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Flying Scissors

Flying Scissors

General Fiction

(uk) Ken Follett

272K8.09

Readers from all over the world spend an average of one night reading it! Ken Follett's classic suspense novel, winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Lifetime Master Award. The 33-hour fatal journey and the desperate survival of 19 people were nerve-wracking! Don't be afraid of change, go through hardships, get hurt, and live passionately! In 1939, an extremely luxurious "Orient Express", the Boeing B-314 "Clipper" seaplane, was about to make a career-ending transatlantic flight. During this 33-hour transoceanic voyage, 19 passengers who were strangers to the plane were inexplicably involved in a well-planned "kidnapping and ransom case." What was originally a romantic journey is turning into an unimaginable disaster step by step. Who is behind this cobweb-like puzzle, and what kind of fateful test will 19 people from different backgrounds encounter...

Ken Follett's Suspense Classics (6 Volumes in Total)

(uk) Ken Follett

1.4M8.29

"Ken Follett Mystery Classics" includes 6 of Ken Follett's classic works: "The Voyage of the Bumblebee," "Eye of the Needle," "Dangerous Fortune," "Operation Jackdaw," "Operation Eagle Wings" and "Suddenly on the Run." The novel "The Voyage of the Bumblebee" once again proves that Ken Follett is a genius storyteller! "The Eye of the Needle" is so cleverly conceived that once you read the beginning, you can't help but read to the end in one sitting. "Dangerous Fortune" has climaxes one after another, creating a sense of suspense like an electric shock! "Operation Jackdaw" is a suspenseful story with a special visual sense, which is tense and exciting. This is undoubtedly one of Follett's most popular novels. No Hollywood screenwriter could tell this adventure as perfectly as Ken Follett. "Suddenly on the Run" is Ken Follett's true masterpiece! As long as you read for three minutes, you will hear your own heartbeat gradually accelerating.

Operation Jackdaw

Operation Jackdaw

General Fiction

(uk) Ken Follett

247K01

"Jackdaw" is undoubtedly one of Follett's most popular novels. The moment of infinite darkness in a day is the moment of incomparable light, and the same is true in life. During World War II, British Prime Minister Churchill secretly established an all-female intelligence service, codenamed "Jackdaw". This group of women with different identities: loose nobles, fantasy little girls, bad-tempered Gypsy murderers, thieves who are good at breaking into safes, transvestites... They gathered temporarily and bravely launched an action against the Nazis. However, they were betrayed. A dragnet is waiting for the "jackdaws"...

Night and Dawn

Night and Dawn

General Fiction

(uk) Ken Follett

470K9.15

Readers around the world spend an average of 2 nights reading "Dark Night and Dawn"! The Chinese translation has landed in China for the first time! Ken Follett, author of "The Fall of Giants" and winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Lifetime Master Award, has a new work! In 997 AD, the land of England fell into boundless darkness - Viking pirates were rampant, the kings and nobles were divided, the clergy were greedy and indulged in lust, and prisoners of war and slaves were wailing everywhere. Edgar, a shipbuilder, was forced to move to a wild land due to pirate attacks. His life took a turn for the better but he lost his loved ones one after another; Ragna, the daughter of a Norman nobleman, was full of longings to marry in England, but found that the marriage was a long-planned scam; Friar Aldred, with extraordinary dreams, tried to eliminate the evil trend, but was accidentally involved in the bishop's conspiracy. The fates of these three people who had nothing to do with each other were closely intertwined because of their desire for justice and fairness...

Suddenly on the Run

Suddenly on the Run

General Fiction

(uk) Ken Follett

205K04

"Suddenly on the Run" is Ken Follett's true masterpiece! As long as you read for three minutes, you will hear your own heartbeat gradually accelerating. --Associated Press. It was a fatal escape and an adventure never imagined in a lifetime. Flee! Run like hell! Until I meet you at the end of the world. Jane accidentally discovered that she had been deceived by her beloved boyfriend Ellis. After being deeply hit, she married her pursuer Jean-Pierre, and the two went to Afghanistan and became local medical workers. Jane, who thought she was starting a new life, found herself involved in a bigger conspiracy... The fate of the three people was pushed further and further by love, war and hatred, eventually triggering a nightmare escape of life and death. On this desperate road, can happiness and peace finally come?

Eye of a Needle

Eye of a Needle

General Fiction

(uk) Ken Follett

185K02

"The Eye of the Needle" is so cleverly conceived that once you read the beginning, you can't help but read to the end in one sitting. Whoever never gives up has a glimmer of hope to survive. There is no better spy novel about World War II than Eye of the Needle. He was Hitler's ace spy who was extremely trusted. He secretly sneaked into Britain and was ordered to seize important information that could influence the situation of World War II. He is a historian who joined the British Army after World War II. He uses a special method of studying history to meticulously search for enemies. He is a highly regarded counterintelligence expert. She is a lonely British young woman who lives on a desert island far away from the British mainland with her moody disabled husband... On the eve of the Normandy landing, fate brought the three of them to this desert island, and the road ahead was complicated and confusing.