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Description edit
Originally published as "Storm Island"
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... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Henry Faber: Nazi spy living in London
- Frederick Bloggs: An agent with the MI5 assigned with the task of catching Henry Faber, codename: The Needle.
- Percival Godliman: A historian working with MI5 agent Bloggs to catch Faber
- David Rose: Husband of Lucy, a young RAF pilot who has lost his legs in an accident
- Lucy Rose: David's wife who falls in love with Faber before she comes to know of his identity
- Tom McAvity: David and Lucy's farmer and handyman at Storm Island
- Jonathan Alfred Malcolm Thomas Rose: David and Lucy's son
- Adolf Hitler: Leader of the Third Reich
- Erwin Rommel: Hitler's advisor in things military
- Die Nadel aka The Needle: Code name of Henry Faber
- Charles Linton: Add a description of this character.
- Lieutenant-Commander Werner Heer
- Major Wohl
- Christine Bloggs
- Mr Richard Porter
- Gerd von Rundstedt
- Mr Winston Churchill: Prime Minister of England.
- Emma Parton
- Mrs Una Garden: Landlady murdered by her tennent, Faber.
- Watson
- Peter Fredericks
- Mr Anthony
- Jack Smith
- Heinrich
- Bob
- Morris Cowley Bullnose
- Admiral Wilhelm Canaris: Head of the Abwehr, the Wehrmacht intelligence service
- Hermann Goering: Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe in Nazi Germany
- Blondie: Codename of German spy murdered by Faber.
- Jessie
- Alfred George Owens
- Billy Parkin
- Peterkin Blenkinsop
- Alfred Jodl
- Willi
- Mr Harold Garden: Deceased husband of Ula Garden.
- Mother
- Stalin
- Dalkeith
- Smiler
- Corporal Watkins
- Waldberg
- Daft Willie
- Mr Riley: British landlord of murdered German spy, codenamed Blondie.
- Stephen Langham
- Heinz Guderian
- Alfred Rose
- Bill
- Mr Midwinter
- Alexis von Roenne
- D. H. Lawrence
- Detective-Inspector Harris
- James Baker
- Canter
- Charles Calder
- Detective-Chief-Inspector Kincaid
- George S. Patton: Comander of U.S. forces diring the Invasion of occupied France at Normandy.
- Sid Cripps
- Theodor Krancke
- Friedrich Kaldor
- Karl Jesko von Puttkamer
- Von Braun
- Senhor Rodriguez
First Sentence edit
IT WAS THE COLDEST WINTER FOR FORTY-FIVE YEARS.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 10 of 10 in Publishers Weekly Bestselling Novels In 1978. (authoritative list)
This is book 21 of 99 in NPR's Top 100 Killer Thriller. (community list)
This is book 25 of 100 in Top 100 Mysteries of All Time (Mystery Writers of America, 1995). (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Ken Follett (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Group
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: 1978
ISBN: 0877951861
Page Count: 313
Publisher: Penguin Group
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: 1978
ISBN: 0877951861
Page Count: 313
Awards edit
- Edgar Award (1979: Best Novel)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PR6056.O45 1978
- Dewey: 823.914
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Movie Connections edit
- Eye of the Needle (1981) (IMDb): Starring Donald Sutherland and Kate Nelligan
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