| Alicia |
Bowman | Detective in charge of Madeline O'Brien's disappearance. |
| Jenn |
Bowman | Alicia Bowman's wife. |
| Kurt |
Cobain | Referenced musician. |
| Isaac |
Frank | Madeline O'Brien's classmate. |
| Sophia |
Greenfield | Murdered; Madeline O'Brien's yoga colleague. |
| Zachary |
Greenfield | Sophia Greenfield's husband. Aka: Zach. |
| Jimi |
Hendrix | Referenced musician. |
| Lance |
Hoffman | Connor Nye's colleague in the English department. |
| Janis |
Joplin | Referenced musician. |
| Jimmy |
Kimmel | Referenced television host. |
| Stephen |
King | Referenced author. |
| Rebecca |
Knox | Connor Nye's student who claims she saw Madeline O'Brien. |
| Diana |
Lukas | Connor Nye's attorney. |
| Connor |
Nye | Protagonist; professor and writer. Aka: Dr. Nye. |
| Emily |
Nye | Connor Nye's wife, deceased. |
| Jacob |
Nye | Connor Nye's son, deceased. Aka: Jake. |
| Madeline |
O'Brien | Connor's student who disappeared before graduating. |
| Edgar Allan |
Poe | Referenced author and poet. |
| Sarah |
Redmond | Fictional character from Connor Nye's book; murdered. |
| Anne |
Rice | Referenced author. |
| Carrie |
Richter | Connor Nye's colleague; handles the internship program. |
| Lynyrd |
Skynyrd | Referenced musical band. |
| Detective |
Wallace | Detective who interrogated Madeline O'Brien about Sophia Greenfield. |
| Kelly |
White | Preston White's wife. |
| Preston |
White | Chairman of the English department. |
| Grendel |
| Connor Nye's dog. |
| Hannah |
| Sorority girl. |
| Kent |
| Rebecca Knox's ex-boyfriend. |
| Lilly |
| Fictional character from Madeline O'Brien's book. |
| Mikaila |
| Rebecca Knox's roommate. |
| Monique |
| Rebecca Knox's friend. |
| Steven |
| Mikaila's boyfriend. |
| Sylvia |
| Rebecca Knox's great-aunt. |
