| Jim |
Baldwin | Sally's abusive husband. |
| Charlie |
Baldwin | Sally and Jim's son. |
| Amy |
Baldwin | Sally and Jim's daughter. |
| Sally |
Baldwin | Wife who kills her husband; protagonist. |
| Dr. |
Blake | Charlie's school head. |
| Kelly |
Clarkson | American singer. |
| Janey |
Halliday | Singer. |
| Asma |
Jahangir | Jilani's co-founder. |
| Hina |
Jilani | Founder of Pakistan's Human Rights Commission. |
| Mr. |
Jurek | Detective constable. |
| Ava |
| Janey's baby. |
| Ayaan |
| Sally's uncle. |
| Edwina |
| Neighborhood's unofficial COVID-regulation inspector. |
| Granny |
| Leila's grandmother. |
| Huma |
| Leila's cousin. |
| Janey |
| Sally's best friend. |
| Keith |
| Janey's husband; killed by Janey. |
| Kiran |
| Samira's sister-in-law. |
| Leila |
| Unwilling bride. |
| Lionel |
| Ruth's husband. |
| Marianna |
| One of the battered wives. |
| Maryam |
| Leila's sister. |
| Nawar |
| Sally's next-door neighbor. |
| Petunia |
| Sally's friend. |
| Rosemary |
| Sally's friend. |
| Ruth |
| A wife who killed her husband; befriended by Sally. |
| Samira |
| Leila's mother; killed her husband. |
| Yafir |
| Leila's father. |
