It's 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,
it's Olivia Paras who finds herself in the soup....
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 Saardisca--the first woman to run for office--and four of
that nation's top chefs.
But while leading the chefs on a kitchen tour, pastry chef Marcel passes
out suddenly--and later claims he was drugged. When one of the visiting
chefs collapses and dies, it's 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 day....