The Rook

A woman wakes in a London park, ringed by bodies in latex gloves. She has no idea who she is. A note tucked into her pocket tells her the body is Myfanwy Thomas's, a high-ranking officer of the Checquy, the secret organisation that guards Britain against supernatural threats.

The note carries a warning too: someone close to Myfanwy has marked her for death. The woman has two options. She can run, or she can take over Myfanwy's life, position and duties and find out who wanted her gone.

She chooses to step into the role, guided by letters her former self left behind. Inside the Checquy she meets colleagues with extraordinary abilities and agendas of their own, and she has to judge whom she can trust with no past to judge them by.

The book blends espionage with urban fantasy and keeps a dry comic tone throughout. It won the Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Novel and opens the Checquy Files series. The central question is who in Myfanwy's circle wants her dead, and whether her successor can learn it before they try again.