A night aboard the most luxurious airliner ever built - the "PanAm Clipper", bound for New York. A night of drama and suspence, as panic driven men and women flee to save their fortunes . . . their families, and their lives . . .
His weapon is the stiletto, his codename: The Needle. He is Hitler's prize undercover agent - a cold and professional killer. It is 1944 and weeks before D-Day. The Allies are disguising their invasion plans with a phoney armada of ships and planes.
As Derek Franklin, an injured steeplechase jockey, nears the end of his career, he is thrust into trouble and mayhem by the accidental death of his older brother, Greville.