The Madame Blanc Mysteries - Season 2, Episode 3 - January 12, 2023

This episode finds the characters at a funeral for a local actress who had been one of the theater committee's members. Now, Robin's Jeremy just happens to be head of the group and is looking to replace her quickly, as they'll lose the right to use the historic theater without the required number of committee members.

The actress's adult daughter is in town for the funeral and winds up finding out a family secret...that she was NOT the daughter of this actress, but instead the actress's sister, who had been murdered in that very theater back in 1974! So...she gets Jean White on the case!

Jean figures out that her mom had been killed because of a priceless gift given to her by her daughter's real dad, a foreign dignitary, which she had hidden somewhere in the theater. They decide the best way to get access to all areas is for the daughter to take her mother's place on the theater committee.

But murder happens again before the episode is through... a poor cleaning guy who Jeremy had bribed to clean the room where the crime had taken place so long ago.....

But, before you know it, Jean has all the loose ends tied up neatly and the killer found and the gift discovered in plain sight.

So, another fun little mystery, all wrapped up!

The Madame Blanc Mysteries - Season 2, Episode 2 - January 5, 2023

Nice that this one starts right off with the focus on Robin's Jeremy character! He's out celebrating with his mates and has way too much to drink.

So, because he ignores his wife Judith's calls, she tells him not to come home and to sleep on their boat that night instead. So he does.

...and wakes up to find a dead body on the deck!

So then he must go to the police, and eventually Jean White gets in on figuring out the mystery. Judith has her suspicions about it being Jeremy's lover and he had killed her! Don't know where THAT came from, but it was kind of funny.
One clue I caught on to right away was the "Afro comb" the victim was found with. Now, I do remember these "combs" being used a lot in the 70s by people with Afros. BUT my family had a whole set of antique cutlery with one of these "combs" among it. I looked it up once and found they are really cake slicers for angel food cake. And, on the show there just happened to be some chefs visiting the town to promote a cookbook. So, I put things together right away, before Jean did!