Shallow Graves

Praise for Jeremiah Healy’s

    “ SHALLOW GRAVES is up to the high standards Healy has set in his hero’s six previous outings.... Vividly realized characters are a main attraction of Healy’s writing, and the Mafia family is chock-full of them.... The plot is a winner, too, with enough potential murder motives, different avenues of investigation and red herrings to keep it an intriguing, genuine mystery until Healy weaves the threads into a tight conclusion.”
    — Orange County Register

    “Incisive character work... goes along with Mr. Healy’s mousetrap timing and tight plotting.... A superior series.”
    — The New York Times Book Review

    “Healy’s Cuddy character is an attractive one.... A little literate writing goes a long way in the genre of crime fiction. The mystery here is intriguing, and solution shocking.... It’s a tight, suspenseful plot, very contemporary in theme, and Cuddy is a believable private eye who clings to his own standards.”
    — Baton Rouge Advocate

    “Healy’s series maintains its consistently high quality, with wonderful minitours of New England , a host of delightful characters and best of all the irrepressible Cuddy.”
    — St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    “SHALLOW GRAVES is a powerful, poignant story that holds the reader’s attention from first page to last. Sensitive and charming, John Cuddy might be a man’s man, but he is definitely a woman’s PI and the best of the Boston detectives.”
    —Rave Reviews

    “With deft touches, Healy gives all the players, even minor ones, special flourishes that lend them dimension.”
    — Ft. Wayne , IN News-Sentinel

    “Enjoyable... a nice addition to Cuddy’s adventures... the story moves right along.”
    —Mystery News

    “Believable characters, tricky and suspenseful plotting with a dash of romance, and powerful ending —the ingredients of a very good novel.”
    —Copley News Service

    “For those who like mobster novels, this is a grabber... a well written tale that is intriguing and full of action.”
    — Lincoln , NE Journal-Star

    “As in past books, Healy gives his readers an array of distinctive characters while engaging them in a deftly plotted and satisfying story.”
    —Publishers Weekly

    “Meeting such a combination as Healy and Cuddy... is a pleasure not to be missed. Healy is quite adept at developing character, plot and tension.”
    —The Prime Suspects

    “Another winner... a most welcome addition to one of mystery’s best series... offers an engaging style, deft structure and strong characters.”
    — Cedar Rapids , I A Gazette

    “The seventh Cuddy mystery maintains the series’ excellent standard. Motives ring true, the dialogue is sharp, and the characters all could exist outside their lives in print. Strongly recommended.”
    — ALA Booklist

Other John Cuddy novels by Jeremeiha Healy

    Blunt Darts
    The Staked Goat
    So Like Sleep
    Swan Dive
    Yesterday’s News
    Right to Die
    Shallow Graves
    Foursome
    Act of God

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The sale of this book without its cover is unauthorized. If you purchased this book without a cover, you should be aware that it was reported to the publisher as “unsold and destroyed.” Neither the author nor the publisher has received payment for the sale of this “stripped book.”

    For Jane Chelius

    This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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    ISBN: 0-671-70812-0

    First Pocket Books paperback printing August 1993

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