New York: HarperCollins, 2007. Trade Paperback. About Very Good. O'Connell's debut mystery features newly widowed and close-to-broke Pauline Cook, who's just discovered the body of her friend, Ethan Campbell, a writer who chronicled the lives and loves of the elegant ladies of Chicago's Gold Coast. Apparently a suicide and without relatives, Ethan has left his bills and body for Pauline to dispose of. But something's not quite right -- the ratty boxer shorts Ethan died in, for instance, or the multiple birth certificates found in his apartment. Pauline begins to investigate. First edition. Trade paperback with pictorial wrappers. About 5 1/4 x 7 7/8 inches, 335 pages plus acknowledgments. Signed and inscribed by O'Connell ("Well Bred and Well Read! Best Wishes") on the title page. Front cover shows small circular mark where price sticker was removed, o/w very minor wear along edges and spine ends. No tears or creased corners. Text is clean and complete and without any markings beyond inscription and signature on title page. Since this debut novel in 2007, O'Connell has written four more mystery-thrillers.

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Newly widowed Pauline Cook was once the toast of the Windy City elite—but now she's practically broke. At least she's in better shape than her dear departed friend Ethan Campbell, whose corpse Pauline has had the misfortune to discover. A writer who chronicled the lives, loves, and ensembles of the Gold Coast's most elegant ladies, Ethan apparently took his own life—while inelegantly clad in old boxers, no less. And since no relatives are coming forward to claim Ethan's remains, it falls to Pauline to settle his final affairs . . . with her own dwindling funds.However, there are things about Ethan's suicide that don't seem to add up: the ratty undergarments he "chose" to die in, for example . . . and the multiple birth certificates the police turn up in his apartment. Before she can truly lay her friend to rest, plucky Pauline's determined to get to the bottom of his increasingly suspicious death.

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Bookseller: H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 006063
Title: WELL BRED AND DEAD
Author: O'Connell, Catherine
Format/Binding: Trade Paperback
Book Condition: Used - About Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2007
Keywords: MYSTERY, CHICAGO, GOLD COAST, SUICIDE, AMATEUR SLEUTH,
Bookseller catalogs: Mystery; Crime; Amateur Sleuth;

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