Ollie Paras is the White House Executive Chef, who is friendly with the First Lady, Mrs. Campbell. Mrs. Campbell is trying to persuade her nephew Sean to come to the White House on Thanksgiving. Ollie is helping to convince Sean to come. A bomb threat comes into the White House and everyone in the White House is on high alert for other threats. The First Lady is part owner of Zendy Industries, and they have to decide whether or not to sell the business. A kindly electrician, Gene, dies one day while working on an electrical problem near the kitchen! And then, Sean, Mrs.
The Tsarina's Daughter, a historical fiction book, begins as Tatiana, the daughter of the Russian Tsar Nicholas II, is an old lady living in Canada, retelling the story of her childhood. However, she is not referred to as Tatiana; rather she is known as Daria Gradov. This story explains how her name changed from Tatiana to Daria. Only her husband, who is dead, knows the whole story. Her story begins in 1904 at the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia. Tatiana's father, Tsar Nicholas II, is the tsar of Russia and her mother is Tsarina Alexandria.
"Bobbie Faye's (kinda, sorta, not exactly) Family Jewels" by Toni McGee Causey is an unusual book. The mystery book is set in Cajun country in Louisiana and includes many of Bobbie Faye's crazy relatives. Evidently, Bobbie Faye, a crime solver, had a dangerous escapade in her first book, which included some of the characters in this book. In this funny mystery, Bobbie Faye is asked by her cousin, Francesca, to help find some diamonds that Francesca's Mom took from her Dad.
