| Monsieur |
Albert | Emma Orczy's butler |
| Margery |
Allingham | Novelist |
| Charis |
Barnett | Friend of Dorothy Sayers. Aka: Charis Frankenburg |
| Madame |
Brat | Woman interviewed by Dorothy |
| Albert |
Campion | Fictional protagonist in Margery Allingham's novels |
| Alfred |
Chapman | Co-managing director with Mr. Dean |
| Millicent |
Chapman | Alfred Chapman's wife |
| G.K. |
Chesterton | Well-known novelist |
| Agatha |
Christie | Novelist and friend of Dorothy Sayers |
| John |
Cournos | Dorothy Sayers's former lover |
| Anthony Berkeley |
Cox | Common friend of Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers |
| May |
Daniels | Missing woman |
| Mrs. |
David | Sister of May Daniels |
| Mr. |
Dean | Producer of West End shows |
| Leonora |
Denning | Missing violinist |
| Mac |
Fleming | Dorothy Sayers's husband |
| Jack |
Hulbert | Popular actor |
| Milward |
Kennedy | Creator of George Bull |
| Mrs. |
Lloyd | Sister of May Daniels |
| Netley |
Lucas | News correspondent |
| Max |
Mallowan | Archaeologist; Agatha Christie's husband |
| Mr. |
Marks | Man who saw May before she disappeared |
| Ngaio |
Marsh | Novelist; member of the Detection Club |
| Celia |
McCarthy | May Daniels's friend |
| Emma |
Orczy | Hungarian-born aristocrat and novelist |
| David |
Roentgen | German cabinet maker |
| Frank |
Routledge | Mac Fleming's friend |
| Bobby |
Russell | Conductor |
| Dorothy |
Sayers | Narrator; mystery novelist |
| Harriet |
Vane | Dorothy Sayers's fictional mystery novelist character |
| Margaret |
Watts | Sister of Agatha Christie. Aka: Madge |
| Bill |
White | John's biological father; Dorothy's neighbor |
| Jimmy |
William | Self-insurance titan |
| Louis |
Williams | Son of Jimmy William |
| Peter |
Wimsey | Dorothy Sayers's fictional detective character |
| Eric |
| Theatrical skull prop |
| Ivy |
| Dorothy Sayers's cousin |
| John |
| Dorothy Sayers's son |
