1 | Reggie | Wynn | Frances's husband. The Earl of Harleigh. Deceased. |
| Frances | Price-Wynn | Protagonist. The Countess of Harleigh. Aka: Lady Harleigh. |
| Bridget | McCardle | Frances's maid. |
| Rose | | Frances's daughter. |
| Graham | Wynn | Frances's brother-in-law. |
| Delia | Wynn | Graham's wife. |
| Jenny | | One of Frances's housemaids. |
| Crabbe | | Graham's butler. |
2 | Mrs. | Thompson | Frances's housekeeper. |
| George | Hazelton | The man who moved Reggie's dead body. Frances's friend. |
| Alicia | Stoke-Whitney | Reggie's mistress. |
| Fiona | Nash | Frances's 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's aunt. |
| Lily | Price | Frances's teacher. |
| Mr. | Stone | Frances's 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's 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's
acquaintance. |
| Jessop | | A Police Superintendent. |
| Collins | | A Police Inspector. |
| Redding | | A Police Inspector. |