State of the onion

Format:

Book

Title:

State of the onion

Author:

Hyzy, Julie A. author

ISBN:

9780425218693

Edition:

Berkley Prime Crime mass-market edition.

Publication:

New York : Berkley Publishing Group, 2008.

Physical Description:

325 pages ; 18 cm

Series title(s):

White House chef mystery ;

Number in series:

General Note:

"Berkley Prime Crime mystery."

"Includes recipes for a complete Presidential menu"--Cover

Summary:

The highly trained Secret Service agents couldn't do it. The snipers swarming the White House grounds were no help. Only Ollie Paras was able to stop the intruder hitting him with a frying pan. She'd like to wash her hands of the whole thing, but after she witness a murder, there's no going back. Ollie's Secret Service boyfriend warns her that the killer is a world class assassin. And Ollie's the only person alive who can recognize him. Still, guilt propels her to investigate even if it means putting herself and her relationship in hot water.

Corporate Subject:

White House (Washington, D.C.) -- Fiction.

White House (Washington, D.C.) (OCoLC)fst00631324

Subject(s):

White House (Washington, D.C.) -- Fiction.

Cooks -- Fiction.

Witnesses -- Fiction.

Assassins -- Fiction.

Women detectives -- Washington (D.C.) -- Fiction.

Washington (D.C.) -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Washington (D.C.) -- Fiction.

Washington (D.C.)

Genre:

Detective and mystery stories.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Fiction.

Mystery fiction.

Holds:

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Summary

Introducing White House Assistant Chef Olivia Paras, who is rising-and sleuthing-to the top.

Includes recipes for a complete presidential menu! 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.

Author Notes

New York Times bestselling author Julie Hyzy writes both the White House Chef Mysteries and the Manor House Mysteries for Berkley Prime Crime and has won the Anthony Award and the Barry Award for her work. A native Chicagoan, she thoroughly enjoys researching her books, especially when traveling to exciting new places is involved.

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

White House Assistant Chef Olivia Paras-you can call her Ollie-faces challenges aplenty: a heated competition for the soon-to-be-vacant top chef's job, the sneering antagonism of the president's newly appointed "sensitivity director" and, of course, the mysterious intruder she unwittingly stops on the White House lawn with a couple of swift blows from a frying pan-an unarmed man with news of a threat to the president. Though the Secret Service disapproves of her interference, Ollie soon takes on the mantel of amateur sleuth, which could endanger not only her life but her cozy relationship with handsome Secret Service Agent Thomas MacKenzie. The tension mounts as the president negotiates a major peace plan for the Middle East, Ollie stumbles on the path of a nearly invisible enemy known as the Chameleon, and obnoxious TV celebrity chef Laurel Anne Braun shows up to threaten Ollie's career. Hyzy (Deadly Interest) launches her White House Chef Mystery series with a compulsively readable whodunit full of juicy behind-the-Oval Office details, flavorful characters and a satisfying side dish of red herrings-not to mention 20 pages of easy-to-cook recipes fit for the leader of the free world. (Jan.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Booklist Review

Hyzy wastes no time establishing a mood of tension when Olivia Paras, cook at the White House, foils an intruder on the Executive Mansion's grounds with a swift blow from a frying pan. The chef gets to bask in the glow of her foolhardy heroism for only a brief time because she soon realizes that the man she bashed in the head is clearly not the same man whose picture appears on television's nightly news. Moreover, as the interloper collapses at her feet, he utters a few words warning that the president is in some sort of danger. Despite Secret Service admonitions to say nothing and even the president himself personally advising her silence, she can't help pursuing a solution to the mystery. Meanwhile, Olivia has to prepare meals for the First Family and arrange state dinners. Hyzy's sure grasp of Washington geography offers firm footing for the plot.--Knoblauch, Mark Copyright 2007 Booklist