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Bernard/Beatrice Bonbuveur (Can be played by a Male or Female)
The Winemaker
Bonbuveur would do anything to make his/her family’s vineyard a success. The family’s business is firmly on track thanks to Pierre Deluge. His championing of the Chateau Piquette label in Paris saved the winery...
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Claude Meunier
The Miller
A former archaeologist, Claude restored the mill some years ago. He delights in seeing this relic of the past up and running again. There are so few windmills still in operation. He is proud to be able to supply the Baker and his wife and the entire village with flour from his mill.
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Claudette Tromper
The Barman's Daughter
Claudette looks just like her mother; at least that’s what everyone always tells her, with a strange look in their eye. She cannot wait to get out of the village and escape provincial Provence. She is ready to explode.
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Clemence Demence
The Flower Seller
The elderly village flower seller gathers violets in early spring, ties little bouquets of lilies of the valley, muget (moo-gay), for the first of May and harvests sweet smelling lavender in summer. She is completely insane.
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Henri Dufour
The Baker
For the past 30 years, Henri and Marie-Francoise have risen early each morning to ensure the croissants are fresh and hot; the villagers would never accept anything else. Henri never smiles and rarely greets his customers. He leaves that to his wife.
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Inspector Flic (Can be played by a Male or Female)
The Inspector
Inspector Flic has been reassigned, once again. He now finds himself in the sleepy lavender fields of the Alpilles (Alp-ee), the foothills of the Alpes, in Provence. He needs a bit of help with this case; some luck wouldn’t hurt either.
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Jacques Chomeur
The Boules Champion
Jacques is the champion boules (bool) player in town. While he is slovenly in appearance, often unshaved and his clothing rumpled, he is something of a Don Juan with the ladies. If only he had a job.
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Marguerite Meunier
The Miller's Wife
The Miller’s wife adores her six children. She teaches part-time in the local primary school and helps her husband with the mill. For her, children are everything. Thankfully she found a hard-working man to support her and their ever-growing family.
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Marie-Francoise Dufour
The Baker's wife
While they are the only bakery in the village, they are the best. So why does Marie-Francoise break out into tears and have to leave the counter mid-sale? She always returns to ring up each sale as fresh and sweet as the morning croissants.
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Pierre Deluge
The Victim
Pierre Deluge told everyone he'd returned home to retire and hunt pheasant. But for whatever reason Pierre chose to return to the village, he unfortunately found himself truly at a “dead end.”
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Remi Boucher
The Butcher
The Butcher's reputation is spotless. He and his wife often speak in the third person out of some outdated snobbish aristocratic fashion. However, the his blood-stained apron might not be the only dirty laundry these two are trying to hide. (Note: This part is flexible. You can have either the butcher, the butcher's wife OR both playing. The butcher and his wife share the same clues.)
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Renée Boucher
The Butcher's Wife
The Boucher family reputation is spotless. However, the blood-stained apron the Butcher wears might not be the only dirty laundry these two are trying to hide. (Note: This part is flexible. You can have either the butcher, the butcher's wife OR both playing. The butcher and his wife share the same clues.)
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Thomas Tromper
The Barman
The village postman and barman, Thomas is as bitter as the beer he pours at the Hotel Noyade. His wife left him years ago for a sailor and he has run three times unsuccessfully for mayor. Three things give him pride and joy: “sorting” the mail, gossiping and playing boules (bool).
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