Edgar Award Best Novel Winner
Eye of the Needle
by Ken Follett
Summary
During World War II a ruthless German spy known as the Needle uncovers the Allied deception masking the D Day invasion and races to carry the secret back to Berlin. The chase strands him on a remote Scottish island, where a lonely woman becomes the last obstacle between him and history. Follett built a taut wartime thriller that turns on character as much as suspense, and it made him an international bestseller.
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Historical Context & Significance
Eye of the Needle was Ken Follett's breakthrough novel and won the 1979 Edgar Award, later becoming a 1981 film starring Donald Sutherland.