Blog Tour & Giveaway: All The President’s Menus by Julie Hyzy

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…

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About the Author:

Julie Hyzy’s very first job had her flipping burgers and chopping onions at a neighborhood hot dog stand. She traded that experience for a job as a singing waitress at Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour — but gave that up when she started college (and because she couldn’t carry a tune).

Over the years, she’s acted in community theater productions, appeared in television commercials, and crashed a previously all-male fraternity to become one of the first female brothers in Loyola University’s Chapter of Delta Sigma Pi. Julie had dreams of becoming a writer, but family, friends, and frat brothers convinced her otherwise. Having held positions as junior officer at a downtown bank, office manager at an architectural firm, and financial advisor at a prestigious wealth management company, she realizes that the business degree was probably a good choice — but fiction is truly her passion. Now, with some well-earned life experience behind her, she’s delighted to finally be able to make writing a priority in her life.

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Jennifer’s Review of All The President’s Menus

Review (4.75 Stars): This is a fabulous series and I can never get enough of Ollie and the wonderful cast of characters in this series.  In this story, Olivia finds herself entertaining foreign chefs and a presidential candidate from Saardisca at a time when she least expects it, during the middle of a sequester.  While taking the foreign chefs on a pastry tour, Marcel passes out and claims that he has been drugged and soon one of the visiting chefs ends up dead, leaving Olivia to believe that there is more going on than meets the eye.  Now, she must find a killer before it is too late and another victim is found at the White House.

This is the eighth book in the White House Chef mystery series and this is one of my favorite series to date.  Olivia is a fabulous character and I love reading about her life at the White House and the wonderful culinary creations she comes up with for Presidential events or just to feed the First Family.  I enjoyed this mystery because I’m always amazed at the way she handles herself in any situation, whether it is life or death or dealing with difficult chefs and she does it all effortlessly. I can’t say enough great things about this series and I can’t wait to read what is in store for Olivia and her team at the White House.

Giveaway

I’m excited to give away a copy of All The President’s Menu. This giveaway is for US Residents only.  To be entered in the drawing by January 12th, please leave me a comment below: