Review - Eye of the Needle - 7/10

Eye of the Needle

This the second book I read from Ken Follet.   I really enjoyed his book Hornet Flight finishing the book I went back and read the review and a lot of the reviews said that "Hornet Flight" was no where near as good as "Eye of the Needle".  I must say after having read both books, I like "Hornet Flight" more.

This book is about a German spy who surveys the U.S. plans in Britain to raid the German front.  The Brit's learn this man has pictures of the U.S. formation and is going to send them to Germany and the chase is on.  Much of the book is about his ruthless attempt to escape Britain.

I guess, that is why I was turned off by this book.  The main character of the book is the bad guy.  By circumstance he tries to leave Britain by boat in the middle of one of the worst storms in history and ends up washed a shore, ironically named Storm Island.  The small island has three residence: a self loathing  veteran who lost his legs, his unfaithful wife who sleeps with the enemy with a couple nights of meeting him and old sheep herdsman who does not factor much in the book and get killed off.

The book is suspenseful and well written but I just did not like any of the characters.  There was really no one to root for.