Mysterious Reviews Home

State of the Onion

A White House Chef Mystery with Olivia Paras by Julie Hyzy

State of the Onion by Julie Hyzy

Synopsis (from the publisher): 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 …

The highly-trained Secret Service agents couldn't do it. 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 witnesses 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 …

Amazon.com Print and/or Kindle Edition Kobo eBook Apple iTunes/iBooks Edition Barnes&Noble NookBook Abe Books The Book Depository: Free Worldwide Shipping Biblio Alibris Books-a-Million

Clicking on the above button(s) will open a new window or tab on the respective vendor's website with more information about purchasing this book. (Links to Abe Books, Alibris, Biblio.com, and Books-a-Million are to the home page only.) Availability of books from listed vendors is subject to change without notice.

Mysterious Reviews is a participant in several affiliate programs that may provide a commission or advertising fee as the result of a product sale; see our full disclosure on the About page.

Books-a-Million tracking Alibris tracking Biblio tracking

— ♦ —

State of the Onion by Julie Hyzy

State of the Onion by Julie Hyzy — A White House Chef Mystery with Olivia Paras

Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime
Format: Mass Market Paperback
ISBN-13: 978-0-425-21869-3
Publication Date: January 2008
List Price: $7.99

Return to Review

— ♦ —

Page Author: Lance Wright
Site Publisher: Mysterious Reviews

Mysterious Reviews is a Division of
The Hidden Staircase Mystery Books
and a Business Unit of the
Omnimystery Family of Mystery Websites