| Pro | Jim | Burgess | One of the Burgess Boys. |
| | Bob | Burgess | One of the Burgess Boys. A lawyer. |
| | Susan | Burgess-Olson | Jim and Bob's sister. Bob's twin. |
| | Margaret | Estaver | Bob's 2nd wife. The
Unitarian minister. |
| | Wally | Packer | A singer. Jim's client. |
| | O.J | Simpson | An NFL player, broadcaster, and actor. |
| | Bunny | Fogg | Burgess's neighbor who fell down the stairs. |
| | Mrs. | Hammond | One of Burgess's neighbors. |
| | Annie | Day | One of Burgess's neighbors. |
| | Helen | Farber-Burgess | Jim's wife. |
| | | | Book 1 |
| 1 | Dorothy | | Jim and Helen's friend. |
| | Alan | Anglin | Dorothy's husband. |
| | Ana | | Helen's housekeeper. |
| | Adriana | | Bob's neighbor. |
| | Preppy | Boy | Adriana's husband. |
| | Pam | Carlson | Bob's 1st wife. |
| | Zachary | Olson | Jim and Bob's nephew. Sue's son. Aka: Zach. |
| | Gerry | O'Hare | The police chief. |
| | Linda | | The lesbians who killed Helen's plant. |
| | Laura | | The lesbians who killed Helen's plant. |
| | Deborah | | Helen's neighbor who knows everything. |
| | Debra | | One of Helen's neighbors. |
| | William | | Debra's husband. Aka: Billiam. |
| | Charlie | Tibbetts | Zach's lawyer. |
| | Elaine | | Bob's therapist. |
| 2 | Jean | Drinkwater | Sue's landlady. |
| | Steve | Olson | Zach's father. Sue's husband. |
| | Carl | Drinkwater | Mrs. Drinkwater's husband. |
| 3 | Emily | Burgess | Jim and Helen's daughter. |
| 4 | Larry | Burgess | Helen and Jim's son. |
| | Carolyn | Prescott | One of Helen's neighbors. |
| | Abdikarim | Ahmed | A Muslim café owner. One of the witnesses. |
| | Haweeya | | Abdikarim's cousin. |
| | Goldman | | The rabbi. |
| | Omad | | Haweeya's husband. |
| | Asha | | Abdikarim's wife. |
| | Ayanna | | Nahadin's sister. |
| | Wiil | Waal | One of Abdikarim's neighbors. |
| | Nahadin | Ahmed | Ayanna's brother. |
| | Aamuun | | One of Abdikarim's neighbors. |
| | Kalila | | One of Abdikarim's neighbors. |
| 8 | Tom | Levesque | Margaret's police friend. |
| | | | Book 2 |
| 1 | Janice | Bernstein | Pam's friend. |
| | Ted | | Pam's husband. |
| | Diane | Dodge | The civil rights woman. Assistant Attorney General. |
| | Sarah | | Bob's ex-girlfriend. |
| 2 | Ahmed | Hussein | Abdikarim's customer. |
| 3 | Barbara | Burgess | Jim and Bob's mother. |
| 6 | Rick | Huddleston | The head of office of Anti-Defamation. |
| | Dan | Bergeron | A councilman. |
| | | | Book 3 |
| 2 | Ariel | | Larry's girlfriend. |
| 3 | Mohammed | Hussein | One of the witnesses. |
| 4 | Dick | | The man that Pam met. A psychiatrist. |
| 7 | Alice | Rioux | The woman who was killed in Iraq. |
| | Annie | Drinkwater | Mrs. Drinkwater's daughter. |
| | | | Book 4 |
| 3 | Rhoda | | Bob's new neighbor. |
| | Murray | | Rhoda's husband. |
| 8 | Rashid | | One of Haweeya's cousins. |
| | Noda | | One of Haweeya's cousins. |
| | Oya | | One of Haweeya's cousins. |
| 10 | Brenda | O'Hare | Gerry's wife. |
