Three Hours in Paris By: Cara Black – Audiobook Online
Three Hours in Paris is a thriller novel by Cara Black, published in 2017. The story follows Kate Reese, an American markswoman recruited by the British to assassinate Adolf Hitler during the early days of the German occupation of Paris in June 1940. Kate, who has no formal spy training and hails from Oregon, finds herself in a cat-and-mouse chase with the Führer’s Escort Detachment as she attempts to carry out her mission. The novel is set against the backdrop of the Nazi invasion of Paris and the French Resistance.
The story begins with Kate lying in wait in an old apartment building in Montmartre, her Lee-Enfield rifle at the ready. She has spent days scoping out her target, a church where Hitler is expected to attend a service. As she waits, she reflects on the events leading up to this moment, including her recruitment by British intelligence and her struggles to adapt to life in occupied Paris.
As Kate prepares for her shot, she is forced to abandon her plan when she hears footsteps approaching. She manages to escape and goes into hiding, but her actions have alerted the Germans to her presence. She spends the next few hours evading capture, using her wits and marksmanship skills to stay one step ahead of her pursuers.
Throughout the novel, Black creates a tense atmosphere as Kate navigates the dangerous streets of Paris during the early days of the occupation. She also explores themes of sacrifice and redemption as Kate grapples with the moral implications of her mission and the cost it may exact on those around her.
New York Times bestselling investigative author Aimee Leduc brings history to life in her masterful and suspenseful spy thriller, Three Hours in Paris.
Kate Rees, a young American female sniper, is recruited by British intelligence to go to Paris with a dangerous mission: to assassinate the Führer. Devastated with grief after a Luftwaffe bombing kills her husband and infant daughter, she is armed with a rifle, a vendetta and a fierce determination. But other than hasty and rudimentary instruction, she received no formal spy training. Thrust into the hot center of war, a country girl from rural Oregon finds herself holding the fate of the world in her hands. When Kate misses her target and the plan is revealed, Kate must flee for her life – all the while grappling with the suspicion that the entire operation was a setup.
Cara Black, the doyenne of Parisian crime fiction, is at her best as she brings occupied France to life in this riveting story of a young woman with the courage – and drive – to take on herself. confront Hitler.
Love Paris. Love mysteries set in Paris. Bonus for WWII in Paris. But although the general plot was okay the historical inaccuracies really took me out of the story. For example, the SS guy asks “Going to check the prints against a rap sheet?” A rap sheet is an American colloquialism. Or the entire novel takes place on a Sunday. Pretty sure Bon Marché department store was not opened on Sundays back in 1940. Until about 10 years ago, you would have been hard pressed to find anything opened on Sundays in Paris. It’s still pretty shut down unless you’re going to McDonald’s. Museums, most tourist spots, movie houses and theaters remained closed during the first weeks after the surrender, as people fled Paris, and things were uncertain, gradually opening back up as things calmed down. These are somewhat simple things to catch with a bit of research. It’s too bad bc the story could have been stronger with a few tweaks.
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