| Bill |
Bargerman | C.F. agent who handled Dana's claim |
| Mrs. |
Bowman | Kindergarten teacher |
| Harris |
Brown | Officer who worked on the case when Wendell first disappeared |
| Martin |
Cheltenham | Lonnie's best friend |
| Carl |
Eckert | Wendell's partner |
| Ricardo |
Guevara | Fourth escapee |
| Neil |
Hess | Family physician |
| Dean Dewitt |
Huff | Wendell's new identity |
| Renata |
Huff | Wendell's new wife |
| Jerry |
Irwin | Dana's neighbor |
| Lena |
Irwin | Jerry's wife |
| John |
Ives | Kingman's law partner |
| Brian |
Jaffe | Wendell's son |
| Dana |
Jaffe | Wendell's wife |
| Michael |
Jaffe | Wendell's son |
| Wendell |
Jaffe | Missing |
| Lonnie |
Kingman | Owner of Kingman and Ives Law Firm |
| Burton |
Kinsey | Kinsey's maternal grandfather |
| Maura |
Kinsey | Kinsey's aunt |
| Rita Cynthia |
Kinsey | Kinsey's mother |
| Susanna |
Kinsey | Liza's mother, Kinsey's aunt |
| Virginia |
Kinsey | Kinsey's aunt. Aka: Gin Gin |
| Patty |
Kravitz | Telemarketing agent |
| Cornelia |
LaGrand | Kinsey's maternal grandmother |
| Fermin |
Lasuen | Former leader of Alta California Mission |
| Vera |
Lipton | Kinsey's friend from C.F. |
| Kinsey |
Millhone | Protagonist, Private Investigator |
| Quillen |
Millhone | Kinsey's paternal grandfather |
| Terrence |
Millhone | Kinsey's father |
| Dick |
Mills | C.F. agent who sold Wendell's life insurance policy |
| Prospero |
Olivarez | Priest who petitioned to build two small sister missions |
| Ernesto |
Padilla | Dead inmate |
| Charlie |
Pitts | Henry's brother |
| Henry |
Pitts | Kinsey's landlord |
| Lewis |
Pitts | Henry's brother |
| Nell |
Pitts | Henry's sister |
| William |
Pitts | Henry's brother |
| Camilla |
Robb | Jonah's wife |
| Jonah |
Robb | Officer from Missing Persons, Kinsey's ex-lover |
| Julio |
Rodriguez | Dead inmate |
| Ida |
Ruth | One of the legal secretaries |
| Tommy |
Ryckman | Jail administrator |
| Angela |
Salazar | Dana's potential new client |
| Miriam |
Salazar | Angela's mother |
| Junipero |
Serra | First President of the Alta California Missions |
| Deputy |
Tiller | Prison officer |
| Gordon |
Titus | Mac's boss |
| Rupert |
Valbusa | Police artist |
| Mac |
Voorhies | C.F. Vice President |
| Officer |
Whiteside | Robb's colleague |
| Bethany |
| One of Dana's clients |
| Brendan |
| Michael and Juliet's baby |
| Delia |
| Kinsey's cousin |
| Eleanor |
| Kinsey's cousin |
| Jill |
| One of the legal secretaries |
| Jimmy |
| Waiter |
| Juliet |
| Michael's wife |
| Liza |
| Kinsey's cousin |
| Pam |
| Liza's sister |
| Pamela |
| Liza's sister |
| Rosie |
| Resto owner, Kinsey's friend |
| Sarah |
| Kinsey's aunt |
| Tasha |
| Liza's sister |
| Vera |
| Kinsey's friend |
| Walter |
| Maura's husband, Kinsey's uncle |