| 1 | Johnnie | Butt | Postman. |
| | Mr. | Totman | Stationer of the High Street. |
| | Laura | Easterbrook | Occupant living in Chipping Cleghorn. Colonel's wife. |
| | Mrs. | Sweetenham | Occupant living in Chipping Cleghorn. |
| | Miss | Blacklock | Occupant living in Chipping Cleghorn. |
| | Edmund | Sweetenham | Mrs. Sweetenham's son. |
| | Selina | Lawrence | The woman who needed a cook. |
| | Letitia | Blacklock | Owner of Little Paddocks. aka: Letty. |
| | Simon | | Edmund's uncle. |
| | Archie | Easterbrook | Mrs. Easterbrook's husband. Colonel. |
| | Amy | Murgatroyd | Lives with Hinchcliffe. |
| | Miss | Hinchcliffe | Lives with Amy. aka: Hinch. |
| | Diana Bunch | Harmon | The vicar's wife. |
| | Julian | Harmon | Diana's husband. A vicar. |
| | Edward | Harmon | Julian's son. |
| | Susan | Harmon | Julian's daughter. |
| | Julia | Simmons | Letty's young cousin. Patrick's sister. |
| 2 | Patrick | Simmons | Letty's young cousin. Julia's brother. |
| | Dora | Bunner | A close friend of Letty's. Her former schoolmate. aka: Bunny. |
| | Phillipa | Haymes | Little Paddocks boarder. Dayas Hall gardener. |
| | Mitzi | | Letty's housekeeper and cook. Refugee. |
| 3 | Mrs. | Lucas | Phillipa's boss. |
| 4 | George | Rydesdale | Chief constable of Middleshire. |
| | Dermot Eric | Craddock | Detective inspector. Sir Henry's grandson. |
| | Legg | | Police inspector. |
| | Rudi | Scherz | Deceased foreigner. Swiss man who worked at the Royal Spa Hotel. |
| | Fletcher | | Police sergeant. |
| | Sir Henry | Clithering | Scotland Yard's ex-commissioner. |
| | Mr. | Rowlandson | Royal Spa Hotel manager. |
| | Mryna | Harris | Waitress. Rudi's close friend. |
| 5 | Mrs. | Huggins | Letty's gardener. |
| 7 | Marlene | | Woman in jail. |
| | Florrie | | Bellamy's daughter. Jane's parlourmaid. |
| 8 | Jane | Marple | Diana's aunt. Detective's ally. |
| | Raymond | West | Jane's nephew. |
| | Fred | Tyler | Man in the fish shop. |
| | Jessie | Spragge | The girl at Draper's. |
| | Jim | Kelly | Notorious swindler. |
| | Emma | | Craddock's aunt. |
| 10 | Randall | Goedler | A man associated with Letty. |
| | Belle | Goedler | Randall's wife. |
| | Sonia | Goedler | Randall's sister. |
| | Dmitri | Stamfordis | Sonia's husband. |
| | Pip | Stamfordis | Sonia's son. Emma's twin. |
| | Emma | Stamfordis | Sonia's daughter. Pip's twin. |
| 11 | Pat | Simmons | Julia and Patrick's mother. |
| 12 | Ronald | Haymes | Phillipa's husband. Ex-military. |
| | Harry | Haymes | Ronald and Phillipa's son. |
| 13 | Mr. | Elliot | Owner of the antique shop. |
| | Hynes | | Phillipa's lodger. |
| 14 | Sister | McClelland | Mrs. Goedler's nurse. |
| 16 | Mr. | Beddingfield | Letty's lawyer. |
| 17 | Charlotte | | Letty's sister. |
| 18 | Dr. | Blacklock | Letty's father. |
| | Mr. | Curtiss | The Wesleyan Minister. |
| 19 | Tiglath | Pileser | Letty's cat. |
| 20 | Edwards | | Police detective. |
| 23 | Adolf | Koch | Doctor. |
