Eggsecutive Orders by Julie A. Hyzy

3rd in the series featuring Ollie Paras in the White House Chef mystery series

Ollie is the White House Chef and she and her staff are set to get ready for the Easter celebration (dinner and Easter Egg Roll) and her mother and grandmother are finally coming to visit. It will be the first time her family has come to visit since she started working at the White House. But on the morning of their arrival the secret service comes knocking at her door without any kind of explanation. Quickly Ollie figures out someone has died shortly after eating dinner at the White House - by a meal prepared by Ollie and her staff. So until an investigation is done Ollie and her staff are suspended indefinitely.

So Ollie tries to enjoy the extra free time with her mother and grandmother but feels responsible for her staff and the kitchen. When her boyfriend, Tom's job on the Presidential Protection Detail is also threatened, Ollie can't help but investigate. The tension builds between her and her boyfriend as he's made responsible for her actions. Ollie becomes a target for a newspaper columnist and her mother shows too much interest in a man connected to the dead White House guest for Ollie. Can she find a way back into the kitchen and to find the killer?

I somehow missed book 2 but didn't really feel like I was missing anything by not reading it first. I read book 1 several years ago when it came out. I enjoyed but still find Ollie kind of annoying as she never really listens to anyone and why is it that everyone seems to hate her except the President? She spends more time getting into arguments with various White House staff and even her boyfriend that you wonder when she has time to even cook? But yet I enjoy the behind the scenes look we get at the White House that I can overlook my annoyance.