| Pro |
Michael | Clifton |
A cartographer. Missing. |
| | Edward |
Clifton | Michael's father. |
| | Martha |
Clifton | Michael's mother. |
| | Teddy |
| Michael's brother. AKA: Edward Clifton JR. |
| | William |
Orcutt | The surveyor for Union Oil. |
| 1 | Billy |
Beale | Maisie's assistant. |
| | Maisie |
Dobbs | Protagonist. |
| | Dr. Charles |
Hayden | An eminent American surgeon. |
| | Simon |
Lynch | A Captain in Army Medical Corps. |
| | Bradley |
Marchant | Edward's son-in-law. |
| | Margaret |
Clifton | Edward's daughter. |
| | Anna |
Clifton | Michael's sister. |
| | Pauline |
Hayden | Charles's wife. |
| | Bob |
| Maisie's uncle. |
| 2 | Doreen |
| Billy's wife. |
| | Mr. |
Masters | Lizzie's doctor. |
| | Lizzie |
| Billy's daughter. |
| | Andrew |
Dene | Maisie's ex-boyfriend. |
| | Frankie |
Dobbs | Maisie's father. |
| | Maurice |
Blanche | Maisie's former mentor and teacher. |
| | Lady Rowan |
Compton | Frankie's employer. |
| | James |
| Lady Rowan's son. |
| | Mrs. |
Bromley | Maurice's carer. |
| 3 | James |
Compton | A racing driver. Rowan's son. |
| | Caldwell |
| A detective inspector in Scotland Yard. |
| | Lord Julian |
Compton | Maisie's source with military stuff. |
| | John |
Bartley | Colonel. |
| | Archibald |
Davidson | A lieutenant colonel. |
| 4 | Duncan |
Higginbotham | One of the Davidson's contacts. |
| | Peter |
Whiting | One of the Davidson's contacts. |
| | Ian |
Temple | The person responsible for any liaison with Civy Thing in Chatham. |
| | Dawson |
| Major Whitting's butler. |
| 5 | Basil |
Khan | Maurice's old friend and mentor. |
| | Billy JR. |
Beale | Billy's son. |
| | Priscilla |
Partridge | Maisie's friend. |
| | Thomas |
Libbert | Michael's brother-in-law. Anna's wife. |
| 7 | Douglas |
Partridge | Priscilla's husband. |
| | Benedict |
Sutton | Douglas's friend. |
| | Patronella |
Casterman | The English nursing unit founder. Michael's lover. AKA: Lady Ella. |
| | Julia |
Maynard | Priscilla's friend. |
| 8 | Henry |
Gilbert | The man with Cine film. |
| | Sydney |
Mullen | One of Michael's colleagues. |
| | Perry |
| One of Michael's colleagues. |
| | Enid |
| Deceased. Compton's former housemaid. |
| | Carter |
| The butler. |
| 10 |
Jeremy | Lockwood |
Michael's immediate superior. |
| 11 |
Alfie | Mantle |
Mullen's boss. |
| | Veronica |
Clifton | Michael's sister. |
| | John |
Paynton | The man Veronica sold her business to. |
| | Mr. |
Carter | The Compton's butler. |
| | Dr. Andrew |
Dene | Maurice's protégé. |
| | Abigail |
Dene | Andrew's wife. |
| 12 |
Mrs. | Crawford |
James's nanny. |
| | Emily |
Compton | James's sister. Deceased. |
| | Tennie |
| Michael's girlfriend. |
| 13 |
Christopher | Casterman |
Lady Patronella's son. AKA: Tuffie. |
| 14 |
Roland | Marshall |
Gilbert's asisstant. |
| 15 |
Mrs. | Hancock |
A library regular. |
| | Elizabeth |
Barrett Browning | A poet. |
| 16 |
Malcolm | Campbell |
A race car driver. |
| | Tommy |
Sopwith | A flying school owner. |
| | Hughe |
Locke-King | An aircraft manufacturer. |
| | John |
Cobb | A racer. |
| 17 |
John | Langley |
The American bloke from the embassy. |
| | Mr. |
Buckingham | The shoe buyer. |
| | Elizabeth |
Peterson | Michael's lover. |
| 19 |
Jane | Compton |
Lady Rowan's mother-in-law. |
| 21 |
Brian | Huntley |
Maurice and Maisie's common friend. |
| | Bernard |
Klein | Maurice's solicitor. |
| | Frederick |
Maclean | The ship builder. Maurice's grandfather. |
| | Arthur |
Lodge | One of the tenant farmers. |
| | Cecil |
Button | One of the tenant farmers. |
