| Jean | Burden | Mike's wife. |
| John | Burden | Mike's son. |
| Mike | Burden | The detective inspector. |
| Pat | Burden | Mike's daughter. |
| Myrtle Annie | Cantrip | Elizabeth's housekeeper. |
| Dr. | Crocker | The police doctor. |
| Katje | Doorn | Elizabeth's au pair/helper. |
| George | Larkins-Smith | Quentin's friend. |
| Priscilla | Larkins-Smith | Elizabeth's companion. George's wife. |
| Mrs. | Lovell | Sean's mother. |
| Sean | Lovell | One of Elizabeth's gardeners. |
| Lionel | Marriott | Quentin's close friend. Aka: Leo. |
| Elizabeth Frances | Nightingale | Quentin's wife. Murdered. |
| Quentin | Nightingale | Elizabeth's husband. |
| Will | Palmer | One of Elizabeth's gardeners. |
| Mr. | Primero | Quentin's friend. |
| Mrs. | Primero | Mr. Primero's wife. |
| Mrs. | Rogers | Elizabeth's associate in cancer relief operations. |
| Alf | Tawney | A chicken and veg seller. |
| Tanya | Tye | Twohey's lover. |
| Denys | Villiers | Quentin's brother-in-law. An Author. |
| Georgina | Villiers | Denys's wife. |
| Reg | Wexford | The detective chief inspector. Protagonist. |
| Dorothy | Wordsworth | William's sister. |
| William | Wordsworth | A romantic poet. |
| Bryant | | A constable. Wexford's associates. |
| Catcher | | One of Elizabeth's maids. |
| Gates | | A constable. Wexford's associates. |
| Hypatia | | Lionel's typist. |
| June | | Denys's first wife. |
| Martin | | A detective sergeant. Wexford's associates. |
| Twohey | | Quentin's former servant. |
