Due to a government sequester, entertaining at the White House has been severely curtailed. So executive chef Olivia Paras is delighted 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 when a tour of the kitchen by the foreign chefs ends in murder, it's clear someone has infiltrated the White House with ill intent. Is the candidate a targe? Once again, Olivia must make sleuthing the special of the day. -- From the publisher.

Includes recipes.