| Benny | Aranoff | Peter's biological father. |
| Sam | Beiderman | A cardiologist. Big Hersh's cousin. |
| Felipe | Benderhoff | The detective in charge of Stoner's assault. |
| Ernie | Benedetto | The boy who lived with Tony/Hersh. |
| Jack | Cleveland | A detective in West Hollywood. |
| Cynthia | Decker | Peter's daughter. AKA: Cindy. |
| Lyle | Decker | Peter's father. |
| Peter | Decker | Protagonist. |
| Randy | Decker | Peter's brother. |
| Rina | Decker | Decker's wife. |
| Marge | Dunn | Decker's partner. |
| Ed | Fordebrand | Decker's colleague. |
| Eli | Greenspan | One of the boys that Decker interviewed. |
| Danny | Greitzman | One of Levine's neighbors. |
| Ephraim | Greitzman | Danny's son. |
| Moshe | Greitzman | Danny's son. |
| Oliver | Harrow | One of Hersh's victims. |
| Big | Hersh | The fish vendor. Hersh's first cousin. |
| Mike | Hollander | Decker's colleague. |
| Rocky | John | Hersh's friend. |
| Mr. | Kornitski | Bracha's father. |
| Sora | Lazarus | Rina's ex mother-in-law. |
| Aaron | Levine | Briena and Ezra's oldest son. |
| Alter | Levine | Mrs. Levine's husband. |
| Boruch | Levine | Noam's brother. |
| Briena | Levine | Ezra's wife |
| Ezra | Levine | Frieda's 2nd son. |
| Faygie | Levine | Frieda's youngest daughter. |
| Frieda | Levine | Sora's best friend. Peter's mother. |
| Jonathan | Levine | Mrs. Levine's youngest son. A conservative rabbi. AKA: Yonasan. |
| Noam | Levine | Briena and Ezra's son. Missing. AKA: Nick-O. |
| Shimon | Levine | Frieda's oldest son. |
| Tamar | Levine | Noam's sister. |
| Miriam | Levine-Berkowitz | Frieda's oldest daughter. |
| Paul | MacPherson | Decker's colleague. |
| Christine | McLellan | Peretz's 2nd wife. |
| Hersh | Mendel Schaltz | The guy who sold dirty magazines and drugs. AKA: Tony Sacaretti, Heinrich Stremmer. |
| Rav | Miller | One of the school's rabbis. |
| Ritchie | Parker | A witness. |
| Bracha | Schaltz | Hersh's mother. |
| Peretz | Schaltz | Hersh's father. |
| Rav | Seder | One of the school's rabbis. |
| Hank | Stewart | The mystery man. |
| Thomas | Stoner | Noam and Hersh's victim. |
| Yossie | Weinstein | One of Levine's neighbors. |
| Clint | Willy | The motel clerk. |
| Esther | | Rina's ex sister-in-law. |
| Jake | | Rina's son. AKA: Jacob. |
| Jerz | | The admin in Stremmer's apartment. |
| Mahoney | | The desk sergeant. |
| Malinkov | | The town's doctor. |
| Melino | | A police officer in Boro Park. |
| Mendel | | Shaynie's husband. |
| Pessy | | Esther's husband. |
| Sam | | Rina's son. |
| Sanders | | The deputy. |
| Shai | | Eli's friend. |
| Shaynie | | Rina's ex sister-in-law. |
| Thin | | The liquor store owner. |
| Weiczorek | | The police sergeant. |
| Yitzchak | | Rina's former husband. |
| Zeyde | | Hersh's grandfather. |
