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  <default_description>&lt;b&gt;Introducing White House Assistant Chef Olivia Paras, who is rising-and sleuthing-to the top.&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;b&gt;Includes recipes for a complete presidential menu!&lt;/b&gt; Never let them see you sweat-that's White House Assistant Chef Olivia Paras's motto, which is pretty hard to honor in the most important kitchen in the world. She's hell-bent on earning her dream job, Executive Chef. There's just one thing: her nemesis is vying for it, too. Well, that and the fact that an elusive assassin wants to see her fry.</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[When I first started to read this book I was extremely irritated with the main character. I mean, when one works in the white house one obviously has to be aware that sensitive security issues are just that, Sensitive security issues. So this charcter just tosses it all out the window and decides to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17965497">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I normally don't read mysteries, and I really don't read cosy type mysteries, but this one was kind of fun.  I like it the more I think about it, although I wish I could give 1/2 points, I think it deserves more of a 3 1/2 then a 4.  But what ya gonna do?  I didn't figure it out before the ending ei...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42034027">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Despite a few editing errors - a la missing a word here and there - this is without a doubt the best no-gore action thriller I've read in a while. The mystery takes a back seat to the action and the characters and that doesn't feel at all wrong in any way. It's an action packed can't-put-it-down rea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40316349">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fun little mystery. Interesting and clean. I loved that the setting was the White House kitchen and that several yummy looking recipes are included in the back. The only reason I didn't rate it higher was because it bugged me that some of the characters were extremely one-sided and I thought her rel...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50639038">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[When I first grabbed several of the Salt Lake County Library Systems Readers Choice selections, this was the one I was most excited about reading...<br/><br/>Given recent events in our nations history, I am a bit intrigued to read things about the White House. I loved the detail regarding all thin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48775528">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This series opener follows the tribulations of White House assistant chef Olivia (Ollie) Paras, who encounters an intruder in the White House grounds and finds herself the only person who can identify the mysterious international assassin the Chameleon.  Ollie is immediately targeted by the man, muc...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43462179">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ollie is a chef at the White House, hoping to get the Executive chef position when her boss, Henry retires.  When bringing his gift to work, she is involved in stopping a man who has jumped the fence and is trying to get to the president.  This is the beginning of more intrigue for Ollie than she ev...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41180758">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Frankly, I was surprised that I enjoyed this book as much as I did.  I picked it up from a Reader's Choice shelf at my library and didn't have too many expectations.  However, it was really fun and pretty suspenseful.  The main character is an assistant chef at the White House who gets caught up in ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48352401">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Olivia (Ollie) Paras is an assistant chef in the White House kitchen and on her way to work one day she inadvertently becomes involved in international espionage when she prevents an intruder from entering the White House. Ollie becomes the target of a world-famous hit man, has to fight an old enemy...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40365444">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this book that is set in the White House kitchen.  Olivia Paras is up for the new head chef position against her former cooking school classmate, Laurel Ann Braun, who now has her own cooking show.  Ollie has been a long time employee of the White House, while Laurel only worked there a sh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33461837">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'd give this 3.5 stars if I could. I've enjoyed other culinary mysteries, and that's one aspect I liked in this one - all the inner workings of the White House kitchen. And I liked most of the main characters - even Bucky turned out to be an okay guy in the end. But it looks like Sargeant is going ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44240709">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mystery won the 2009 Anthony Award at Bouchercon for best pb original.  Great little cozy set in the White House kitchen--suitable for YAs and a quick read.  Culinary--comes with recipes.  Easy to recommend for Margaret Truman fans (DC setting)or any of the female amateur detective followers (think ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75912216">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I like mystery novels, and I don't generally bother to try solving them (sheer laziness, perhaps?). But this one was just really obvious. Almost as soon as he was introduced, I knew who the assassin was. So that was a bit of a let-down.<br/><br/>Rating: PG (or it might have been PG-13 is there was...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50406309">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a delightful first in series book set in the kitchens of the white house, featuring aspiring White House Executive Chef Olivia Parnas.  Hyzy maintains just the right balance of character, humor, plot and setting - a very enjoyable and memorable read.  Anyone who likes Diane Mott Davidson wou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47054566">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book! It was one of the books on my public library's readers choice book list. It was a culinary thriller that kept you reading till the end. Very interesting story about a white house chef and the struggles she goes through to get things perfect for a last minute meal. If you love myst...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47381524">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this one - the recipes are great.  The story could have been a little smoother, though.  I felt lke there were dozens of characters pulled in just to move the story along - no real character development.  It made me feel like I jumped in mid-series...maybe I did!  Still, it's a quick, fun ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71747105">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Easy breezy mystery.  The only bad thing about this book is that is was a lot about food and cooking. I am still sick so it made me hungry and jealous that I can't eat a darn thing.  But when I get well I am going to try some of these recipes since they list them in the back of the book.  Fun read.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[White House chef gets caught up in an assassination plot.  Great fun, right?<br/><br/>Unfortunately, I found the protagonist too annoying; it was hard to believe she really had the chops to be considered as the next head chef.  Not much depth.  But the recipes in the back look promising.]]></body>
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