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Well Read and Dead: A High Society Mystery(2 High Society Mystery)


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The return of blue-blooded fashionista Pauline Cook, whose search for a missing friend leads her from an iconoclastic book group to the deepest and most unfashionable reaches of the Far East. Back in Chicago after a disastrous European love affair, socialite Pauline Cook finds her finances nearly depleted, her co-op a shambles, and her best friend mysteriously missing--vanished along with Pauline's cat. Though Whitney Armstrong's husband offers a substantial reward for the return of his lost wife, Pauline can't help suspecting that his grief is merely an act. But it's a shocking suggestion by a member of Whitney's book club that really gets Pauline moving--halfway around the world, in fact, to Thailand . . . in spite of a psychic's warning of terrible danger. In Asia, a morass of dark motives and deadly corporate intrigues await the intrepid globe-trotter. And all the high society connections in the world aren't going to ensure that Pauline makes it home alive. . . .

About the Author :
Catherine O'Connell divides her time between Chicago and Aspen, and sits on the board of the Aspen Writers' Foundation. A graduate of the University of Colorado School of Journalism, she is also the author of Well Bred and Dead.

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"Among the least expensive ways to while away a few days of the recession...a rich romp not only through Chicago's Gold Coast, where this fictional murder mystery unfolds, but also through the sometimes-cringe-inducing, sometimes hilarious "problems" of the old-money set." -- Chicago Sun-Times "Brimming with witty observations about the well-heeled and the machinations of greedy businessmen, this sophisticated romp takes the daring amateur sleuth all the way to Thailand and Vietnam." -- Publishers Weekly "Readers will find themselves warming to this improbable high-society sleuth who challenges our assumptions about what a mystery heroine should be like." -- Booklist "Spiked with suspense, romance and satirical jabs at high society, this Dominick Dunne-meets-Mary Higgins Clark adventure is a reader's treat, delicately wrapped with literary allusions." -- Michigan Avenue Magazine "O'Connell portrays the lives of the phenomenally wealthy with humor and a fondness for Pauline, who in a rare moment or two rises above her social status to attain a momentary flash of the heroic." -- Library Journal "Ms. O'Connell is...a hell of a storyteller, a master of plot, [and] a tart observer of the social scene." -- Frank McCourt "O'Connell writes with a stiletto, drawing blood with every description of the moneyed, once-moneyed, and would-be moneyed in her newest romp of high living and mayhem. O'Connell can be sharply comical and deadly serious; it's great fun to tag along with her and Pauline on their wild ride." -- Sojourner "A smart and urbane mystery set in Chicago's high society." -- Today's Chicago Woman


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780061673252
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Collins
  • Height: 204 mm
  • No of Pages: 320
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 20 mm
  • Weight: 286 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0061673250
  • Publisher Date: 24 Mar 2009
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Series Title: 2 High Society Mystery
  • Sub Title: A High Society Mystery
  • Width: 136 mm


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