Who Killed Olive Souffle Author:Margaret Benoit Vacationing Detective Angel Cardoni, stranded in a snowstorm, knocks on the door of a country inn, not yet open for the ski season. Ms. Olive Souffle the inn's French chef, welcomes the detective with a bowl of steaming pea soup and the offer of a room for the night. Only hours later, she is dead on the gritty floor of the inn's walk-in freezer.... more » Who flattened Souffle? Was it the lodge manager, Warren Peace? Employees Patty Melt, Norm L. Heights, Barry Sherbert, or Caesar Salade? This fast-paced murder mystery is full of clues, humor, and applied scientific principles that will keep young readers guessing-thinking-and varaciously reading, until the very last page. Who Killed Olive Souffle? is one of a four-book mystery/science series, a project for which Margaret Benoit has been awarded an American Society grant for creative writing, The series was also nominated for the Chemical Manufacturers' Catalyst Award and the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Mathematics.« less