| Pro | Maurice (Justice) |
Tempest | Late 60's yr old Supreme Court Judge. A.k.a. Maurie |
| | Tommy (Thomas) |
Minton | Maurice's chauffeur and Tempest family gardener. |
| 1 | Callan (Detective) |
O'Connor | 42 yr old Detective Senior Sergeant at Newcastle Police Station. |
| | Miles |
O'Connor | Callan's 12 yr old son. |
| | Leo (Detective) |
Castelli | 54 yr old Detective Sergeant, Callan's partner. |
| | Greg |
Wellen | Callan's Father-in-Law and Miles grandfather. |
| | Zara (Constable) |
Thornton | Local uniformed police constable. |
| | Patrick (Constable) |
Jarvis | Local uniformed police constable from Waratah Police Station. |
| | Inspector |
Radcliffe |
Inspector at Newcastle Police Station. |
| | Estelle (Detective) |
Meares | Detective Constable at Newcastle Police Station. |
| | Hamish |
| Drone operator for police. |
| | Carmen (Dr) |
Tempest | Psychologist, wife of Maurice Tempest. A.k.a Carrie. |
| | Kent |
Durham | Sydney Homicide Squad Detective Senior Sergeant. Former colleague of Callan. |
| | Angela |
Avery | 33 yr old journalist writing lifestyle articles for newspaper's weekend magazine, living in Newcastle. A.k.a. Bree McMahon. |
| | Jeremy |
Tempest | Son of Maurie and Carrie. Lectures in law at New South Wales University. |
| | Stephen |
Surrey | Carmen's colleague at same conference. |
| | Jade |
Tempest | Daughter of Carmen and Maurice. |
| 2 | Marigold (Goldie) |
Martin | Mid 20's young lawyer at Newbury Nelson law firm. Nicola's flatmate. |
| | Nicola |
Sellers | Mid 20's young lawyer at Newbury Nelson law firm. Goldie's flatmate. |
| 3 | Benjamin (Ben) |
Reid | Visual artist, muralist, master forger and inmate at the Hunter Valley prison. Paints under the name of Kieran Stewart. |
| | Oliver |
Bible | Former inmate at the Hunter Valley prison. |
| | Viola |
| Editor of Angela's Newspaper. |
| | C.J. |
| Angela's female black and brown kelpie-collie cross dog. |
| 4 | Claire |
O'Connor | Callan's ex-wife, mother of Miles, wheelchair bound stroke victim, living with Greg and Jan. |
| 6 | Amy (Detective) |
Chu | Homicide Detective, partnered with Durham. |
| | Daniel |
Atani | Gym owner and personal trainor. |
| | Koko |
Manners | Skin Care Clinic owner and client of Atani. |
| 9 | Michael |
Bruin | Goldie's former landlord. |
| 10 | Larson |
Porter | Newspaper photographer working with Angela. |
| | Nikhita |
Kumari | Forensic Pathologist. |
| | Jan |
Wellen | Claire's mother. |
| 15 | Bev |
Reid | 65 yr old Office Manager at Newbury Nelson law firm. |
| | Hilton |
Newbury | Founder and Retired Senior Partner at Newbury Nelson law firm. |
| 16 | Barry |
| Man with knowledge of search area. |
| 17 | Helen |
| Geotechnical company employee. |
| | Samuel |
Bates | Former employee of geotechnical firm. |
| | Jim |
Davis | Senior engineer at geotechnical firm. |
| 19 | Frankie |
| Miles' school mate. |
| 22 | Miranda |
Stiles | Wife of Eddie Stiles |
| | Edward (Justice) |
Stiles | Supreme Court Justice, colleague of Maurie. |
| 23 | Brock |
Nelson | Current principal partner at Newbury Nelson law firm. |
| | Eloise |
| Angela's sister. |
| 25 | Nerida (Detective) |
Sterling | Detective Sergeant, former colleague of Callan. |
| | Riley (Detective) |
Taylor | Detective with the Gang Squad. |
