Draft:Jean White (The Madame Blanc Mysteries)

Jean White is an antiques dealer and amateur sleuth and She is the key to solving a slew of killings and mysteries set against the picturesque French village of Sainte Victoire.

Jean is a respected antique dealers in northern England but, when her husband dies and leaves her with nothing but their cottage in Sainte Victoire in the south of France, she heads out there looking for answers. And she ends up solving some local crimes along the way! She is friends with Dom, Gloria, Jeremy and Judith.