Eye of the Needle Paperback – 20 July 2019

The story is absorbing

It is a good spy thriller based on World War 2. It has all the ingredients for a mass entertainer: Thrill, Romance, Violence, Patriotism. You will not surely get bang for your buck.

The book follows the stories of a German spy, two MI5 operatives trying to catch him and a newly-wed RAF pilot's family. The story is superbly paced and I was rooting for every single character when I was reading their parts.Simply amazing! If you like fast paced, well researched spy thrillers, get the book already!

I was shaking when the finished the last chapter. What a book! What a thriller!.This was the best thriller I have read till date. The ending really gave me goosebumps. The characters are so well connected. I was scared at a moment for a precious character and simultaneously felt bad for the other one. When war strikes, killers are patriots and patriots are killers ,whether killing makes one a hero or a murderer becomes a game of perspective. While in one moment I rooted for Faber, in the second I felt sorry for his unintended preys. The book was gripping till the end. The epilogue gave it an amazing conclusion. I highly recommend it.

This was the first book where I found the central character is an antagonist - a Nazi spy. It is so masterfully written that its pace never slackens. The ingenuity of 'The Needle' made me root for him! The tense atmosphere of WWII days is palpable with the British and German generals discussing their strategies and Churchill & Hitler making a few page appearances. And his mission has such high stakes that this book really is unputdownable!

Racy read indeed.. But the plot is very much predictable.I started reading this after finishing Ken Follett's Century Trilogy and unfortunately couldn't adjust myself to reading one in a much smaller canvas. Considering that this is Ken's first one (or among the very early ones), the book is fine in terms of the plot and the narrative. But, as mentioned previously, it was very very predictable.

One of the best books about spies. I am fascinated by the characters in this novel - the spy, the cop, the academic turned spy catcher and the lady. One of the best novel I have ever read.

Throughly enjoyed value for money.Ok I will put more than 15 words so that you allow me to Post it.