| 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. |
