Everything changed for Jean the day she married Lucien Blake. All those sordid rumours about the Doctor and his housekeeper were finally put to bed.
But happily ever after was never on the cards for Jean. Two years after their wedding, Lucien disappeared whilst in pursuit of a killer. Any other woman might feel their life was over. But Jean, ever practical and pragmatic, found a way to continue on, getting through one day at a time.
Jean has long been the fount of all local knowledge - a skill she soon put to use as a newly elected member of local council. Everything Jean has learnt over the years by watching and studying both Blake and his father before him is now going to stand her in good stead, as she finds herself more and more drawn into a world of murder and mystery. Jean knows people; she understands them. She can see what makes them tick and why they are what they are. She can see beyond the obvious, what made them do what they did. It's a blessing and a curse, and Jean has no choice but to do the right thing.
But beneath it all are her own fears - that she's kidding herself. That deep down she's still just Jeannie Randall, the poor farm girl, the woman who never left Ballarat, the Doctor's housekeeper. Surely it's only a matter of time before everybody realises it?
