| | Andreas | Patakis | Susan's lover. |
| | Susan | Ryeland | Protagonist. |
| | Lawrence | Treherne | The owner of the luxury hotel. Cecily's father. |
| | Pauline | Treherne | Lawrence's wife. |
| | Sajid | Khan | A solicitor. Lawrence and Susan's mutual friend. |
| | Frank | Parris | The man who was murdered at Lawrence's hotel 8 years ago. |
| | Cecily | Treherne | The Treherne's daughter. Missing. Aka: Cess. |
| | Aiden | MacNeil | Cecily's husband. Aka: Ade. |
| | Stefan | Codrescu | Frank's killer. |
| | Roxana | MacNeil | Aiden and Cecily's daughter. |
| | Alan | Conway | A mystery novel author. Deceased. |
| | Bruce | | Susan's friend. |
| | Brenda | | Bruce's lover. |
| | Lisa | Treherne | Cecily's sister. The Treherne's daughter. |
| | Bear | | Cecily's dog. |
| | Eloise | Radmani | Roxana's nanny. |
| | Derek | Endicott | The night manager. |
| | Richard | Locke | The detective-in-charge of Frank's murder case. |
| | Azra | Rashid | The judge. |
| | Jonathan | Clarke | Stefan's lawyer. |
| | Katie | Ryeland | Susan's sister. |
| | Lars | | One of the hotel staff. |
| | Melissa | James | An actress in Atticus Pund novel. |
| | Helen | | The head of housekeeping. |
| | Natasha | Malk | The hotel keeper who found Frank's dead body. |
| | Marcus | | The current spa manager. |
| | Liam | Corby | The former spa manager. |
| | Martin | Williams | Joanne's husband. |
| | Joanne | Williams | Frank's sister. |
| | Jodie | | Aiden's sister. |
| | Craig | Andrews | Susan's friend. An author. |
| | James | Taylor | Susa's acquaintance. Conway's partner. |
| | Jack | | Katie's children. |
| | Daisy | | Katie's children. |
| | Stavia | | A volunteer. |
| | Michael | Bealey | An author. |
| | Anton | | The chef. |
| | Jane | Cregan | The detective in charge of Frank's murder case. |
| | Georges | Saunders | The man who was moved out of room 12. |
| | Charles | Clover | Susan's former boss. |
| | Melissa | Conway | Alan's wife. |
| | Leo | | A rent boy. Alan's friend. |
| | Kenneth | Branagh | An actor. |
| | Phyllis | Chandler | Housekeeper at Melissa's home. Eric's mother. |
| | Eric | Chandler | A handyman. |
| | Lance | Gardner | Manager at Moonflower Hotel. |
| | Maureen | Gardner | Lance's wife. |
| | Algernon | Marsh | A property developer. |
| | Samantha | Collins | Algernon's sister. Leonard's wife. |
| | Leonard | Collins | The local GP. Samantha's wife. |
| | Harlan | Goodis | An American millionaire. Joyce's husband. |
| | Joyce | Campion | Algernon and Samantha's aunt. |
| | Nancy | Mitchell | Receptionist at Moonflower Hotel. |
| | Brenda | Mitchell | Nancy's mother. |
| | Bill | Mitchell | Nancy's father. |
| | Simon | Cox | A film producer. |
| | Charles | Pargeter | Owner of Ludendorff Diamond. |
| | Elaine | Pargeter | Charles's wife. |
| | Detective | Gilbert | The man in charge of the Ludendorff Diamond. |
| | Detective | Dickinson | Gilbert's partner. |
| | Atticus | Pund | Th world famous detective. |
| | Madelaine | Cain | Atticus's secretary. |
| | Edward | Hare | The man in charge of the Moonflower Murders. |
| 1 | James | Clarence | The Governor of Jamaica. |
| | William | Railton | The architect who designed Nelson's Column. |
| | Alfred | Hitchcock | The director. |
| | Francis | Pendleton | Melissa's husband. |
| 2 | Mr. | Hocking | The local electrician. |
| 4 | Margaret | Hare | Edward's wife. |
| 5 | Henry | Chase | The Pargeter's lawyer. |
| | John | Berkeley | The Pargerter's friend and business associate. |
| 6 | Mrs. | Allingham | One of Atticus's clients. |
| | Edgard | Schultz | A senior partner at William Morris agency. |
| 9 | Kimba | | The dog. |
| | Betty | | Phyllis's sister. |
| 11 | Terry | | Algernon's friend. |
| 14 | Henry | Dickson | An opera singer. |
| 18 | Gwyneth | Endicott | Derek's mother. |
| | Gordon | Leith | Katie's husband. |
| | Adam | Wilcox | A man who
specializes in divorced. |
| | Naomi | | Gordon's mistress. |
| | Freddy | Conway | Alan's son. |
| | Inga | | One of the hotel workers. |
