| Ansel |
Adams | An American photographer and environmentalist. |
| Muhammad |
Ali | An American professional boxer and activist. |
| Miller |
Ambrose | A senior attorney in the Most Dangerous Offender Project. |
| P. T. |
Barnum | A showman and former Connecticut State Representative. |
| Greg |
Bartholomew | The Seattle Times courthouse reporter. |
| Michelle |
Batista | A private investigator. |
| Mary C. |
Bell | Vince LaRussa's grammar school teacher. |
| Dr Lisa |
Bennet | Anne's best friend. |
| Del |
Castigliano | A Violent Crime detective. |
| Marcia |
Clark | An American prosecutor, author, and television correspondent. |
| Mr |
Cobalt | JP Harrison's high school chemistry instructor. |
| Amar |
Dalal | Four Seasons head of security. |
| Matt |
Damon | An American actor and film producer. |
| Barry |
Dillard | The head of the firearms section. |
| Joe |
DiMaggio | An American baseball player. |
| Clancy |
Doyle | Keera's client. |
| Ciara Katherine |
Duggan | The real name of Keera Duggan. |
| Keera |
Duggan | A brilliant former Seattle prosecuting attorney turned criminal defense attorney. |
| Patrick |
Duggan | Keera's father who sparred with King County prosecutors for four decades. Aka: Patsy. |
| Syd |
Evans | Anne's parents' personal attorney. |
| Chris |
Farley | An American actor and comedian. |
| Vic |
Fazzio | A Violent Crime detective. |
| Eric |
Fields | A man who owns a garage specializing in antique cars. |
| Billy |
Ford | A Seattle Police Department detective in the violent crimes unit and the partner of Detective Frank Rossi. |
| Stuart |
Funk | The King County chief medical examiner. |
| Bill |
Gates | An American businessman and philanthropist. |
| Tom |
Hanks | An American actor and filmmaker. |
| George |
Harrison | An English musician. |
| John Paul |
Harrison | A private investigator. Aka: JP. |
| Spencer Tickman |
Harrison | Vince LaRussa's fraternity brother. |
| William |
Hodgman | An American lawyer and prosecutor. Aka: Bill. |
| Maxine |
Hung | A prosecutor's judge. |
| Hugh |
Jackman | An Australian actor and singer. |
| Cliff |
Larson | An accountant who is brutally murdered in his Seattle office. |
| Anne |
LaRussa | Vincent LaRussa's wife. |
| Vincent Ernest |
LaRussa | A wealthy Seattle investment adviser and financial wizard. |
| John |
Lennon | An English musician and activist. |
| Arthur |
Litchfield | A medicolegal death investigator. |
| Paul |
McCartney | An English musician. |
| Phillip |
McPherson | A personal wealth advisor and manager. |
| Carl |
Olsen | A 911 officer. |
| Chuck |
Pan | A Seattle Police Department sergeant who works in the violent crime unit. |
| Ima |
Patel | A Superior Court Judge in King County, Washington. |
| Pablo |
Picasso | A Spanish painter and sculptor. |
| April |
Richie | Mr. Ambrose's co-counsel. |
| Frank |
Rossi | A dedicated, ethical Seattle Police Department violent crime detective. |
| O. J. |
Simpson | An American professional football player, actor, and media personality. |
| Patrick |
Swayze | An American actor and singer-songwriter. |
| Laurence |
Valle | The judge. |
| Andrei |
Vilkotsk | The head of the Technical and Electronic Support Unit. |
| Greg |
Walsh | A police witness who takes the stand during the murder trial. |
| Marcella |
Weber | The King County prosecuting attorney and Chief of Police. |
| Oscar |
Wilde | An Irish author and poet. |
| Ted |
Williams | An American professional baseball player. |
| Willy |
Wonka | A fictional character. |
| Jack |
Worthing | The name Vince made up and used in his imaginary world. |
| Kaylee |
Wright | An internet personality. |
| Bernadette |
| Keera's mother. |
| Dolores |
| Doyle's wife. |
| Ella |
| Eldest sister of Keera and managing partner of Patrick Duggan & Associates. |
| Ernest |
| Jack Worthing's fictitious brother. |
| Isabella |
| Michael's second wife. |
| Larry |
| Anne LaRussa's father. |
| Liam |
| Keera's acquaintance. |
| Lucas |
| Michael's son from his second marriage. |
| Margaret |
| Keera's sister. Aka: Maggie. |
| McCormick |
| A judge. |
| Michael |
| One of Keera's brothers. |
| Nicholas |
| Shawn's son. |
| Shawn |
| One of Keera's brothers. |
| Sophia |
| Shawn's daughter. |
