Publisher's Synopsis
One foe spy knows the key to the Allies' most noteworthy duplicity, a splendid blue-blood and merciless professional killer - - code name: "The Needle" - - who holds the way to extreme Nazi triumph.
Just a single individual hinders him: a desolate Englishwoman on a disconnected island, who is starting to cherish the executioner who has strangely entered her life. All will reach an unnerving resolution in Ken Follett's magnificent and extraordinary show stopper of anticipation, interest, and the risky ruses of the human heart.Historical, Thriller,