In June of 1940 when Paris fell to the Nazis Hitler spent a total of three hours in the City
of Light abruptly leaving never to return. To this day no one knows why. Kate Rees a young
American markswoman has been recruited by British intelligence to drop into Paris with a
dangerous assignment: assassinate the Führer. Wrecked by grief after a Luftwaffe bombing killed
her husband and infant daughter she is armed with a rifle a vendetta and a fierce resolve.
But other than rushed and rudimentary instruction she has no formal spy training. Thrust into
the red-hot center of the war a country girl from rural Oregon finds herself holding the fate
of the world in her hands. When Kate misses her mark and the plan unravels Kate is on the run
for her life all the time wrestling with the suspicion that the whole operation was a set-up.
New York Times bestselling author Cara Black is at her best as she brings Occupation-era France
to vivid life in this masterful pulse-pounding story about one young woman with the temerity
and drive to take on Hitler himself. *Features an illustrated map of 1940s Paris as full color
endpapers.
