| Sarah | Andersen | One of the owners of Borealis Outfitters. |
| James | Arness | American actor. |
| Mrs. | Bailey | Owner of Nightingale. |
| Rusty | Blaine | One of Cork's acquaintances. |
| Cy | Borkman | Tamarack County deputy. |
| Dr. | Braddlock | Liam O'Conner's physician. |
| Stoney | Bright | One of the men who found Louise's body. |
| Elsie | Broom | The uncomplimentary epithet. aka: Broomstraw |
| Mickey | Broom | The grandnephew of old Broomstraw. aka: Boom-Boom Broom. |
| Elaine | Christiansen | The church secretary. |
| Agatha | Christie | English mystery and detective writer. |
| Sharon | Crane | Dr. Svenson's assistant. |
| Peter | Cushing | English actor. |
| Matt | Dillon | A fictional U.S. marshal. |
| William | Downwind | Cork's friend. aka: Billy. |
| Bud | Fassbinder | The county lawyer. |
| Cameron | Ferguson | A priest. |
| Argus | Friar | One of Cork's customer. |
| Nelda | Griffin | Father Cameron's housekeeper. |
| Ollie | Grimson | Sarah Andersen's acquaintance. |
| Dr. | Haines | A physician. |
| Sandie | Herron | A bookstore owner. |
| P. D. | James | English crime writer. |
| Sylvia | Jonsdottir | A barmaid. |
| Mr. | Jorgenson | A judge. |
| Leroy | Kingbird | A thief. |
| Sherwin | Kingfisher | One of the men who found Louise's body. |
| Colby | Kogut | A big athletic kid. |
| Kim | Krabill | One of the owners of Borealis Outfitters. |
| Astrid | Lankinen | One of Sandie's customers. |
| Calvin | LaRose | Sam's acquaintance. |
| Louise | LaRose | Calvin's granddaughter. |
| Ed | Larson | Cork's deputy. |
| Christopher | Lee | English actor, author, and singer. |
| Peggy | Lee | American recording artist; singer, songwriter, composer, actress. |
| Terrance | Leonardi | Cork's acquaintance. |
| Anne M. | Lindbergh | Charles Lindbergh's wife. |
| Charles | Lindbergh | American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist. |
| Andrew | MacDemid | Duncan's grandfather. |
| Duncan | MacDermid | Owner of the North Star Iron Mine. |
| Mary Margaret | MacDermid | Duncan's wife. |
| Abby | Manydeeds | One of Big John's cousins. |
| Big John | Manydeeds | Billy's uncle. |
| Oscar | Manydeeds | Big John's brother. |
| Skipper | Manydeeds | One of Big John's cousins. |
| Donna | Markle | A psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. |
| Mr. | McCreary | The distribution manager. |
| Aurelia | McDemid | Duncan's mother. |
| Joe | Meese | Tamarack County deputy sheriff. |
| Henry | Meloux | A healer. aka: Old Mide. |
| Sam Winter | Moon | Liam O'Connor's good friend. |
| Father | Newton | A priest. |
| Corcoran | O'Connor | The sheriff of Tamarack County, Minnesota. aka: Cork. |
| Corcoran Liam | O'Connor | Cork's father. |
| Patrick | O'Connor | Cork's grandfather. |
| Roy | Orbison | American singer-songwriter. |
| Jorge | Patterson | An artist. Cork's friend. |
| Zack | Pelton | One of Cork's acquaintances. |
| Otto | Pendergast | One of the night-duty officers. |
| Babette | Pflugleman | A pharmacist's wife. |
| Ruth | Rustad | An employee at the sheriff department. |
| Buzz | Saari | One of Cork's acquaintances. |
| Neil | Sedaka | American musician. |
| William | Shakespeare | English playwright and poet. |
| Hector | St. John | Leroy's cousin. |
| Robert Louis | Stevenson | Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. |
| James | Stewart | American actor. |
| Ben | Svenson | The barkeeper. |
| David | Svenson | A veterinarian. |
| Elizabeth | Taylor | British-American actress. |
| Arne | Tikkanen | The county commissioner. |
| Johnny | Weissmuller | American swimmer, water polo player and actor. |
| Daisy | Wintermoon | Sam's niece. |
| Carla | | Jorge's mother. |
| Colleen | | Liam O'Connor's wife. |
| Dilsey | | Cork's grandmother. |
| Jackson | | Cork's dog. |
| Jeanette | | Billy Downwind's mother. |
| Jo | | Cork's wife. |
| Lyle | | A police officer. |
| Makwa | | Meloux's dog. |
| Moira | | Dr. Svenson's wife. |
| Nightingale | | A cat. |
| Roosevelt | | Astrid's cat. |
| Rose | | Cork's sister-in-law. |
| Thunder | | Kingfisher's dog. |
| Wheaton | | An ex-sheriff. |
| Willis | | Billy's grandfather. |
