| 1 | Armand | Gamache | The chief superintendent of the Sureté de Quebec. |
| | Reine-Marie | | Armand Gamache's wife. |
| | Laurence | Mercier | A notary. |
| | Jean-Guy | Beauvoir | Gamache's second-in-command. |
| 2 | Myrna | Landers | A retired psychologist who owned a bookstore in Three Pines. |
| | Ruth | Zardo | A poet. |
| | Dr. | Seuss | American children's writer and illustrator. |
| | Charles | Dickens | English writer and social critic. |
| | Benedick | Pouliot | A builder. |
| 3 | Isabelle | Lacoste | Head of homicide. |
| | Annie | Gamache | Jean-Guy's wife. |
| | Honore | | Jean-Guy and Annie's son. aka: Ray-Ray. |
| 4 | Lucien | Mercier | A notary. Laurence Mercier's son. |
| | Bertha | Baumgartner | Laurence Mercier's client. |
| | Clara | Morrow | One of Myrna's friends. |
| | Gabri | Dubeau | One of Myrna's friends. |
| | Rosa | | A duck. |
| | Olivier | | Gabri's partner. |
| | Justin | Trudeau | 23rd Prime Minister of Canada. |
| 5 | Anthony | | Bertha Baumgartner's eldest son. aka: Tony. |
| | Caroline | | Bertha's daughter. |
| | Hugo | | Bertha's youngest son. |
| 6 | Gracie | | A dog. |
| | Henri | | A dog. |
| 7 | Conrad | Cantzen | An actor. |
| 8 | William | Shakespeare | English playwright and poet. |
| | Edward | Hughes | American aviator, engineer, industrialist, and film producer. |
| 9 | Timmer | Hadley | Olivier's acquaintance. |
| 10 | Patricia | Houle | Bertha's neighbor. |
| 11 | Rupert | Brooke | British poet. |
| | Paul | Morin | An agent. |
| | Amelia | Choquet | A senior cadet officer. |
| 13 | Margaret | Rutherford | An English character actress. |
| | James | Stewart | American actor. aka: Jimmy. |
| 14 | Daniel | | Armand Gamache's son. |
| 15 | Billy | Williams | Myrna's acquaintance. |
| 16 | Marc | | Amelia's friend. |
| 18 | Dr. | Harris | Anthony's physician. |
| | Inspector | Dufresno | An investigator. |
| 20 | Marie | Janvier | Canadian singer from Quebec. |
| | Francis | Cournoyer | Worked at the Ministere de la justice. |
| | Anita | Facial | Gamache's new friend. |
| | Erasmus | | Dutch philosopher and Christian scholar. |
| 22 | Genghis | Khan | The founder and first Great Khan of the Mongol Empire. |
| | | Gund | Gamache's acquaintance. |
| 23 | Adrienne | Fournier | Anthony's wife. |
| | Bernard | Shaeffer | Anthony's partner. |
| 24 | Agent | Cloutier | Worked from the financial division of the Surete. |
| | Stephen | Horowitz | Owned the Horowitz Investments. |
| 25 | Bernice | Ogilvy | Owned the Taylor and Ogilvy's Investments. |
| | Katherine | Burke | Benedick's girlfriend. aka: Katie. |
| 27 | Jean Paul | Lemieux | Quebec painter. |
| 30 | Jeanne | Holstrom | President of the Caisse Populaire. |
| 31 | Louis | Lamontagne | A broker at Taylor and Ogilvy's Investments. |
| 33 | Shlomo | Kinderoth | The Baron Kinderoth. |
| 35 | Emilie | | An elderly woman who used to own Gamache's home. |
| | Dr. | Harper | A coroner. |
| 36 | Florence | | Gamache's granddaughter. |
| | Zora | | Florence's sister. |
| 37 | Sophia | | Isabelle Lacosta's daughter. |
| | Dr. | Boudreau | Amelia's physician. |
| 38 | Socrates | | Ancient Greek philosopher. |
| | Plato | | Athenian philosopher. |
| | Edward | Gorey | American writer, artist, and illustrator. |
