Stiletto (The Checquy Files, #2)

by Daniel O'Malley

THE CHECQUY: A centuries-old covert organization that protects the nation from supernatural threat. THE GRAFTERS: The oldest of those threats. Rook Myfanwy Thomas is trying to prevent all out supernatural war with the oldest enemy of the Checquy, but someone keeps trying to assassinate her (again). What is needed is a precise strike that eliminates the problem cleanly and completely. And so these two ancient enemies each select an agent and task them to work together in secret to destroy this cabal working towards war...

• ISBN10: 1781851247
• ISBN13: 9781781851241
• Publish Date: 16 June 2016 (first published 1 February 2016)
• Publish Status: Cancelled
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Head of Zeus
• Format: Paperback (UK Trade)
• Pages: 496
• Language: English

Reviews

[MurderByDeath]

Not as good as the first, but definitely as rambling.  I listened to the audio, straight from the first book, The Rook and the narrator changed.  Moira Quirk does a credible job, but I listened to both too close together not to notice the difference in voices and styles and it was a bit jarring.   I was also disappointed that this story has multiple POVs and very little page time is given over to Myfanwy Thomas, even though the summary would seem to indicate she's the central character.  She is not.  Mostly this story is told from the POV of a grafter character.  Understanding came before acceptance, but once I did accept it, the story was interesting enough to keep me listening.