| Cully | Barnaby | Tom's daughter. |
| Joyce | Barnaby | Tom's wife. |
| Tom | Barnaby | Detective chief inspector. Protagonist. |
| Terry | Bazely | The woman that Emily spoke to before she died. |
| Mrs. | Beadle | Bellringer's neighbor. |
| Lucy | Bellringer | Miss Simpson's friend. |
| Dr. George | Bullard | Barnaby's doctor friend. |
| Phyllis | Cadell | Henry's sister-in-law. |
| Alan | Cater | The man Barbara hooked up with. |
| Lisa | Dawn | Mrs. Quine's daughter. |
| Mrs. | Holland | Trevor's housekeeper. |
| Mr. | Hollingsworth | A college professor. |
| Tom | Keating | A successful forger. |
| Gerald | Lacey | Katherine and Michael's father. |
| Katherine | Lacey | Daughter of Simpson's former student. |
| Madelaine | Lacey | Katherine and Michael's mother. |
| Michael | Lacey | Katherine's brother. |
| Barbara | Lessiter | Trevor's second wife. |
| Judy | Lessiter | Trevor's daughter. |
| Trevor | Lessiter | Simpson's GP. |
| Lady | Preddicott | Employer of Troy's mother. |
| Mrs. | Quine | Miss Simpson's cleaner. |
| Dennis | Rainbird | The funeral director. |
| Iris | Rainbird | Dennis's mother. |
| Nanny | Sharpe | The Lacey's nanny. |
| Emily | Simpson | Victim. |
| Mrs. | Sweeney | A pie seller. |
| Henry | Trace | David's employer. Katherine's fiance. |
| Robert | Trayce | Henry's ancestor. |
| Sergeant | Troy | Police sergeant. |
| Mr. | Wainwright | Terry's director. |
| David | Whitely | Katherine Lacey's farm manager. |
| Norah | Whitely | David's ex wife. |
| Rupert | Winstanley | The man who paid Barbara to abort her child. |
| Annabella | | The mystery woman. |
| Bateman | | The custody's sergeant. |
| Bella | | Henry's former wife. AKA: Beatrice Trace. |
| Benjy | | Katherine's dog. |
| Brierley | | The policewoman Mrs. Sweeney called. |
| Ismelda | | Robert's wife. |
| Jake | | Miss Simpson's former student. |
| Krystal | | Dr. Lessiter's special friend. |
| Moffatt | | The inspector. |
| Wellington | | A cat. |