Catherine O'Connell

Author Catherine O'Connell (Well Bred and Dead, Well Read and Dead) walks propective authors through the publishing process.

Join Chicago native Catherine O'Connell as she reads from her new mystery, Well Read and Dead, featuring the return of blue-blooded fashionista Pauline Cook. Back in Chicago after a disastrous European love affair, socialite Pauline Cook finds her finances nearly depleted, her co-op a shambles, and her ... (more)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.

This witty and urbane mystery, set against the backdrop of Chicago high society, follows the wealthy fashionista as she unravels the secrets behind her friend's suspicious disappearance. Catherine O'Connell sits on the board of the Aspen Writers' Foundation and is a graduate of the University of Colorado ... (more)School of Journalism.