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Violence
A lot
Murder; violence throughout; wartime killings
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Some
A sexual relationship (Lucy and the spy)
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
The tension of a woman trapped with a killer; wartime stakes
What this book is about
Follett's 1978 thriller (published as Eye of the Needle in the US) follows Heinrich Faber, Germany's most dangerous agent, who must get news of the D-Day deception to Hitler. Stranded on a Scottish island with only a young woman and her paralyzed husband between him and escape. Features violence and sexual content. For adults.
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Violence and murder
Sexual content
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