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