| Clotilde |
Arsenault |
A missing woman. |
| Fiona |
Arsenault |
Clotilde's daughter. |
| Samuel |
Arsenault |
Clotilde's son. aka: Sam. |
| Kenojuak |
Ashebak |
Inuit artist. |
| W. H. |
Auden |
Anglo-American poet. |
| Jean-Guy |
Beauvoir |
An agent. |
| Monsieur |
Beliveau |
A general store owner. |
| Claude |
Boisfranc |
The new church caretaker. |
| Jerome |
Brunel |
Therese's husband. |
| Therese |
Brunel |
Former senior officer in tne Surete. |
| Italo |
Calvino |
Italian journalist and writer. |
| Linda |
Chernin |
An inspector. |
| Amelia |
Choquet |
A young agent. |
| Cecil |
Clarke |
The head docent. |
| Samuel |
de Champlain |
16/17th-century French explorer of North America. |
| Alexander |
Deganais |
Beauvoir's commander. |
| John |
Fleming |
A psychopath. |
| Amelia |
Gamache |
Armand's mother. |
| Annie |
Gamache |
Jean-Guy's wife. |
| Armand |
Gamache |
The chief inspector. |
| Pierre |
Gendron |
An IT specialist. |
| Monsieur |
Godin |
The new owner of Billy William's house. |
| Patricia |
Godin |
Monsieur Godin's wife. aka: Pat. |
|
Hargreaver |
A bishop. |
| Sharon |
Harris |
A coroner. |
| Abbie |
Hoffman |
American political and social activist. |
| Stephen |
Horowitz |
Armand's godfather. |
| John |
Johnson |
Billy's nephew. aka: JJ. |
| Isabelle |
Lacoste |
Shared second-in-command duties with inspector Beauvoir. |
| Anne |
Lamarque |
A woman recruited by the King to help colonize New France. |
| Harriet |
Landers |
An engineer. |
| Myrna |
Landers |
A bookshop owner. Harriet's aunt. |
| Bishop |
Laval |
A Jesuit and head of the church in the New World. |
| Mirlande |
Louissant |
The chief conservator. |
| Connor |
McNee |
A bridge builder. |
| Dr. |
Mignon |
A coroner. |
| Hardye |
Moel |
An agent trained in grief counseling and had worked with children. |
| Robert |
Mongeau |
The new minister at St. Thomas. |
| William |
Morris |
British textile designer. |
| Clara |
Morrow |
A local artist. |
| David |
Norman |
A driver. |
| Edgar Allan |
Poe |
American writer and literary critic. |
| Nathalie |
Provost |
Armand Gamache's acquaintance. |
| Pierre |
Stone |
Billy's great-great grandfather. |
| Billy |
Williams |
Myrna's live-in-partner. |
| Ruth |
Zardo |
An old poet. |
| Cicero |
|
Roman statesman |
| Daniel |
|
Armand and Reine-Marie's son. |
| Florence |
|
Armand's granddaughter. |
| Folleville |
|
Anne Lamaque's husband. |
| Fred |
|
One of Gamache's dogs. |
| Gabri |
|
Owner of the B&B. |
| Gracie |
|
A puppy. |
| Henri |
|
One of Gamache's dogs. |
| Honore |
|
Annie and Jean-Guy's son. |
| Idola |
|
Annie and Jean-Guy's infant daughter. |
| Maryse |
|
Dr. Louissant's assistant. |
| Michelangelo |
|
Italian sculptor |
| Olivier |
|
Gabri's partner. |
| Reine-Marie |
|
Armand Gamache's wife. |
| Rosa |
|
A duck. |
| Roslyn |
|
Daniel's wife. |
| Sarah |
|
A baker. |
| Socrates |
|
Classical Greek Athenian philosopher. |
| Sylvie |
|
Robert Mongeau's wife. |
| Zora |
|
Armand's grandmother. |
