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