Thank you Netgalley / RB Media , for the ALC and Soho Crime, #partner for the advanced copy of Night Flight to Paris in exchange for my honest review.
Publisher: Soho Crime / Recorded Books
Published: March 7, 2023
Summary:
It is once again up to American markswoman Kate Rees to take the shot that just might win—or lose—World War II, in the followup to national bestseller Three Hours in Paris.
Three missions. Two cities. One shot to win the war.
October 1942: it’s been two years since Kate Rees was sent to Paris on a British Secret Service mission to assassinate Hitler. Since then, she has left spycraft behind to take a training job as a sharpshooting instructor in the Scottish Highlands. But her quiet life is violently disrupted when Colonel Stepney, her former handler, drags her back into the fray for a risky three-pronged mission in Paris.
Each task is more dangerous than the next: Deliver a package of forbidden biological material. Assassinate a high-ranking German operative whose knowledge of invasion plans could turn the tide of the war against the Allies. Rescue a British agent who once saved Kate’s life—and get out.
Kate will encounter sheiks and spies, poets and partisans, as she races to keep up with the constantly shifting nature of her assignment, showing every ounce of her Oregonian grit in the process.
New York Times bestselling author Cara Black has crafted another heart-stopping thrill ride that reveals a portrait of Paris at the height of the Nazi occupation.
My thoughts:
Now that I had finally read the previous book in this series, Three Hours in Paris, I was quite excited to pick this one up and I was not disappointed at all. I have really come to enjoy historical thrillers and Cara Black sure knows how to write engaging, thrilling ones.
This book picks up about two years after the previous book and while it’s not entirely crucial you read Three Hours in Paris, I do recommend it. I feel you will have a better feel for Kate’s character and all she has gone through to be where she is, as well as her relationships to certain characters in this new book. But, that’s just my opinion. The author does give a little backstory so that if you haven’t read the previous book you should be able to get by and perhaps it will entice you to pick it up after reading this one.
I absolutely love Kate Rees. She is fierce and determined. She is constantly put into situations that test her and she quickly learns that the only person she can rely on is herself. It soon becomes a case of nothing is as it seems, including the assignments she gets from her superiors. She finds herself dealing with double and even triple agents and everyone has their own agenda.
This book was fast-paced and completely captivating. It’s suspenseful and gets your adrenaline pumping. I hope there will be more adventures for Kate to take us on as I am not quite ready to say goodbye to her just yet.
Audio thoughts:
I was able to grab the audio version of this book and was thrilled to see that Elisabeth Rodgers was narrating again – she narrated the first book and I’m a big fan of consistency in series whenever possible. I thought she did a great job with this audiobook, especially with all the different accents. Her pacing, as always, was spot on and she infused just the right amount of suspense and tension into her voice as needed.
Books in this series:
- Three Hours in Paris
- Night Flight to Paris
