Itβs an old adage that too many cooks spoil the broth. But when a tour of the White House kitchen by a group of foreign chefs ends in murder, itβs Olivia Paras who finds herself in the soupβ¦
Due to a government sequester, entertaining at the White House has been severely curtailed. So executive chef Olivia Paras is delighted to hear that plans are still on to welcome a presidential candidate from the country of Saardiscaβthe first woman to run for officeβand four of that nationβs top chefs.
But while leading the chefs on a kitchen tour, pastry chef Marcel passes out suddenlyβand later claims he was drugged. When one of the visiting chefs collapses and dies, itβs clear someone has infiltrated the White House with ill intent. Could it be an anti-Saardiscan zealot? Is the candidate a target? Are the foreign chefs keeping more than their recipes a secret? Once again, Olivia must make sleuthing the special of the dayβ¦
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