Black Stiletto Books in Order

Martin discovers that his elderly mother was once the Black Stiletto, a mysterious vigilante active in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Her hidden history reveals battles against criminals and spies, while questions about her disappearance complicate his understanding of their family.

In 1959, vigilante Judy Cooper takes on Harlem's heroin trade after her martial-arts instructor's daughter becomes trapped in a narcotics den. Her attraction to an FBI agent complicates the rescue because his orders include arresting the Black Stiletto.

Judy Cooper volunteers for John F. Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign and encounters a plot with potentially historic consequences. In the present, her son Martin balances her worsening Alzheimer's symptoms with family secrets and concerns about his daughter's increasingly adventurous behavior.

In 1962, pregnant crime fighter Judy Cooper confronts mobster Leo Kelly and his sister’s campaign to frame her. Decades later, her son and granddaughter protect the ailing former Black Stiletto from threats rooted in those events.

Judy Cooper leaves New York for Los Angeles with charismatic Leo, only to question his mob connections and mysterious sister. In the present, Judy’s declining health and resurfacing enemies force her family to confront her secret past.