blood, and the object of the most desperate manhunt in history. . . .

But his fate lay in the hands of a young and vulnerable English woman, whose loyalty, if swayed, would assure his freedom—and win the war for the Nazis. . . .


Accolades & Awards

Edgar Award
1979
Edgar Award Historical Thriller & Suspense Spies & Politics War Espionage Fiction War & Military Military Exciting Genre Fiction

Critic reviews

"Top-notch suspense . . . a terrific thriller . . . spellbinding." —The 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

"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

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Well read, this WWII book kept me on the edge of my seat with an ending I wasn’t expecting

Suspenseful

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What a story- couldn’t stop listening! Highly recommend this book! I love Ken Follett books.

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Listening to this book now was just as exciting as when I read it in the 70’s

Eye of the Needle

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I really enjoyed this book. Great story, great narration. 5 stars! And I rarely give 5 stars!

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This is what a book should be. Great storyline, well crafted, good characters, but my favorite part is the writing. His description of an island is the most creative and unexpected usage of words to create images I have heard in a long long time. Just get it and enjoy.

This is what a book should be

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