Book description
In his own bestselling tradition of Eye of the Needle and The Key to Rebecca, Ken Follett delivers a breathtaking novel of suspense set in the most dangerous days of World War II.
D-Day is approaching. They don't know where or when, but the Germans know it'll be soon, and…
Why read it?
2 authors picked Jackdaws as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Choosing a Ken Follett book is difficult–there are so many.
Eye of the Needle, a spy thriller, was the book that put Follett at the forefront of thriller writers, and I normally go for books where the main character is a man, but, in this case, I’ve chosen this book. This one is about a gang of disparate women (the Jackdaws) sent to blow up a telephone exchange in France just before D-Day. Flick is the young British secret agent tasked with assembling the team before parachuting into France.
I always aim to write perfectly feasible stories because life…
From Terry's list on international crime exotic locations nasty politics.
In history class, we only learned about the abstracts of World War II, and then only from the criminal’s side, with very few lessons being dedicated to the other victims. Not only does this book allow you into the French Resistance against Nazi occupation, its main character is a woman! It’s obviously fiction, and the ending is still the fall of Nazi Germany, but you sweat along with the characters. It’s wonderful to see a completely ruthless female warrior take the fight to a vile enemy. Especially for me as a German, it was a great read.
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EO-N
Spanning multiple timelines, EO-N weaves WWII mystery with contemporary social commentary.
Revolving around a missing aircraft discovered beneath a glacier decades after it disappeared, the story connects an American biotech executive, a Canadian investigator, the plane’s Canadian pilot, a disillusioned German pilot, and a young victim of Nazi horror.
Centering…
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