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Pretty standard cozy mystery - the only difference is that this book treats the White House kitchen as any old kitchen where random people can walk in and out with no trouble or even permission required.
It also has a ditzy heroine, who I wanted to brain with her own skillet at the beginning, but then I sympathized with her. Really, she has a tough enough job being girlfriend to the idiot Secret Service man who seems least concerned about listening to poor Ollie, even when he knows she might be ...more
It also has a ditzy heroine, who I wanted to brain with her own skillet at the beginning, but then I sympathized with her. Really, she has a tough enough job being girlfriend to the idiot Secret Service man who seems least concerned about listening to poor Ollie, even when he knows she might be ...more
White House Assistant Chef Olivia Paras is a bit late for work due to an errand. Her boss, Henry, is retiring and she stopped to pick up his retirement gift, an inscribed frying pan. After she passes the checkpoint she sees a man running towards her with two Secret Service agents in pursuit. Noting that she is closest to stopping the man, she swings the frying pan and, thus, starts this cute mystery which involves a behind the scene look at the White House, the kitchen. Olivia is directed by the
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This was a solid first book in a new series. I will look up others.
May 20, 2014
Jirrine
marked it as wishlist
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Lori
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Cindy Ketcham
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Arielle Vanessa
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Jul 15, 2021
Vanessa
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Linda C
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