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White House chef mystery volume 2
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White House executive chef Ollie Paras has to put her own interests on the back burner when a kindly electrician is electrocuted to death, and the First Lady?s nephew dies in an apparent suicide less than 24 hours after cleaning shrimp with Ollie. Ollie suspects something fishy is going on. She?ll have to watch her back?and find a killer unlikely to be pardoned.
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White House chef mystery volume 1
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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...
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"With the White House's big Easter celebration--along with a visit from her family--right around the corner, Olivia Paras has too many eggs in one basket. Add the death of a government official and she's starting to feel more like a basket case...What's worse than a guest not liking your food? A guest dropping dead from it. When NSA big shot Carl Minkus dies right after eating the dinner Ollie's staff had prepared, all forks point to them. Now, the...
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"As the official organic gardener for the White House, Casey Calhoun is usually up to her elbows in something or other. But when someone starts tampering with the Presidential vegetable garden, she soon finds herself in way over her head. As if it wasn't bad enough that red peppers are growing instead of green ones and cabbage is popping up where the First Lady's favorite lettuce should be -- a hard-nosed investigative reporter is found dead after...
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NAME: Dr. Alice Thompson
JOB: Senior CIA Analyst
MISSION: To create the path from data to détente.
NAME: Daniel Drake Darlington III
JOB: White House Chief of staff
MISSION: To make the world a safer place.
Two brilliant minds. An advent calendar. One impossible assignment. Dr. Alice Thompson discovers a covert strategy to create diplomacy with the most reclusive nation on the planet. She needs help from someone in power. Daniel survived flying...
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Agent "Beat" Belfour comes under fire when a coup erupts in the West African country of Guinea-Bissau. A routine diplomatic assignment goes wrong, and the Ambassador's life now is slipping through her fingers. Frank Adams' only weapons to save her are: the President's strategic skills, the dedication of the U.S. Army Night Stalkers helicopter regiment, and a past history with "Beat" that changed his life and his heart.
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Despite cooler fall temperatures in Washington, D.C., tempers flare at the White House when historical documents go missing from the curator's office and the gardeners are blamed. As if that isn't bad enough, Casey Calhoun has started receiving death threats, and the president's pooch is digging unsightly holes all over the South Lawn. Then the curator is found dead, with all evidence pointing to Gordon Sims, the chief gardener.
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"Tensions run high as executive chef Olivia Paras and the White House staff prepare for a high-stakes state dinner. But as the date approaches, the secretary of defense is found dead in his home, seemingly killed during a break-in. And Olivia's fiancé is looking into the mysterious murder of an old friend. Is there a connection? Then Ollie learns the president is in imminent danger at the dinner and must do everything in her power to get to him."--Provided...
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White House executive chef Olivia Paras is delighted to hear that plans are still on to welcome a presidential candidate from the country of Saardisca and four of that nation's top chefs. But when a tour of the kitchen by the foreign chefs ends in murder, it's clear someone has infiltrated the White House.
12) Foreign éclairs
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"Things are about to really heat up for Ollie. News of a bombing and attempted breakout at a federal prison reveals that the brother of a terrorist she helped defeat is back with a vengeance. And after she gets mugged on her way home from work, the Secret Service won't leave her side, fearing she is now a target. When a White House staff member is murdered, officials rush to action over a possible security breach. It may be time for Ollie to trade...
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We fell in love during the campaign. The stakes were high. Reputations could have been ruined. Scandal hovered over us like a cloud. Now the man I love is the President of the United States of America. And it's not my vote he's after. He wants it all-my heart, my body, my soul. He wants me by his side. In the White House. Normalcy will be gone from my life, privacy forgotten. I am only twenty-three. I just wanted to play a part in history. But it...
14) Mr. President
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I met the president's son when we were both young. Matthew Hamilton was handsome, polished, and intelligent. I'd never met a guy like him. He promised me that he'd never run for president. I promised that if he did, I'd be by his side. Two terms later, an invitation to join Matthew Hamilton's campaign is the most exhilarating opportunity I've ever experienced. I'm determined to make a difference; he is determined to win. Focused on his goal, Matt...
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Lincoln's White House Mystery volume 1
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Abraham Lincoln's inauguration has an unexpected hitch: murder. Fortunately, former frontier scout Adam Quinn is there to investigate.
March 4, 1861. At the inaugural ball, Allan Pinkerton is wary of potential assassins. Lincoln's friend, Joshua Speed, is by his side, along with Speed's nephew, Adam Quinn. When a man is found stabbed to death in a nearby room, Lincoln dispatches Quinn to investigate. Is the crime a political act? Quinn must navigate...
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A historical mystery from a New York Times–bestselling author that "[evokes] the period with convincing detail" (Publishers Weekly).
It is March 4, 1861, the day of Abraham Lincoln's inauguration, and the president-elect's trusted entourage is on their guard. Allan Pinkerton, head of security, is wary of potential assassins. And Lincoln's oldest friend, Joshua Speed, is by his side, along with Speed's...
It is March 4, 1861, the day of Abraham Lincoln's inauguration, and the president-elect's trusted entourage is on their guard. Allan Pinkerton, head of security, is wary of potential assassins. And Lincoln's oldest friend, Joshua Speed, is by his side, along with Speed's...
17) Comandante
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La pasión de Matt y Charlotte llega a la Casa Blanca
Nos enamoramos en la campaña electoral.
Y eso solo fue el principio.
Ahora él es el presidente de Estados Unidos.
Y me desea. Desea mi cuerpo.
Mi corazón. Mi alma.
Y me quiere a su lado.
En la Casa Blanca.
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NAME: Damien Feinman
JOB: Marine Corps Situation Room Duty Officer
NAME: Cornelia Day
JOB: White House Chief of Staff
After ten years, Damien's duties as Sit Room watch officer let him see it all: the good, the bad, and the disastrous. But nothing prepared him for the beauty and power of the new Chief of Staff.
Cornelia's new role as White House Chief of Staff leads her to the Situation Room where every crisis comes home to roost. A dozen...
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Teenager Dilya Stevenson's life at the White House is like no one else's. As the First Family's nanny and dog walker, her duties are sometimes light and always enjoyable. Which leaves her plenty of time to keep her eyes and ears open behind the scenes. Facing danger as a child, and even death has taught her to be a loner-too much so her elders fear.
Retired spy Miss Watson takes pride in trusting no one. But she keeps a weather eye on Dilya from...
20) In the Weeds
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The White House Protection Force leaps into danger! Come meet the behind scenes specialists who keep our White House safe-even while they risk their hearts. Colby Thompson likes nothing better than his Secret Service patrol of the White House's South Lawn with his trusty German Shepherd, Rex. The role fits them both down to the ground. But when his childhood nemesis Marine Corps Major Ivy Hanson steps off the Marine One helicopter, his comfortable...