"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 "