Stiletto
core novel 2016 The Checquy Files
Record
| First published | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.14 (22,960 ratings, collected 2026-08-19) |
| Page count | 583 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780316228022 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Stiletto picks up after the events of The Rook, as the Checquy Group enters into uneasy peace negotiations with the Grafters, a rival Belgian organization with a history of bitter conflict between the two sides. Odette Leliefeld, a young descendant of the Grafters' leadership, travels to Britain to take part in the talks, and Checquy Rook Myfanwy Thomas assigns Pawn Felicity Clements, pulled from a coveted post on an assault team, to serve as Odette's bodyguard despite the deep mutual hostility between their organizations. As the two women are forced into each other's company, a series of unexplained supernatural attacks begins striking the negotiations, threatening to unravel the fragile peace before Odette and Felicity can even learn to trust one another.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Checquy Files
- Series: The Checquy Files core; position 2 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 2 of 4: previous The Rook (2012) · next Blitz (2020)
Sources
- Rating-platform listing: The Checquy Files series
- Wikipedia: Stiletto (novel)
- Review: Royal Gambit (The Cosmic Circus)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_O%27Malley
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