| 1 | Milwaukee | | The redskin. |
| 2 | Wendell | Two Knives | The man who guided Shiloh at Boundary Waters. |
| 3 | Corcoran | O'Connor | A former sheriff. Protagonist. Aka: Cork. |
| | Sam | Wintermoon | Cork's old friend. |
| | Annie | O'Connor | Cork's daughter. |
| | Jenny | O'Connor | Cork's daughter. |
| | Charlie | Aalto | Cork's neighbor. A truck driver. |
| | William | Raye | A T.V. host. Aka: Arkansas Will. |
| | Marais | Grand | William's wife
and Ellie Grand's daughter. |
| | Shiloh | | William and Marais' daughter. Missing. |
| 4 | Nancy Jo | O'Connor | Cork's wife. |
| | Daniel | Wadena | A casino manager. |
| | Rose | | Jo's sister. Cork's sister-in-law. |
| | Stevie | | Cork's son. |
| | Sean | Murray | Jenny's boyfriend. |
| | Ellie | Grand | Cork's mother's
cousin. Marais' mother. |
| 5 | Wally | Schanno | The Tamarack County sheriff. |
| | Marsha | Dross | Wall's night desk officer. |
| | Arletta | Schanno | Wall's wife. |
| | Booker | Harris | An FBI special agent. |
| | Dwight | Sloane | An FBI special agent. |
| | Virgil | Grimes | An FBI special agent. |
| | Patricia | Sutpen | Shiloh's psychologist. |
| | Elizabeth | Dobson | Shiloh's studio musician. |
| | Vincent | Benedetti | The primary suspect on Marais's murder. Marais's lover. |
| | Arnie | Gooden | The field rep in Duluth. |
| | Finn Able | Nurmi | Molly's father. |
| | Henry | Meloux | An Ojibwe medicine man. |
| | Walleye | | Meloux's old hound. |
| 11 | Lew | Knutson | The newspaper boy. |
| | Karl | Knutson | Lew's father. |
| | Harold | Svedsen | Owner of a car garage. |
| | Lenore | | Ellie Grand's cousin. Wendell's wife. |
| | Father | Kelsey | The priest at St. Agnes. |
| | Angelo | Benedetti | Vincent's son. |
| | Joey | | Angelo's driver. |
| 12 | Sarah | Two Knives | Stormy's wife. |
| | Hector | Two Knives | Wendell's nephew. Aka: Stormy. |
| | Louis | Two Knives | Stormy's son. |
| | The | Captain | Jo and Rose's mother. |
| | Nanabhozo | | The spirit full of tricks. |
| 19 | Douglas | Greene | The forest service agent. |
| 21 | Mr. | Gunderson | One of Cork's neighbors. |
| 23 | Theresa | Benedetti | Vincent's wife. Angel's father. |
| | Fran | | Jo's secretary. |
| | Nathan | Johnson | Booker Harris's brother. |
| 25 | Sandy | Sebring | The man that Shiloh met. |
| | Roy | Evans | Sandy's friend. |
| 26 | May | | Arletta's sister. |
| 29 | Mr. | Clean | The man who took Louis. |
| | William | O'Connor | Cork's father. |
| 30 | Jerome | Metcalf | A consultant. Aka: Jerry. |
| | James Jay | Williams | A congressman. |
| | Cy | Borkmann | A police officer. |
| | Charon | | The hired killer. Aka: Baby Bear. |
| 42 | George | Leduc | A member of tribal executive counsel. |
| | Francine | Leduc | George's wife. |
| | Lydia | Champoux | Sarah's mother. |
| | Albert L. | Bearman | A former marine. Chano's boss. Aka: Papa Bear. |
| 46 | Jiminiy | Cricket | The man who gave Shiloh a ride. |
| | Nils | Larson | Jiminiy's wife. |
| 48 | Althea | Bolls | A widow who lived alone in a cabin. |
