| Luke |
Berner | Jonathan's business partner |
| Jessica |
Bland | Victim of assault |
| Jensen |
De Witt | Bar owner Nick tries to claim ownership from |
| Laura |
Drummond | Justin/Nick's wife |
| Emma |
Greenlaw | Tara's daughter |
| Alistair |
Grey | Martha's husband; one of Nick's false identities. Aka: Al |
| Jonah |
Grey | Son of Alistair and Martha |
| Martha |
Grey | Owner of the garden shop |
| Nala |
Grey | Nick and Martha's daughter |
| Joe |
Kritner | The man who pushed Paddy to his death |
| Ian |
Langtry | Detective constable |
| Ritchie |
Lloyd | Ash's boss |
| Silver |
Man | Joe Kritner's boss; mastermind behind Paddy's murder |
| Sarah |
May | Justin's former client |
| Dorothy |
Perkins | Minor character |
| Nick |
Radcliffe | Co-founder and owner of Bar Amélie; man who writes to Nina |
| Felicity |
Smith | Simon/Nick's mother |
| Richard |
Smith | Simon/Nick's father |
| Simon |
Smith | Nick's real identity |
| Rick |
Stein | Restaurant owner |
| Aisling |
Swann | Nina's daughter. Aka: Ash |
| Arlo |
Swann | Nina's son; Ash's brother |
| Nina |
Swann | Protagonist |
| Paddy |
Swann | Nina's husband; murdered |
| Peter |
Tovey | Friend of the unnamed narrator |
| Jane |
Trevally | Paddy's ex-girlfriend |
| Jonathan |
Truscott | Unnamed narrator |
| Justin |
Warshaw | Life-coach consultant; one of Nick's identities |
| Amanda |
| Jonathan/Nick's real wife |
| Andre |
| One of Nick's identities |
| Annabel |
| One of Nick's prospects |
| Baxter |
| Martha's dog |
| Bella |
| Amanda's sister |
| Beth |
| Policewoman |
| Damian |
| One of Nick's assumed identities |
| Ella |
| Minor character connected to the Swann family |
| Ethan |
| Nina's lover |
| Fleur |
| Tara's best friend |
| George |
| Fictional financial advisor created by the unnamed narrator |
| Grace |
| Martha's friend |
| Jason |
| Marcelline's ex-boyfriend |
| Jessie |
| Nick's client |
| Joel |
| Son of Damian and Amanda |
| Johnny |
| Lena's husband |
| Kadija |
| Café worker harassed by Nick |
| Lena |
| Nina's family friend |
| Lola |
| Daughter of Laura and Nick |
| Marcelline |
| Shop owner where Ash works |
| Marie |
| One of Nick's girlfriends |
| Matt |
| Martha's ex-husband |
| Milly |
| Martha's assistant |
| Petula |
| Woman who ran the salon |
| Ruth |
| Fictional mother invented by Jonathan |
| Sam |
| Son of Damian and Amanda |
| Tara |
| Wife of the unnamed narrator |
| Troy |
| Martha's brother |
