A SLOW FIRE BURNING
Characters - Alphabetical
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| FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | DESCRIPTION |
| Pat | Barker | A novelist. |
| Irene | Barnes | Laura's friend. |
| Richard | Blake | Janine's boyfriend. An art dealer. |
| Henry | Carter | Theo's fan. |
| Ian | Gladstone | The boy that Miriam likes. |
| Laura | Kilbride | Protagonist. |
| Warren | Lacey | The man that Laura stabbed. |
| Miriam | Lewis | The woman who found the dead body. |
| Caroline | MacFarlane | Miriam's pseudonym. |
| Harris | Mackey | Theo's publisher. |
| Theresa | May | Prime Minister. |
| Carla | Myerson | Daniel's aunt. Aka: Cee. |
| Theo | Myerson | Carla's ex-husband. |
| Jeremy | O'Brien | The man who kidnapped Lorraine and Miriam. Aka: Jez , JH Bryant. |
| Mr. | Picton | Lorraine and Miriam's teacher. |
| Ian | Rankin | Miriam's favorite author. |
| Lorraine | Reid | Miriam's friend. |
| Miss | Selfridge | A store owner. |
| Daniel | Sutherland | Victim. |
| Angela | Sutherland | Irene's neighbor and friend. Daniel's mother. Aka: Angie. |
| Deidre | Laura's inner voice. Philip's partner. | |
| Philip | Laura's father. | |
| Barker | The detective inspector. Aka: Egg. | |
| Chalmers | Detective constable. Aka: Eyebrow. | |
| Fester | Laura's uncle. | |
| William | Irene's ex-lover. | |
| Dixon | Theo's dog. | |
| Siobhan | Theo's lead novel character. | |
| Ben | Carla and Theo's son. | |
| Janine | Laura's mother. | |
| Maya | Laura's boss at the laundrette. | |
| Nicholas | Owner of Books in a Boat. | |
| Becky | Deidre's daughter. | |
| John | The man who accompanied Angela. | |
| Marcus | Daniel's father. | |
| Nervous Guy | One of the police. | |
| Ares | God of War. |
