| 1 | Armand |
Gamache | Protagonist, Head of the homicide at Quebec. |
| | Reine-Marie |
Gamache | Armand's wife. |
| | Rosa |
| The duck. |
| 2 | Ruth |
Zardo | The poet,Armand's friend. |
| | Myrna |
Landers | A bookshop owner. |
| | Clara |
Morrow | A painter,Myrna's bestfriend. |
| | Olivier |
| A bistro owner. |
| | Gabri |
| Olivier's business partner and lover. |
| 3 | Jean-Guy |
Beauvoir | Armand's son-in-law and second-in-command. |
| | Annie |
Beauvoir | Armand's daughter. |
| | Honore |
Beauvoir | Annie and Jean-Guy's son. |
| | Idola |
Beauvoir | Annie and Jean-guy's daughter. |
| | Marcel |
LaPierre | Armand's bestfriend. |
| | Vivienne |
LaPierre | Marcel's wife. |
| 4 | Evelyn |
Tardiff | Head in organized crime. |
| | Goudreau |
| Head in highways division. |
| | Isabelle |
Lacoste | Jean-Guy's partner. |
| 6 | Rocco |
| Original owner of Café Olimpico. |
| | Vito |
| One of the longtime baristas. |
| | Charles |
Langlois | Murdered. |
| 10 |
Madeleine | Toussaint |
Cyber crime chief superintendent. |
| | Daniel |
Gamache | Armand's son. |
| 11 |
Margaux | Chalifoux |
Executive director of action Quebec bleu. |
| 13 |
Claudine | McGregor |
Charles's boss. |
| | Gagnon |
| Executive director of "The Mission" |
| 14 |
Jeanne | Caron |
The Politician's chief of staff. |
| | The |
Politician | Deputy Prime Minister. Caron's boss. |
| 15 |
Gilbert | |
The bistro guest. |
| 16 |
Dom | Philippe |
The Abbot of the remote monastery called St. Gilbert. Aka: Yves Rousseau. |
| | Roslyn |
Gamache | Daniel's wife. |
| | Zora |
Gamache | Daniel's daughter. |
| | Florence |
Gamache | Daniel's daughter. |
| 17 |
David | Lavigne |
Armand's colleague from the RCMP. |
| | Marcus |
Lauzon | Head of G.A.C. |
| 18 |
Dr. | Harris |
The forensic pathologist. |
| 19 |
Simon | |
Abbot's secretary. |
| | Sebastien |
Fontaine | Abbot's second-in-command. |
| 22 |
Roland | |
The Keeper of the Keys. |
| 24 |
Fleury | |
Archbishop. |
| | Sherry |
Caufield | Head of Counterintellegence in U.K. |
| | Father |
Thomas | One of the Archbishop's associates. |
| 26 |
Joan | Pierre |
The head teacher where Sebastien formerly work. |
| | Father |
David | Dom Philippe's bestfriend. Aka: Jean Beauchemin. |
| 27 |
Albert | Whitehead |
Chair of the Joint Chief of Staff for U.S. |
| 28 |
Claude | Dussault |
Former Head of Paris police. |
| | Paolo |
Parisi | Charles's killer, Deceased. |
| 29 |
Beatrice | Benvenuto |
Mother Superior. |
| | Sister |
Irene | The english speaking nun. |
| | Brother |
Robert | One of Sebastien's close friends. |
| 30 |
Shona | Dorion |
Armand's informant. |
| 31 |
Genori | |
Head of anti-mafia task force. |
| | Albert |
Parisi | Paolo's father, A mafia leader. |
| | Innez |
| A young agent. |
| 32 |
Valerie | Michaud |
Head of the blanc-sablon detachment. |
| | Eunice |
| Dom Philippe's sister, Caron's mother. |
| | Raymond |
Rousseau | Dom Philipper's borhter. Aka: Big Gars. |
| | Miriam |
Rouse | Raymond's wife. |
| 33 |
Big | Stink |
The man who teach French to Paolo. |
| 35 |
Denis | Gauthier |
RCMP officer. |
| 36 |
Frederick | Castonguay |
Caron's assistant. |
| 38 |
Joseph | Moretti |
Head of the Sixth Family. |
| 39 |
Brother | Constantine |
The other monk who hold the recipe,missing. |
| 42 |
Manon | Lagace |
The treatment plant head where the terrorist attack held. |