| Harold |
Ainsworth | Assistant Chief Constable |
| Tubby |
Blake | One of Grasby's associates |
| Elphinstone |
Bleakly | Senior police sergeant |
| Larry |
Brown | Right‑hand man and Grasby's acquaintance |
| Colonel |
Chinstrap | Original Elderby constable |
| Terrance |
Clancy | Medical examiner |
| Reverend |
Croucher | Vicar |
| Twiston |
Cummins | Son of Earl of Harpenden |
| Lord |
Damnish | Farm owner |
| Beauregard Oscar |
Damnish | Son of Lord Damnish. Aka: Harry |
| Daisy |
Dean | Police intern. Aka: Deedee |
| Lord |
Elderby | Lady Damnish's father |
| Hetty |
Gaunt | Landlady who accommodated Grasby |
| James Thomas |
Goss | Convicted felon |
| Francis |
Grasby | Protagonist; inspector investigating the murders. Aka: Frank |
| Cyril |
Grasby | Bishop; Frank's father |
| Graham |
Greene | Author (fictional character in story) |
| Mr. |
Grimshaw | Undertaker |
| Constable |
Hastie | Rickmansworth's partner |
| Mr. |
Jinks | Owner of Newbourne Farm |
| Arthur |
Juggers | Police superintendent |
| C. E. |
Langton | Major |
| Neanderthal |
Lumpwold | Front‑desk officer |
| Lady |
Marion | Damnish's wife |
| Archibald |
McCulloch | Reverend |
| Arthur |
McGill | Head gamekeeper |
| Andrew |
Moleston | Village local |
| D. P. |
Moore | Duty officer; victim |
| Mrs. |
Moore | Inspector Moore's wife |
| Mrs. |
Mopp | One of the original Elderby constables |
| Miss |
Paget | Spinster |
| Mitch |
Parsley | Cyril's childhood friend, army |
| Mr. |
Powell | Man who lives at the edge of the village |
| Constable |
Rickmansworth | Police constable who discovered Inspector Moore's body |
| Ethel |
Robson | Pub owner |
| Elizabeth |
Starr | Local doctor |
| Charles |
Starr | Elizabeth's husband; journalist. Aka: Chuck |
| Annabel |
Swift | Girl wetting herself in the class |
| Martha |
Thornlie | Chambermaid |
| George |
V | King of England at the time (George V) |
| Mr. |
Wallington | Farm owner off the Whitby Road |
| Stubby |
Watts | Man who gave car to Grasby |
| Finan |
Whales | Police officer in Whitby |
| Lady |
Winthorpe | Owner of the robbed horses |
| Constable |
Withers | Lumpwold's partner |
| Mr. |
X | Juggers's superior |
| Armley |
| Police constable |
| Braithwaite |
| Butcher |
| Harrison |
| Butler for Lord Damnish |
| Damnish Jr. |
| Another son of Lord Damnish |
| Wally |
| Baker |
| Bill |
| Wally's dog (setter) |
| Cecil |
| The Raven (pet or nickname) |
| Lumley |
| Caretaker |
| Reginald |
| Deputy Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police |
| Ingleby |
| Lady Damnish's brother |
| Charlie |
| Grasby's uncle |
| Maskill |
| Police sergeant (deceased) |
| Gibbons |
| Parsley's accomplice |
