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  • Stiletto

  • The Checquy Files, Book 2
  • By: Daniel O'Malley
  • Narrated by: Maggie Mash
  • Length: 26 hrs and 45 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (195 ratings)

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Stiletto

By: Daniel O'Malley
Narrated by: Maggie Mash
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Summary

The Checquy: a centuries-old covert organisation that protects the nation from supernatural threat. The Grafters: a centuries-old supernatural threat.

After centuries of rivalry and bloodshed, The Checquy and The Grafters are on the verge of joining forces and only one person has the supernatural skills to get the job done - Myfanwy Thomas. But as a wave of gruesome atrocities sweep London, old hatreds ignite and negotiations grind to a halt....

©2016 Daniel O’Malley (P)2016 W F Howes Ltd
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"Packed full of twists, O'Malley creates a lively and absorbing world." ( Daily Express on The Rook)

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possibly even better than the first!?!

these books are incredible, great new characters and they continue to be awesome female leads. this one is so m check more diverse with the perspective of multiple leads, including a grafter. really doesn't disappoint as a sequel. Cannot wait for the next!

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A good book spoiled by the narration.

Wish I'd read the reviews before purchasing but I enjoyed the first book so much I just added it straight to basket. As the other reviews have said, the change of narrator was a horrible choice & all the mispronunciation is extremely distracting, not to mention annoying.

(Phonetically) Mif-fany became Muh-wvan-newy, the shek-kay became the check-ee, Bishop ul-rik became al-ar-ik etc... really frustrating, especially Myfanwy and her brand new Welsh accent, sigh.

It is also read quite slowly which I'm not a fan of but you can speed it up so I'll not count that against it, I just really wish they'd either stuck with the same narrator or briefed the new one on basic pronunciation etc

A good book spoiled.

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great story, shame about the narration

Being book two I expected the narrator to be the same, or to have at least read the first book. It was very grating that she miss pronounced a main characters name most of the way through.

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Much better narration than the Rook

Maggie Mash has done a great job with this book, which was a really enjoyable second instalment of the Chequey Files. Once you get past the obvious issue of pronunciation of the Rook’s name, and her inexplicably adopting a Welsh accent, the story bowls along well. Hopefully Maggie will also narrate the next instalment once it is released.

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Loved concept, enjoyed story, hated narrator

I'm so sad about the change in the narrator. The accents are horrible, the mispronunciations are distracting and I want more Myfanway (Miffany)

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Continuity issues

I've enjoyed reading this series and revisiting it in audio form. I listened to Rook and Stiletto one after the other. It's clear the director and narrator are different from one to the next. There are major pronunciation issues from one to the next that I found jarring.

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Awful narration great story..

The narration is just SO awful! Given the original book makes a lot out of how the main character pronounced her name to get that wrong seems just awful!

Also such dreadful accents! Faintly racist feel to the Caribbean nurse and Chopra.

I almost gave up & retuned it but I wanted to hear our the story.

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Not Bad

Story is ok but takes a while to get going, performance is ok but it's disappointing that the previous installment made a big point about how to pronounce Myfanwy and Checquy, but the reader has made no attempt to pronounce those words correctly.

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Please don't use this narrator for the third book.

Would you be willing to try another one of Maggie Mash’s performances?
I adored The Rook, and I really enjoyed this too for the story but the narrator was awful. As mentioned elsewhere, she obviously did no research into the previous book and pronounced the main characters name wrong all the way though (its explained in the first book how and why its pronounced as it is) and gave her a Welsh accent when she is not Welsh. It was very distracting and annoying and I really hope that Daniel O'Malley or his team see these reviews and they do not use Maggie Mash again (the narrator of The Rook was perfect)

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Keeps moving, and picking up speed

Rather like a literary snowball at the top of a snowy mountaintop, the story gathers size and speed as it goes.

Told with relish and style.
Bravo

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