| Nelson |
Acquistapace | Cab driver who drove Elaine |
| Tillie |
Ahlberg | Building manager where Elaine lives |
| Elaine |
Boldt | Beverly's missing sister |
| Max |
Boldt | Elaine's husband, deceased |
| Ron |
Coachello | Cab company receptionist |
| Aubrey |
Danzinger | Beverly's husband |
| Beverly |
Danzinger | Kinsey's client, wants to find her sister |
| Con |
Dolan | Kinsey's policeman friend |
| Leonard |
Grice | Marty's husband |
| Daryl |
Hobbs | Manager at Lamberth and Creek |
| Wim |
Hoover | Elaine's next-door neighbor |
| Lily |
Howe | Leonard's sister |
| Vera |
Lipton | California Fidelity Claims Agent |
| Charmaine |
Makowski | Roland's wife |
| Roland |
Makowski | Sales officer at Boca Raton Condominium |
| Mr |
McPherson | Repair shop owner |
| Kinsey |
Millhone | Private investigator, protagonist |
| Julia |
Ochsner | Elaine's next-door neighbor |
| Robert |
Perreti | Elaine's neighbor |
| John |
Pickett | Dentist who supplied the mouth x-ray of Marty Grice |
| Henry |
Pitts | Kinsey's landlord |
| Isabelle |
Redfern | Policewoman |
| Martha |
Renee Grice | Elaine's neighbor, murdered. Aka: Marty |
| Ida |
Rittenhouse | Elaine's neighbor |
| Ashley |
Robb | Jonah's daughter |
| Camilla |
Robb | Jonah's wife |
| Courtney |
Robb | Jonah's daughter |
| Jonah |
Robb | Police sergeant from Missing Persons Department |
| Sidney |
Rowan | Beverly's cousin |
| Pam |
Sharkey | Marty's agent |
| May |
Snyder | Orris's wife |
| Orris |
Snyder | Marty's next-door neighbor |
| Pat |
Usher | Elaine's friend |
| Mr |
Wender | Rowan's attorney |
| Mrs |
Wink | Elaine's neighbor |
| Benedict |
| Patrolman at Santa Teresa Police Department |
| Emily |
| Veterinarian |
| Eulalie |
| Julia's sister |
| Howe |
| Leonard's sister |
| Lupe |
| Travel agent |
| Mike |
| Leonard's nephew |
| Mingus |
| Elaine's cat |
| Rosie |
| Restor-bar owner |
