When we met American markswoman Kate Rees in THREE HOURS IN PARIS, she was on a top-secret mission with the British Secret Service to assassinate Adolf Hitler in Paris. In NIGHT FLIGHT TO PARIS, Cara Black has brought Kate back for another heart-stopping thrill ride.

Obviously, Kate was not successful in taking out Der Führer, but it did make her public enemy number one on the Nazi hit list. Flyers with her face on them are being plastered all over Paris and beyond. This makes any future mission in those areas that much more dangerous as Kate’s fear of being identified by the enemy is a heightened reality.

"[T]he suspense factor rides rather high in NIGHT FLIGHT TO PARIS, especially during the latter portion of Kate’s mission.... This is another top-notch espionage thriller, and Kate Rees is indeed a force to be reckoned with."

At the start of the novel, we see Kate happily performing her duties as a sniper rifle coach to new recruits --- a skill she could have used to represent the United States in the Olympics if they allowed women to be on the team. While enjoying this much more laid-back activity in the Scottish Highlands, she is drawn back into the fold by her former handler, Colonel Stepney.

Stepney outlines for Kate a three-pronged mission that will have her sneaking back into Paris at night and hopefully wrapping things up quickly enough that she is not recognized by any opposing force. The first part involves her carrying and delivering what was then considered a forbidden biological material --- a specially concocted form of penicillin.

Kate is then to assassinate a German operative without being noticed. He has personal knowledge of top-secret attack missions that, if shared with Nazi forces, could thwart and possibly destroy any Allied efforts to stop them in Europe. The name of the target she is given is Lange, but soon she will learn that there may be more than one enemy agent at play here whom she needs to watch.

For her final task, Kate must personally intervene behind enemy lines. Margo, a former mentor and colleague of hers, has been taken by the other side and requires rescue. Kate puts any fear of personal injury or capture behind her as she owes Margo everything. Margo saved her life on a prior mission, and Kate wants nothing more than to repay her.

Needless to say, the suspense factor rides rather high in NIGHT FLIGHT TO PARIS, especially during the latter portion of Kate’s mission. While Cara Black does not get to show off her expert knowledge of all the different arrondissements in Paris like she does in her Aimée Leduc series, we still get to experience life in Paris during WWII and how different things were in the City of Light at that time. This is another top-notch espionage thriller, and Kate Rees is indeed a force to be reckoned with.