| 1 | Lillian | Pentecosts | A private investigator. |
| | McCloskey | | The site foreman. |
| | Willowjean | Parker | Protagonist. A circus runaway. AKA: Will. |
| | Nathan | Lazenby | A Lieutenant. |
| | Jonathan | Markel | Murdered. |
| | Darla | Delight | A former showgirl. AKA: Dee Dee. |
| | Big Bob | Halloway | The circus owner. |
| | Valentin | Kalishenko | A dancer of blades. Will's colleague. |
| 2 | Mrs. | Campbell | Lillian's cook. |
| | Earl | Rockefeller | Murdered. |
| | Laura | | Will's cousin. |
| 3 | Mysterio | | One of Will's circus colleagues. |
| | Lovely | Lulu | One of Will's circus colleagues. |
| | Madame | Fortuna | One of Will's circus colleagues. |
| | Rebecca | Collins | Alistair's daughter. |
| | Randolph | Collins | Alistair's son. AKA: Randy. |
| | Alistair | Collins | Owner and CEO of Collins Steelwork. Murdered. |
| | Abigail | Pratt-Collins | Alistair's secretary and wife. AKA: Abby Crouch. |
| | Charlie | Silverhorn | A jazz musician. Deceased. |
| | Harrison | Wallace | The acting CEO of Collins Steelwork. |
| 4 | Ariel | Belestrade | Abigail's spiritual advisor. |
| | John | Meredith | The senior floor manager. |
| | Olivia | Waterhouse | Ariel's companion. An anthropologist. |
| 5 | Hiram | | An assistant medical examiner. |
| 6 | Jeremy | Sanford | The Collins's butler. |
| 7 | Dora | Sanford | The Collins's long-time cook. Jeremy's wife. |
| 8 | Sid | | Lillian's number man/accountant. |
| 9 | Hollis | Graham | A librarian. |
| 10 | Neal | Watkins | Dr. Waterhouse's assistant. |
| 12 | Charlotte | | Belestrade's imaginary friend. |
| 14 | Conroy | | Collin's accountant. |
| 15 | Rosie | | The riveter. |
| 19 | Anna | Nowak | Vincent's worker. |
| | Vincent | Lance | Vice President of a Silk Company. |
| | Diana | Lance | Vincent's wife. |
| 20 | Bettyanne | Casey-Hutts | Abby Crouch's old neighbor. |
| | Clarence | | Bettyanne's husband. |
| | Billy | McCray | The boy that Abby dated. |
| 25 | Mrs. | Buckley | The woman with a
Kodak. |
| | Henry | Chamblis | The board president. |
| 34 | Orly | Crouch | Abigail's brother. |
