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    Cover of Eye of  the Needle

    Eye of the Needle

    Ken Follett

    One enemy spy knows the secret to the Allies' greatest deception, a brilliant aristocrat and ruthless assassin -- code name: "The Needle" -- who holds the key to ultimate Nazi victory.Only one person stands in his way: a lonely Englishwoman on an isolated island, who is beginning to love the killer who has mysteriously entered her life.All will come to a terrifying conclusion in Ken Follett's unsurpassed and unforgettable masterwork of suspense, intrigue, and the dangerous machinations of the human heart.

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    1. ryancJan 2011
      Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett is a great fictionalized spy novel centered around Operation Fortitude and spy catching in the UK during the second world war.
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    2. wantonclAug 2019
      Some of these deceptions are mentioned in Ken Follett's novel "Eye of the Needle", which was made into a movie in 1981.
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