Mrs. | Chan | Friend of Lydia's mother, works at Golden Dreams jewelry store |
Andrew | Chin | One of Lydia's older brothers (4 yrs. older), photographer,
Aka: Chin An-Zhang |
Elliot | Chin | Lydia's 2nd oldest brother, orthopedist at Mt. Sinai Hospital,
Aka: Chin Ai-Liang |
Ling-An | Chin | Ted's wife |
Lydia | Chin | P.I. in New York City, Chinese/American, aka Ling Wan-Ju |
Ted | Chin | Lydia's oldest brother, lives in Flushing |
Tim | Chin | Lydia's youngest older brother, a lawyer |
Tony | D'Angelo | Andrew's roommate |
Ed | Everest | Owner of Everest modeling agency, suspected of being sleazy |
Peng | Hui-Liang | Seamstress at Roland's workshop, missing |
Dawn | Jing | Genna's sister, a model, accused by Andrew of stealing Genna's drawings |
Genna | Jing | Fashion designer, owner of Mandarin Plaid brand |
Mrs. | Jing | Genna & Dawn's mother, lives in Oak Park, IL |
Paul | Kao | Friend of Andrew's that Lydia briefly dated |
David | Kim | Owner of fashionable new Korean restaurant in Greenwich Village |
Harry | Krch | NYPD detective investigating the shooting |
Edith | Lattimer | Upstairs neighbor of Wayne Lewis |
Willy | Leng | Factory owner where Lydia's mother used to work |
Wayne | Lewis | Genna's runway show producer who quit |
Henry & Megan | Lum | Roland's siblings, a surgeon in CA & intern at a TV station |
Roland | Lum | Clothing manufacturer Genna wants to produce her clothing line |
Francesca | Rossi | PD officer investigating Everest, aka Francie |
Eleanor Talmadge | Ryan | John's very wealthy mother |
John | Ryan | Genna's boyfriend, helps manage Genna's business |
Andi | Schechter | A fashion model |
Simone | Sinclair | Asst. editor at Vogue magazine |
Bill | Smith | Lydia's partner in the detective firm |
Antonio | Velez | Skip-tracer who helps Bill & Lydia on cases |
Mishika | Yamamoto | Lydia's alias while investigating the modeling agency |
Ba-Ba | | Lydia's father, deceased |
Brad | | Genna's secretary, friend of Andrew |
Francie | | Model, warned Lydia about Ed Everest |
Helga | | Mrs. Ryan's housekeeper |
Irene | | Ed Everest's receptionist |
John | | Concierge at Mrs. Ryan's condominium |
Robert | | Owner/stylist at Tulipe Salon where Everest sent Lydia (Mishika) for a cut & style |