| 1 | Reggie | Wynn | Frances' husband. The Earl of Harleigh. Deceased. |
| | Frances | Price-Wynn | Protagonist. The Countess of Harleigh. Aka: Lady Harleigh. |
| | Bridget | McCardle | Frances' maid. |
| | Rose | | Frances's daughter. |
| | Graham | Wynn | Frances' brother-in-law. |
| | Delia | Wynn | Graham's wife. |
| | Jenny | | One of Frances's housemaids. |
| | Crabbe | | Graham's butler. |
| 2 | Mrs. | Thompson | Frances' housekeeper. |
| | George | Hazelton | The man who moved Reggie's dead body. Frances's friend. |
| | Alicia | Stoke-Whitney | Reggie's mistress. |
| | Fiona | Nash | Frances' friend. George's brother. Aka: Lady Nash. |
| | Brandon | Hazelton | George's brother. |
| 3 | Inspector | Delaney | A police inspector at Metropolitan Police. |
| | Formsby | | Reggie's valet. |
| 4 | Hetty | Chesney | Frances' aunt. |
| | Lily | Price | Frances'
sister. |
| | Mr. | Stone | Frances' family friend. |
| | Robert | Nash | Fiona's husband. |
| | Caroline | Fairmont | France and Fiona's friend. |
| | Mrs. | Richardson | Fiona's acquaintance. |
| | Anne | Haverhill | Fiona's acquaintance who was robbed. |
| | Gordon | Haverhill | Anne's husband. |
| | Mrs. | Foster | Caroline's mother. |
| 5 | Alonzo | | Frances' brother. |
| | Mary | Chesterton | The woman who lost her necklace. |
| | Madame | Celeste | Fiona's
acquaintance. |
| | Oliver | Kirkland | One of Reggie's friends. |
| | Viscount | Ainsworthy | The new Viscount of London. A man who admired Lily. Aka: Thomas Martin. |
| 6 | Lady | Georgianna | The Countess of Grafton. |
| 7 | Daniel | Grayson | Lord Ballymore's son. One of Lily's admirers. |
| 8 | Leo | Kendrick | Lady Georgianna's acquaintance. |
| | Patricia | Whiting | Leo's step-mother. |
| | Lady | Bradley | Fiona's acquaintance. |
| | Grace | | Fiona's maid. |
| | Mr. | Barnes | Bridget's friend. A Viscount Butler. |
| 9 | Pierre | | Rose's pony. |
| | Lady | Marsden | The woman who admired Alicia's bracelet. |
| | James | Capshaw | Alicia's footman. |
| 12 | Blakely | | George's valet. |
| 13 | Arthur | Stoke-Whitney | Alicia's husband. |
| 14 | Mrs. | Worthington | Delia's mother. |
| | Mrs. | Roswell | The woman who runs a ballroom party. |
| 16 | Bradford | | Alicia's butler. |
| | Madeline | | Georgianna's daughter. |
| 17 | Trevor | Rockingham | James Capshaw's former employer. |
| | Mrs. | Rockingham | Mr. Rockingham's wife. |
| 19 | Claire | Allen | An actress. Mr. Haverhill's step-sister. |
| | Florence | Carrington | Frances'
as acquaintance. |
| | Jessop | | A Police Superintendent. |
| | Collins | | A Police Inspector. |
| | Redding | | A Police Inspector. |
