Mrs. | Bidwell | The laboratory cleaner. |
Inspector | Blakelock | The assistant police liaison officer. |
Gerald | Bowlem | The son of Brenda's father's boss. |
Mr. | Bowlem | Alfred's boss. |
Cliff | Bradley | Susan's husband. |
Susan | Bradley | A wife of a high-ranking scientific officer. |
Dr. Mavers- | Brown | Maxim's companion. |
Bill | Carney | The bus conductor. |
Stephen | Copley | The senior chemist. |
Adam | Dalgliesh | The commander who handles Dr. Lorrimer's death case. |
Constable | Davis | A policeman. |
Mrs. | Dean | The chapel minister's wife. |
Inspector | Doyle | The detective inspector. |
Maureen | Doyle | Inspector Doyle's wife. |
Lord | Dungannon | The leader of Lords. |
Claire | Easterbrook | The senior scientific officer in the biology department. |
Peter | Ennalls | Middlemass wife's cousin. |
Angela | Foley | Director of Hoggatt's Laboratory. Lorrimer's cousin. |
Charles | Freeborn | Controller of the forensic science service. |
Alfred | Goddard | A witness. |
Bob | Gotobed | The leader of the troop. |
Dr. | Greene | The local police surgeon. |
Father | Gregory | The reverend. |
Maxim | Howarth | Henry's boss. The director of forensic science laboratory. |
Major | Hunt | Dr. Lorrimer's lawyer. |
Eleanor | Kerrison | Henry's daughter. Aka: Nell. |
Henry | Kerrison | A forensic pathologist. |
William | Kerrison | Henry's son. |
Annie | Lorrimer | Dr. Lorrimer's paternal grandmother. |
Dr. Edwin | Lorrimer | A pathologist. Victim. |
Tom | Lorrimer | Dr. Lorrimer's paternal grandfather. |
Dr. | Mac | Henry's predecessor. |
Dr. | Macintyre | The former director at Hoggatt's. |
Mrs. | Mallett | The general's typist. |
Chief Inspector | Martin | The senior police liaison officer. |
John | Massingham | Adam's partner. |
Stella | Mawson | Owner of Lavender Cottage. Angela's friend. |
Paul | Middlemass | The principal scientific officer document examiner. |
Bill | Morgan | The vehicle examiner. |
Reverend | Mother | The mother superior. |
Alfred | Pridmore | Brenda's father. |
Brenda | Pridmore | A clerical officer at Hoggatt's laboratory. |
Mrs. | Pridmore | Brenda's mother. |
Domenica | Schofield | Howarth's half-sister. |
Simone | Signoret | An actress. |
Harry | Sprogg | A member of a troope. |
Dr. | Stoddard | A pathologist. |
Mrs. | Swaffield | The rector's wife. |
Blain | Thomson | The pathologist at Dr. Lorrimer's murder case. |
Dr. J.D | Underwood | Dr. Howarth's colleauge. |
Miss | Willard | The Kerrison's cleaner. |
Debbie | | Susan's child. |
Emma | | Dr. Lorrimer's lover. |
Mercer | | The detective superintendent. |
Mitching | | Major Hunt's assistant. |
Reynolds | | The police in charge of the crime scene. |
Scobie | | The laboratory attendant. |
Underbill | | The police in charge of the crime scene. |
Will | | Brenda's uncle. |