Jackdaws

'The master storyteller' - The Times 'This fresh concept is carried off with effortless skill' - Barry Forshaw Jackdaws by Ken Follett is an irresistible novel about the French Resistance - a story of love, courage and revenge in the Second World War. A Failed Mission Two weeks before D-Day, the French Resistance try to destroy a telephone exchange vital to Nazi communications. Heavily defended, the mission fails disastrously. A Daring Plan With invasion looming, Flick Clairet, a British secret agent, proposes a daring but perilous new plan. She, along with an all-female team - the Jackdaws - will infiltrate and neutralize the exchange before Allied forces land in France. A Race Against Time However, unbeknownst to Flick, a German army officer has assigned a brilliant spy-catcher - Dieter Franck - to crush the French Resistance. And now Franck is closing in . . . *** Praise for Ken Follett: 'Monumentally epic' - Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher series 'There's a reason he's a bestseller - he can tell a story . . . It's like watching a high-end box set' - The Times 'Follett is a master' - The Washington Post 'One of the great, bestselling novelists' - The Daily Telegraph 'Suspenseful, gripping' - New York Post 'Deeply satisfying' - Entertainment Weekly

Ken Follett