Eye of the Needle

by Ken Follett

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In 1944, German agent Henry Faber discovers that the Allied force apparently preparing to invade France at Calais is an elaborate deception. If he can deliver photographic evidence to Germany, the secret may expose Normandy as the real invasion target and alter the course of the war.

MI5 pursues Faber across Britain as he attempts to reach a waiting U-boat. A storm strands him on an isolated island with Lucy Rose, whose troubled marriage and growing suspicion place an ordinary civilian between the spy and his mission. The novel turns Operation Fortitude into a close contest between intelligence strategy and individual endurance.