Mary Elizabeth | Allen | Butcher George's first victim. |
Elizabeth Garret | Anderson | She was the first woman to qualify in Britain as a physician and surgeon. |
John | Andrews | Lydia's husband. Aka: Johnnie. |
Lydia | Andrews | Colonel Harper's daughter. |
Elizabeth | Arden | Founder of Elizabeth Arden, Inc. |
Joan | Barnard | One of Phryne's aliases. |
Mr | Berry | One of the politicians at the Melba Gala. |
Cokey | Billings | One of the King of Snow's men. |
Madame | Breda | German woman who runs a Turkish bath house and health palace. |
Melanie | Cryer | One of the aristocrats. |
May | Cunliffe | 1924 Cairo road race champion. |
Elli | de Lisse | Twin sister of Sasha and his dancing partner. |
Princesse | de Lisse | Elli and Sasha's grandmother. |
Sasha | de Lisse | Russian dancer who has a grudge against drug dealers. |
| Ellis | Senior-Constable. |
Phryne | Fisher | Wealthy aristocrat and private detective. |
George | Fletcher | Abortionist and rapist. Aka: Butcher George. |
Alice | Greenham | Latest victim of Butcher George. |
Colonel | Harper | Retired Indian Colonel. |
Mrs. | Harper | Colonel Harper's wife. |
Mr | Jackson | One of the politicians at the Melba Gala. |
Mother | James | Cafeteria owner. |
Albert | Johnson | One of the cab drivers. Aka: Bert. |
| Jones | Police-Constable. |
Elizabeth | MacMillan | Doctor at the Queen Victoria Hospital for Women. |
| Malleson | Detective-Constable. |
Lillian | Marchent | Prostitute. One of George's victims. Aka: Gay Lil. |
Robert | Matthews | Amateur cricketer. Aka: Bobby. |
Nellie | Melba | Australian operatic soprano. |
Muriel | Miller | Dorothy's friend. |
Wilfred | Owen | English poet and soldier. |
Jack | Robinson | Detective-Inspector. |
Mrs | Sanderson | Robert Sanderson's wife. |
Robert | Sanderson | Politician. Member of the Parliament. |
Georges | Santin | Phryne's old friend. |
Sister | Simmonds | One of the nuns at Queen Victoria Hospital. |
Mr | Smythe | Hotel manager. |
Madame | St Clair | Ambassador's wife. |
Dr Marie | Stopes | Author, palaeobotanist and campaigner for eugenics and women's rights. |
Janey | Theodore | One of Phryne's aliases. |
Mr | Turner | One of the politicians at the Melba Gala. |
Dorothy | Williams | Phryne's confidential maid and social secretary Aka: Dot. |
Cecil | Yates | One of the cab drivers. Aka: Cec. |
Ariadne | | One of Lydia's friends. |
Beatrice | | One of Lydia's friends. |
Brigit | | Maureen's sister. |
Bull | | One of the King of Snow's men. |
Gerda | | Madame Breda's maid. |
Henry | | Beatrice's husband. |
James | | One of the King of Snow's men. Aka: Gentleman Jim. |
Maureen | | Lydia's Irish maid. |
Michael | | Irish mechanic. |
Ted | | Doorman at the Windsor. |