| 1 | Marlene |
Friedman | Kate's best friend. |
| | Kate |
Kennedy | Protagonist. |
| | Ballou |
| Kate's dog. |
| | Mary Frances |
Costello | An ex-nun. Kate's condo neighbor. |
| | Yogi Swami |
Schwartz | The Beach Yoga Institute founder. AKA: Allen. |
| | Charlie |
Kennedy | Kate's late husband. |
| 2 | Barry |
| Mayor in Washington. |
| | Buddy |
| Mayor in Providence. |
| | Tammany |
Hall | Mayor in New York. |
| 3 | Sister |
Jean | Kate's favorite high school teacher. |
| | Graham |
Greene | An English writer. |
| | Dean |
Martin | A piano player. |
| | Tiffani |
Cruz | Waitress at Ocean Vista's dining room. |
| | Danny |
Mancini | The restaurant's owner and operator. Swami's godfather. |
| | Bella |
Katarina | |
| | Sanjey |
Patel | Kate's yoga instructor. |
| | Lauren |
| Kate's granddaughter. |
| | Jack |
Gallagher | CEO of Palmetto Beach Medical Center. |
| 4 | Dallas |
Dalton | Swami's Board of Directors. |
| | Shane |
Dalton | Dalla's late husband. |
| | Magnolia |
McFee | One of the Board of Directors. |
| | Laurence |
McFee IV | A soap opera actor. Magnolia's grandson. |
| 6 | Nick |
Carbone | Detective-in-charge of the case. |
| 7 | Thomas |
Jefferson | One of the American founding fathers. |
| | Horatio |
Harmon | Palmetto Beach's long-time coroner. |
| 8 | Miss |
Mitford | The keeper of the key at Ocean Vista. |
| | Herb |
Wagner | The owner of Neptune Inn. |
| | Katharine |
| One of Kate's granddaughters. |
| 9 | Madge |
| The waitress at Dinah's. |
| | David |
Schwartz | Swami's father. |
| 10 |
Kevin | Kennedy |
Charlie Kennedy's twin brother. |
| | Jack |
Weiss | Marlene's 3rd husband. |
| | Gina |
Lombardo | Kate's condo neighbor. |
| | Jeff |
Jones | The chief engineer. |
| 12 |
Harry | Archer |
Marlene's date. |
| 15 |
Joe | Sajak |
The recent widower. |
| 16 |
Jennifer | |
A stockbroker. |
| | Kevin |
Kennedy | Kate's son. |
| | Peter |
Kennedy | Kate's son. |
| 17 |
Marjory | Merriweather |
The estate owner. |
| | Edmund |
| Peter's long-time partner. |
| 18 |
Jeff | Stein |
Editor of the Palmetto Beach gazzette. |
| | Thistle |
| Shane's horse. |
| 27 |
Tony | Randall |
One of Jack's all-time favorite actors. |
| 31 |
Addison | Mizner |
An architect. |
| 33 |
Rashmi | |
David's girlfriend. |
| | Sam |
Schwartz | David's father. |
| 37 |
Georgie | Cooper |
Kate's former classmate. |
| | Donald |
Trump | US President. |
| 38 |
Horatio | Harmon |
The medical examiner. |
