From Jennifer Donnelly, the critically acclaimedNew York Timesbestselling author ofA Northern LightandRevolution, comes a mystery about dark secrets, dirty truths, and the lengths to which people will go for love and revenge. For fans of Elizabeth George and Libba Bray,These Shallow Gravesis the story of how much a young woman is willing to risk and lose in order to find the truth.Jo Montfort is beautiful and rich, and soonlike all the girls in her classshell graduate from finishing school and be married off to a wealthy bachelor. Which is the last thing she wants. Jo dreams of becoming a writera newspaper reporter like the trailblazing Nellie Bly.Wild aspirations aside, Jos life seems perfect until tragedy strikes: her father is found dead. Charles Montfort shot himself while cleaning his pistol. One of New York Citys wealthiest men, he owned a newspaper and was a partner in a massive shipping firm, and Jo knows he was far too smart to clean a loaded gun.The more Jo hears about her fathers death, the more something feels wrong. Suicide is the only logical explanation, and of course people have started talking, but Jos father would never have resorted tothat.And then she meets Eddiea young, smart, infuriatingly handsome reporter at her fathers newspaperand 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.