| 1 |
Nicholas |
Hartley |
Alice's ex-boyfriend. AKA: Nick. |
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Stuart |
Marley |
The detective-in-charge of Alice's murder case. |
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Christopher |
Glassco |
Marley's partner. |
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Alice |
Poole |
Murdered. |
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Mark |
Woodcroft |
Alice's new boyfriend. |
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Grace |
Hutchinson |
An archaeologist who found a human skull. |
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Malcolm |
Briers |
Grace's boss. |
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Penny |
Cartwright |
A singer. |
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Gerry |
Masterson |
A detective constable. |
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Banks |
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Protagonist. |
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Jackman |
|
Gerry's colleague. |
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Annie |
Cabbot |
Gerry's colleague. |
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Ray |
Cabbot |
Annie's father. |
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Yorkshire |
Ripper |
A serial killer. AKA: Peter Sutcliffe. |
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Jacqueline |
Hill |
The recent victim of the Yorkshire Ripper. |
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Dave |
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One of Nick and Alice's neighbors. |
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Sally |
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One of Nick and Alice's neighbors. |
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Maria |
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One of Nick and Alice's neighbors. |
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Anton |
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Nick's best friend. |
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Geoff |
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Nick's neighbor. A librarian. |
| 2 |
Nowak |
|
A CSI agent. |
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Gervaise |
|
The Chief Superintendent. |
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Karen |
Galway |
The Home Office Pathologist. |
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Morton |
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One of Banks's associates. |
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Tracy |
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Banks's daughter. |
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Steve |
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Nick's friend. |
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Chris |
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Nick's friend. |
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Jill |
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The girl from Nick's tutorial group. |
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Russ |
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Jill's friend. |
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Martin |
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Jill's friend. |
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Liz |
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Jill's friend. |
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Dick |
Burgess |
Bank's closest friend. |
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Nelia |
|
Ray Cabbot's partner. |
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Theresa |
May |
A former Home Secretary. |
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Jeremy |
Thorpe |
A political party leader. |
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Roy |
Jenkins |
The current Home Secretary. |
| 3 |
Francis |
Runcorn |
Dr. Galway's forensic anthropologist. |
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Winsome |
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One of Banks's associates. |
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Terry |
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Winsome's husband. |
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Joshua |
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Winsome's son. |
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Zelda |
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Ray's girlfriend. |
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Harold |
Gillespie |
The owner of the farm where the human skull was found. |
| 4 |
Gary |
Kirk |
The guy Alice used to hang around with. |
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Jasper |
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Harold's dog. |
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Raglan |
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A policewoman. |
| 5 |
Jazz |
Singh |
One of the lab technicians. |
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Stefan |
|
The crime scene manager. |
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Kim |
Lee |
The scientific support coordinator. |
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Lucy |
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Mark's neighbor. |
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Susie |
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Lucy's roommate. |
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Ronald |
Gregory |
The chief constable. |
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George |
Oldfield |
The detective-in-charge of Ripper's case. |
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Leonard |
Farrier |
The head supervisor of Eastvale Drainage Solutions. |
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Jack |
Gillespie |
Harold's father. |
| 6 |
Ron |
McLaughlin |
The assistant chief constable. |
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William |
Collins |
A detective constable. Aka: Wilkie. |
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Noel |
Pullman |
A local bookseller. |
| 7 |
Reginald |
Poole |
Alice's father. |
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Joyce |
Poole |
Alice's mother. |
| 8 |
Sylvia |
Gillespie |
Harold's wife. |
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Louise |
|
Harold's first wife. |
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Mandy |
Pembroke |
Alice's closest friend. |
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Barry |
Hargreaves |
Mandy's ex. Nick's friend. |
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Cyril |
|
A bar owner. |
| 9 |
Liam |
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Banks's carpenter friend. |
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Sonia |
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Peter's wife. |
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Ken |
Blackstone |
One of Banks's associates. |
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Frances |
Lee |
The woman who found Alice dead body. |
| 10 |
Olive |
Marley |
Christopher's wife. |
|
Dobson |
|
A detective constable. |
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Michael |
Wesley |
A local crime kingpin. |
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Veronica |
Holden |
Wesley's wife. |
| 11 |
Dick |
Ockham |
Editor of Ossett Observer. |
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Mary |
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Dick's assistant. |
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Robert |
Holden |
Wesley and Veronica's son. |
| 12 |
Millgarth |
|
The police desk officer. |
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Jack |
Hattersley |
Nick's new colleague. |
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Derek |
Younnis |
A war survivor. |
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Larry |
Fletcher |
The head honcho. |
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Bella |
|
Larry's girlfriend. |
| 13 |
Kathleen |
Bryant |
Harold's lawyer. |
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Ron |
Maisonville |
Harold's old colleague. |
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Millie |
Dowling |
The murdered schoolgirl. |