| 1 | Colonel Charles | Harris | Killed with a shotgun blast |
| | Supt. | Bowles | Scotland Yard, has letter re Ian Rutledge |
| | Ian | Rutledge | Investigator, Scotland Yard |
| | Inspector | Forest | Local police |
| | | Michaelson | Scotland Yard |
| | Frances | | Rutledge's sister |
| | Hamish | | Voice in Rutledge's mind |
| | Jean | | Rutledge's old girlfriend |
| | Barton | Redfern | Shepherd's Crook landlord's nephew |
| | Sergeant | Davies | Local police, met Rutledge in lieu of Forest |
| | Laurence | Royston | Colonel Harris's business manager |
| | Barlowe | | Child missing, searching forest |
| | Captain Mark | Wilton | Pilot, betrothed to Harris's ward |
| | Miss Lettice | Wood | Harris's ward, parents died |
| | Sally | Davenant | Wilton's second cousin |
| | Catherine | Tarrant | Wilton's old girlfriend, artist |
| | Simon | Haldane | Squire; son dated Lettice Wood |
| | Vicar | Carfield | Vicar of church, dated Lettice Wood |
| | Reverand | Mott | Previous reverend of church |
| | | Mavers | Local rabble rouser, instigated crowds |
| | Daniel | Hickam | Crazy, confused citizen, witness to murder |
| 2 | Tommy | | Sergeant Davies' brother, injured in war |
| | Sargeant | Fletcher | Supt. Bowles co-worker |
| | | Johnston | Butler in Harris house |
| | Mary | Satterthwaite | Maid in Harris house |
| | Nancy | | Maid in Harris house |
| | Mrs. | Treacher | Employee of Harris house |
| 3 | Grace | | Sally Davenant's maid |
| | Agnes | Farrell | Sally Davenant's maid |
| | Ben | | Sally Davenant's groom/gardener |
| | Helena | Sommers | Woman who was on ridge saw Wilton w/Harris |
| | Hugh | Davenant | Sally Davenant's dead husband |
| | | Haldane | Bought Davenant land |
| | Mrs. | Crichton | Bought large share of Davenant land |
| 4 | Maggie | Sommers | Helena's cousin lives in cottage |
| 5 | Matt | Wilmore | Resident, owns his own farm |
| | Tom | Dillingham | Resident fighting |
| | Vivian | | Catherine's housekeeper, Mary's sister |
| | Annie | | Mavers' sister, drowned |
| | Jeff | | Mavers' brother, died in Army |
| 6 | George | Miller | Little boy with dog in town |
| | Bert | Mavers | Mavers' father, dead |
| 7 | Constable | Reardon | Works for town, cannot be spared |
| | Constable | Miliken | Cannot work, has a broken leg |
| 8 | Rolf | Linden | German lawyer, Catherine was in love with |
| 9 | Mercy | | Patient of Dr. Warren |
| | Meg | Pinter | Agnes' daughter |
| | Ted | Pinter | Meg's husband |
| | Lizzie | Pinter | Meg's daughter, catatonic, lethargic |
| | Polly | Quarles | Meg's sister |
| | Teddy | Pinter | Meg's son, at Polly's |
| | Saul | Quarles | Polly's husband, bass in church choir |
| | Hamish | MacLeod | Committed mutiny on the battlefield |
| 10 | Alice | Netherby | Royston's old girlfriend |
| 13 | Sammy | | Private in Redferns company |
| 14 | Eleanor | Mobley | On the square when Mavers was ranting |
| | Georgina | Grayson | Lives on lane where murder occurred |
| | Betsy | | Roommate of Georgina |
| | Mr. | Jameson | Agent for Mrs. Crichton |
| 15 | Aunt Mary | | Adoptive parent of Maggie |
| | Uncle Martin | | Adoptive parent of Maggie |
