| | Kate | Burkholder | Protagonist. Chief of Police. |
| | Mona | Kurtz | Kate's third dispatcher. |
| | Noah | Fisher | Kate's old friend. A man who runs a dairy operation at Painters Mill. |
| | T.J. | | Kate's night shift patrol officer. |
| | John | Tomasetti | An agent at Ohio Criminal Investigation. Kate's live-in partner. |
| | Bonnie | Fisher | Noah's wife. |
| | Elisabeth | Tsechetter | The mystery woman that Mr. Fisher found. Aka: Jane Doe, Els. |
| | Denny | Brumbaugh | The doctor on duty. Kate's acquaintance. |
| | Jodie | Metzger | Kate's 2nd shift dispatcher. |
| | Rasmussen | | One of Tomasetti's deputy. |
| | Skid | | One of Tomasetti's deputy. |
| | Mark | Hochstetler | The director of Mennonite Heritage Center. |
| | Peter | Decker | The colony manager at Castine. |
| | Leonard | Stahl | The manager at Coldwater Settlement. |
| | Dale | Light | The chief deputy at Mercer County Sheriff's. |
| | Tyler | Fournier | Els's boyfriend. |
| | Lois | | One of Kate's employees. |
| | Raymond | Miller | One of Leanard's investors. |
| | Mary | Miller | Raymond's wife. |
