Blitz
core novel 2020 The Checquy Files
Record
| First published | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.02 (5,629 ratings, collected 2026-08-19) |
| Page count | 496 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780316561549 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
Blitz moves between two time periods. During the Second World War, three women working for a secret British organization that combats supernatural threats witness a German bombing raid, and one of them breaks protocol to intervene and bring down an enemy aircraft, an act that inadvertently unleashes a dangerous supernatural creature. In the present day, Lynette Binns, a newly recruited Checquy operative with electromagnetic abilities, is accused of a string of murders that bear the unmistakable signature of her own powers. Forced to go on the run to clear her name, Lynette discovers that the killings are connected to the wartime incident decades earlier, and that the organization has kept the truth of what happened then hidden ever since.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Checquy Files
- Series: The Checquy Files core; position 3 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Daniel O'Malley
Notes
- From the series record (The Checquy Files): A paranormal secret-agency series (a British government body that polices supernatural threats), in the same urban/secret-history fantasy mode this canon already admits for Rivers of London and Ninth House. Four books published 2012-2025; no announced conclusion, treated as in_progress.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Checquy Files: position 3 of 4: previous Stiletto (2016) · next Royal Gambit (2025)
Sources
- Rating-platform listing: The Checquy Files series
- Wikipedia: Stiletto (novel)
- Review: Royal Gambit (The Cosmic Circus)
- https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/daniel-omalley/blitz/9780316561532/?lens=little-brown
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