The New York Times bestseller from the acclaimed author of A
Northern Light, Revolution, Stepsister, and Poisoned. This
thrilling mystery is perfect for fans of The Cellar and Suicide Notes
from Beautiful Girls. It's a story of dark secrets, dirty truths, and
the lengths to which people will go for love and revenge.
Jo Montfort is beautiful and rich, and soon--like all the girls in her
class--she'll graduate from finishing school and be married off to a
wealthy bachelor. Which is the last thing she wants. Jo dreams of
becoming a writer--a newspaper reporter.
Wild aspirations aside, Jo's life seems perfect until tragedy strikes:
her father is found dead. The story is that Charles Montfort shot
himself while cleaning his revolver, but the more Jo hears about her
father's death, the more something feels wrong. And then she meets
Eddie--a young, smart, infuriatingly handsome reporter at her father's
newspaper--and it becomes all too clear how much she stands to lose if
she keeps searching for the truth. But now it might be too late to stop.
The past never stays buried forever. Life is dirtier than Jo Montfort
could ever have imagined, and this time the truth is the dirtiest part
of all.
Praise for These Shallow Graves
★ "Action-packed chapters propel this compelling mystery...[and]
the injustices Donelly highlights remain all too relevant."--Publishers
Weekly, Starred Review
"Lovely prose, historical intrigue, unique characters and setting. I
devoured this book!" --Ruta Sepetys, New York Times bestselling
author of Between Shades of Gray and Salt to the Sea
"A splendidly hair-raising tour of the brightest and darkest corners
of Victorian New York." --Elizabeth Wein, New York Times
bestselling author of Code Name Verity and Black Dove, White Raven
"A fast-paced Gilded Age crime thriller." --Julie Berry,
award-winning author of All the Truth That's in Me
