| Lieutenant |
Becker | Jonah's colleague |
| Kelly |
Borden | Morgue attendant, Kinsey's acquaintance |
| Pastor |
Bowen | Reverend |
| Ted |
Bundy | Serial killer |
| Bertha |
Christopher | Billy's mother. Aka: Betty |
| Ron |
Coachella | Dispatcher at Tip Top |
| Barbara |
Daggett | John's daughter |
| Essie |
Daggett | One of John's wives, Eugene's sister |
| John |
Daggett | Kinsey's new client |
| Lovella |
Daggett | John's wife. Aka: Axe Lovella |
| Lieutenant |
Dempsey | Jonah's colleague |
| Con |
Dolan | Assistant division commander |
| Mr |
Donagle | Man from the Spindrift Motel |
| Hilary |
Gahan | Tony's sister |
| Tony |
Gahan | Name where the check is addressed to |
| Maria |
Gutierrez | Pettigrew's partner |
| Mr |
Ingraham | Morgue attendant |
| Alvin |
Limardo | Name used by John when introducing himself to Kinsey |
| Kinsey |
Millhone | Protagonist, private investigator |
| Eugene |
Nickerson | John's brother-in-law |
| Gerald |
Pettigrew | Police officer |
| Henry |
Pitt | Kinsey's landlord |
| Billy |
Polo | Lovella's ex-boyfriend, John's friend |
| Doug |
Polokowski | Billy's half brother |
| William |
Polokowski | Billy's real identity |
| Camilla |
Robb | Jonah's wife |
| Jonah |
Robb | Police sergeant from missing persons |
| Fritzy |
Roderick | Park's manager |
| Phillip |
Rosen | Owner of the "Seascape" |
| Mr |
Sharonson | Receptionist at the funeral home |
| Marilyn |
Smith | Wayne's wife |
| Megan |
Smith | Hilary's friend, deceased |
| Wayne |
Smith | Megan's father |
| Mr |
Stallings | Bank supervisor |
| Mr |
Talbot | Billy's old neighbor |
| Ferrin |
Westfall | Ramona's husband |
| Ramona |
Westfall | Tony's aunt |
| Mr |
Wynington-Blake | Ran a funeral home |
| Dr |
Yee | Forensic pathologist |
| Aaron |
| The man that Kinsey met |
| Clare |
| Delphi's friend |
| Coral |
| Billy's sister |
| Deirdre |
| Camilla's sister |
| Delphi |
| Drifter that Kinsey is looking for |
| Dinah |
| Waitress at the wharf |
| Feldman |
| Lead investigator on John's case |
| Mike |
| Dope dealer |
