Description: "Alexandra Dennis-Palmer-Hudson-Gilmore-Garnsey (call me 'Alix'), the twelfth Lady Mondegreen, has never had any control of her life. Her ability to shatter bones with a touch made her the automatic property of the Checquy, the secret British government agency that deals with the supernatural. Her aristocratic ancestry made Alix the perfect asset for the Checquy to deploy close to the royal family. Since childhood, she has been coached to befriend Princess Louise, second in line to the throne, but the two have never been close. Now Alix is a skilled operative who investigates unexplained phenomena for the security of the nation. Everything changes when Louise's brother, the Prince of Wales, dies abruptly and all signs point to an assassination by preternatural means"--
Review Quotes: "Thrilling, entertaining, witty, and jawdroppingly original...O'Malley's world-building is astonishing: he's created a version of our world that is simultaneously wildly different and comfortably familiar, and he's populated it with characters who, even with unusual powers, are abundantly human...for anyone who enjoys a good supernatural fantasy, Royal Gambit is required reading."--Booklist