Madame and Monsieur LeBrun are a retired couple living in Les Lilas, just outside Paris.  Monsieur was a shoemaker, and Madame was a council worker, but they also had another profession, from which they are not entirely retired…

The LeBruns like to go for healthy walks around the suburbs of Paris in the evenings, and are not afraid of writing strongly-worded letters to the council if they notice that there is something wrong that needs fixing.  They have very firm views on social responsibility.  Madame is from  Matignon in Brittany, and her maiden name was Hélène Merion.  Monsieur is from Marseilles, and his first name is Georges.

The LeBruns’ stories are linked to the stations named for the town halls of Paris’s various communes.

Story Title	Metro Station		Genre	Warnings
Occupational Hazard	Mairie de Clichy		Fantasy – urban – romance	World War II, prequel
Good Council	Mairie des Lilas		Fantasy – urban – humour	Child in peril, untidy gardens
Home to Roost	Mairie d’Issy		Fantasy – urban – humour	Possible rooster death
Olifant	Mairie de Saint-Ouen		Fantasy – urban – humour	Unicorn poaching, bad opera jokes
Grave Concerns	Mairie de Montrouge		Fantasy – urban – humour	Ghosts, ballet, ill-advised relationships

The LeBruns make a brief appearance in the first Pierrot Pantin story, Pantin in Paris.