He is posing as a railway depot associate in London, observing the passage of troops through the city’s infrastructure in order to approximate Allied military decisions.
It introduces the antagonist Henry Faber, a notorious spy for Germany who uses a stiletto as his murder weapon. The success of this deception relied on the trust of every involved member of the FUSAG. The fictional FUSAG, or First United States Army Group, was created by the Allies it used props to direct the Germans’ attention to Calais and away from Normandy, the intended point of attack.
A foreword provides a historical background, describing Operation Fortitude, a counterintelligence measure taken by the Allied Powers during World War II to misinform the Germans about the location of D-Day’s attack site. It also characterizes the British MI5’s struggle to capture the antagonist Henry Faber, who is aptly nicknamed “The Needle.” The novel uses real World War II-era events, places, and names, creating a blend of fact and fiction that passes as plausible in this era of unprecedented deception and international turmoil. Its title references the difficulty of the precise task of threading a needle. Prolific Welsh novelist Ken Follett’s psychological thriller novel Eye of the Needle (1978), seminal in the spy genre, which heavily utilizes suspense, became highly popular in the decade it was published.
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