| Douglas | Alexander | The offender. |
| Sissy | Barrows | Kyoko's housekeeper. |
| Big | Bastard | The Quinn's bull. |
| Charlotte | Bauer | Angie's friend. A retired lawyer. AKA: Charlie. |
| Myron | Bennett | A jeweler. |
| Nicole | Blake | Holly's friend. |
| Kyoko | Bluestone | Noah's wife. |
| Noah | Bluestone | One of the Quinn's hired men. |
| Tom | Brody | Garnet's husband. Brody's brother. |
| Alice | Brown | Carl's wife. |
| Carl | Brown | The Funeral Home owner. |
| Fred | Brown | Carl's father. |
| Amy | Cassiday | Brody's youngest sister. |
| Sean | Cassiday | Amy's husband. |
| Holden | Caulfield | A character in "Catcher in the Rye" book. |
| Ruth | Coffee | Deceased. |
| Holly | Coleridge | Del Wolfe's cousin. |
| Melvin | Crabbe | A dump truck driver. |
| Tyler | Creasy | One of the Quinn's hired men. |
| Brody | Dern | Sheriff of Black Earth County. Protagonist. |
| Garnet | Dern | Brody's sister-in-law. |
| Jack | Dern | Brody's nephew. |
| Mary | Dern | Brody's niece. |
| Rita | Dern | Brody's niece. |
| Robert | Dern | Brody's father. |
| Kevin | Eide | The judge. |
| Hank | Evans | One of the sheriff's auxiliary deputies. |
| Asa | Fielding | One of Brody's officers. |
| James | Forsyth | Gunther's superior. A colonel. |
| Mimi | Fowler | The town librarian. |
| Morgan | Gilroy | A bank robber. |
| Conrad | Graff | The former sheriff. AKA: Connie. |
| Myrna | Graff | Connie's wife. |
| Able | Grange | One of the Quinn's hired men. |
| Maggie | Green | A kindergarten teacher. |
| Father | Gregory | The Lutheran pastor. |
| Gunther | Haas | The oldest veteran. |
| Abigail | Harris | The Mayor's wife. |
| Jack | Harris | The Mayor. |
| Lester | Hennings | A town cop in Jefferson. |
| David | Himura | The Japanese commander. Kyoko's new husband. |
| Madame | Justine | Angie's boss. |
| Mike | Kearney | The veterinarian. |
| Felix | Klein | A dangerous prisoner. Brody's companion. |
| Alan | Ladd | A film star. |
| Gordon | Landis | A former police. |
| Christian | Madison | Scott's father. Angie's husband. |
| Evangeline | Madison | Scott's mother. Aka: Agnie, Jolie Rae LeBlanc. |
| Harvey | Madison | Angie's father-in-law. |
| Ida | Madison | Angie's mother-in-law. |
| Scott | Madison | Angie's son. |
| Bob | Magruder | Owner of the stolen truck. |
| Bob | McCarthy | Fiona's husband. |
| Fiona | McCarthy | Jimmy and Gudrun's daughter. |
| Wendell | Moon | Mrs. Madison's worker. |
| Bob | Odegard | A feed store owner. |
| Father | O'Gara | The reverend. |
| Herman | Ostberg | Brody's acquaintance. |
| Doc | Porter | The county coroner. |
| Bridget | Quinn | Jimmy and Marta's youngest daughter. |
| Colleen | Quinn | Jimmy and Marta's daughter. |
| Gudrun | Quinn | Jimmy's 1st wife. |
| James Patrick | Quinn | Deceased. Eaten by a catfish. Aka: Jimmy. |
| Marta | Quinn | Jimmy's 2nd wife. |
| Terence | Quinn | Jimmy and Gudrun's son. |
| James Patrick | Quinn Jr. | Jimmy and Marta's eldest son. AKA: J.P. |
| Avery | Simpson | A hardware store owner. |
| Mr. | Sorenson | Scott's scoutmaster. |
| Suzie | Thorndike | Asa's wife. |
| Loretta | Wicklow | Sam's wife. |
| Sam | Wicklow | Publisher and Editor of Black Earth County. |
| Alexander | Williams | A county attorney. |
| Delbert | Wolfe | Scott's friend. Creasy's son-in-law. AKA: Del, Wolfman. |
| Boggie | | Connie's horse. |
| Farrah | | Angie's mother. |
| Fuji | | Kyoko's dog. |
| Hannah | | Felix's wife. |
| Hector | | Brody's dog. |
| Honeydew | | Connie's horse. |
| Hopper | | The painter. |
| Inkpahduta | | The leader of Wahpekute. |
| Kyaw | | The Burmese soldier. |
| Lilah | | Brody's girlfriend. |
| Luther | | Tyler's uncle. |
| Mac | | Brody's colleague. |
| Ramona | | Scott's aunt. Del's mother. |
| Takoda | | Bluestone's ancestor. |
| Velma | | Tyler's mother. |
