1 | Hamish | Macbeth | Protagonist. Sergeant. |
| Charlie | Carter | Police constable. Hamish's clumsy sidekick. |
| Paul | English | Retired banker. Deceased. |
| Lugs | | Hamish's large dog. |
| Sally | | Hamish's poodle. |
| Sonsie | | Hamish's wild cat. |
| | | Cnothan - Sourest village in the Highlands. |
| Maggie | Dinwiddy | Paul's old housemaid. |
| Mr. | Patel | Grocery owner. |
| Jessie | | Always repeated the last line of anyone's conversation. |
| Mr. | Wellington | Lochdubh minister. |
| Mrs. | Wellington | Mr. Wellington's wife. |
| Archie | Maclean | Fisherman's wife. |
| Nessie | Burns | Johnny Derry's classmate. |
| Elspeth | Grant | Hamish's neighbor. |
| Blair | | Detective Chief Inspector. A baneon Hamish life. |
| Peter | Daviot | Superintendent. Blair's boss. |
| Helen | | Daviot's secretary. |
2 | Angela | Brodie | Dr. Brodie's wife. |
| Holly | Bates | Maggie's widowed daughter. |
| Mrs. | Merriweather | Maggie's American companion. |
| Willie | Gordon | Hamish's friend. |
| Forfar | Timson | Hamish's colleague. aka: Furry. |
| Maisie | Walters | A reverend. Minister at the Kirk. Paul's lover. |
| Fairy | McSporran | A wee girl. Claimed Maisie had carnal knowledge.
Aka: Lassie. |
| Jimmy | Anderson | Hamish's friend at the headquarters. |
| George H. | Smythe | Owner of the hotel. aka: Colonel Smythe. |
| Priscilla H. | Smythe | Colonel Smythe's former fiance. |
| Mr. | Johnson | Hotel manager. |
| Penny | Worhy | Abby's sister. The one who finds the missing man. |
| Abby | Worhy | Penny's sister. The one who finds the missing man. |
| Callum | Worhy | Penny and Abby's older brother. Owns the metal detector. |
| John | Noble | Has knowledge on Peat Bog. Forestry worker. |
| Harry | Noble | Has knowledge on Peat Bog. Forestry worker. |
| Tim | Rankin | Has knowledge on Peat Bog. Forestry worker. |
| Sam | Meachin | Has knowledge on Peat Bog. Forestry worker. |
| Mrs. | McSporran | Fairy's mother. |
| Dick | Fraser | Mrs. McSporran's friend. Owns a bakery. |
| Anka | Fraser | Mrs. McSporran's friend. Owns a bakery. |
3 | Karen | Black | Did an autopsy on Paul's death. |
| Clarry | | Hotel chef. |
| Geordie | Sthruthers | Hamish's 4th cousin. |
| Mrs. | Mackenzie | Owner of Mackenzie's Boarding House. |
| Alison | Ford | Nurse at Braikie Hospital. |
| Mary | | Blair's wife. |
4 | Johnny | Derry | An 11-year-old menopause baby. |
| Annie | West | Charlie's lover. |
| Galahad | | The office bicycle. |
| Joseph | White | A lawyer. |
| McTavish | | Superintendent police. |
| James | Anderson | New chief superintendent police. |
| Kenneth | McKellar | Famous Scottish singer. |
| Dr. | Brodie | A doctor. Angela's husband. |
| Peter | Abraham | A vet. |
6 | Dexter | | Captain of the Cruise. |
| Larry | Coomb | Hamish's new assistant. |
| Mrs. | Trimble | Paul's acquaintance. |
| Bertha | Trimble | Mrs. Trimble's daughter. |
| Caro | Fleming | School teacher. Paul's former lover. |
| Jake | Ingles | Minister. Maisie's older brother in Church. |
| Fran | Mackay | A widowed woman. |
7 | Lady | Strawban | An avid knitter. |
| John | Clarke | The patient in the ambulance. |
| Silas | Dunbar | Hamish's new copper. |
| Edith | Dunbar | Silas's mother. |
| Willie | Lamont | Waiter. |
8 | Clarry | | The chef at the Castle. |
9 | Lord | Samson | King of Strathbane. |
| Jonathan | Alexander | Minister on the Kirk. Retired coal merchant. |
| George | Green | Witness. |
11 | Johnny | Southern | Freemason. Policeman. aka: Facist Pig. |
| Freddy | Ross | Real highlander. aka: Crazy Teuchter. |
EP | Harry | Girton | Reporter at the Sutherland Times. |
| Callum | MacDonald | One of the country's experts on forgery. |
| Peregrine | Wimple | Head of the Gourmet Club. |