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Ross's atmospheric mysteries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMEET OUR AMATEUR SLEUTHS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePippa\u003c\/strong\u003e is reinventing herself as a baker after leaving her old life as a City banker behind. She was delighted to meet fellow Brit Jennifer on the stalls at the weekly market. She lives next door to a friendly \u003cem\u003egendarme\u003c\/em\u003e who inadvertently provides helpful tidbits for Pippa and Jennifer's investigations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJennifer\u003c\/strong\u003e and her family moved to France when she'd finally had enough of the rat race. With her husband, Jonathan, she took on a smallholding in the idyllic Brittany countryside - complete with chickens and rabbits and sheep. 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