Jackdaws

Jackdaws by Ken Follett is an irresistible novel of the French Resistance, love, courage, and revenge set in the Second World War.

A failed mission
Two weeks before D-Day, the French Resistance tries 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, Rommel has assigned a brilliant spy-catcher - Dieter Franck - to crush the French Resistance. And now Franck is closing in ...