| 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. |
| Lionel | 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. |