All The Waiting characters Listed With Descriptions

All T characters Listed With Descriptions

THE WAITING

by Michael Connelly

Characters By Chapter

EDITOR:
Remy Hale

QUICK EDITION (QE)

CH	FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	DESCRIPTION
1	Renée	Ballard	The lead LAPD detective running the Open-Unsolved Unit.
	Van		A man whom Renée met at the beach.
2	Colleen	Hatteras	A dedicated, eccentric volunteer with the LAPD Open-Unsolved Unit.
	Anders	Persson	A 28-year-old member of Renée Ballard's Open-Unsolved Unit.
	Tom	Laffont	A retired FBI agent.
	Paul	Masser	A former prosecutor with the district attorney's office.
3	Lilia	Aghzafi	Worked twenty years with Vegas Metro.
	Darcy	Troy	The DNA technician.
	Shaquilla	Washington	A victim of sexual assault and murder.
	Donald	Russell	Unemployed man with a history of drug-related arrests.
	Maxine	Russell	Donald's ex-wife.
	John	Lewin	The deputy DA assigned to prosecute cases from the Open-Unsolved Unit.
4	Seth	Dawson	A victim of a property crime.
	Abby	Sinclair	One of the victims of the Pillowcase Rapist.
	Nickolas	Purcell	A 24-year-old man whose DNA triggers a familial match to the Pillowcase Rapist.
	Jonathan	Purcell	Presiding judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court.
	Sara	Santana	The twenty-one-year-old girlfriend of Nicholas Purcell.
	Captain	LaBrava	The commander of operations at the Ahmanson Center.
5	Dr. Cathy	Elingburg	A therapist.
	Helen Catherine	Sharpe	The maiden name of Dr. Cathy Elingburg.
	Makani	Ballard	The estranged mother of Detective Renée Ballard.
	Dan		Ballard's acquaintance.
	Tutu		Renée Ballard's beloved late grandmother.
7	Gil	Perado	A detective from the Robbery-Homicide Division.
9	Federico	Beltran	A criminalist.
	Eastwood		A security guard.
10	Dean	Delsey	A man involved in the theft of Detective Ballard's badge, gun, and ID.
	Doreen	Hudson	The longtime director of the LAPD crime lab.
	Vivian	Purcell	Jonathan Purcell's wife.
	Landry		A receptionist.
	Madeline	Bosch	The daughter of Harry Bosch. Aka: Maddie.
	Harry	Bosch	A retired LAPD homicide detective battling cancer; Ballard's mentor.
11	Robert	Delsey	Dean's father. Aka: Bobby.
	Charles	Bronson	An American actor.
	Captain	Gandle	Ballard's boss.
	Kelly	Latham	The head of the DNA lab.
12	Lionel	Boden	Robert's acquaintance. Aka: Lion.
16	Pinto		Ballard's dog.
18	Thomas	Dehaven	The badge buyer.
	Lee	Child	A British author.
	Harlan	Coben	An American writer.
	Carson	McCullers	An American novelist and short-story writer.
	Edmund	Burke	A writer and former British Paymaster of the Forces.
	James	Crumley	An American author.
	Sue Taylor	Grafton	An American author of detective novels.
	Michael	Koryta	An American author.
	Bill	Goldberg	A retired professional wrestler and football player.
	Joseph	Wambaugh	An American writer.
	Raymond	Chandler	An American crime fiction writer.
19	Gordon	Olmstead	An FBI agent.
20	Tom	Petty	An American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
	Elizabeth	Short	The victim of the 1947 unsolved Black Dahlia murder case.
21	Mr.	Waxman	The manager of Echo Park Storage.
	Emmitt	Thawyer	A historical serial killer.
	Mrs. Nancy	Porter	The owner of Echo Park Storage.
23	Sally	Barnes	The current owner of Thawyer's place.
	Bruce		Barnes's husband.
	Mr.	Mann	Sally Barnes' acquaintance.
	Angie	Dickinson	A retired American actress.
24	Cecily		One of the victims of the Black Dahlia Avenger.
	Elyse	Ford	One of the victims of the Black Dahlia Avenger.
	Sandy		One of the victims of the Black Dahlia Avenger.
	Debra		One of the victims of the Black Dahlia Avenger.
	Willa	Kenyon	One of the victims of the Black Dahlia Avenger.
	Siobhan		One of the victims of the Black Dahlia Avenger.
	Lorraine		One of the victims of the Black Dahlia Avenger.
25	Carol	Plovc	A deputy district attorney.
	Gacy		A girl whose body was buried in the basement.
27	Ashley	Fellows	Ballard's friend in the Robbery-Homicide Division.
	Hildy	McManus	Captain Gandle's adjutant.
	Judge	Coen	A judge who handles criminal matters.
	Vivian		Judge Purcell's wife.
	Robin	Richardson	Mallory's mother.
	Mallory		Nick's biological mother.
	Edward		Robin's husband.
29	Spencer		One of Olmstead's men.
30	Stu	Mundel	The pilot of the news choppers.
31	Frederic	Standard	Thomas Dehaven's co-conspirator.
	Kimberly	Boyle	Dehaven's ex-wife.
	Tracy	Bell	A woman who joined Dehaven and offered her camper van.
32	Rodney	McNamara	One of Mallory's classmates.
	Rodney	Van Ness	Mallory's prom date.
	Jacqueline	Todd	Mallory's friend. Aka: Jackie.
	Emma	Arciniega	One of Mallory's friends.
	Dan	Farley	Ballard's contact on a Maui fire task force.
33	Mrs.	Fanning	Elyse's sister.
	Martha		Mrs. Fanning's niece.
34	Nicolas	Cage	An American actor and film producer.
	Scott	Anderson	A reporter.
36	Nathan	Hyatt	A former student arrested for indecent exposure.
	Horace	Heidt	A radio bandleader in the 1940s and '50s.
	Randy	Sepulveda	Emma Arciniega's husband.
	Victor	Best	Rodney's close friend.
37	Adolfo	Galvez	Willa Kenyon's boyfriend.
39	Gerald	Grover	A gangster.
40	James	Ellroy	An American crime writer and essayist.
41	Cleopatra		The queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt.
	Marty	Branch	The replacement of Rod Van Ness.
42	Harmony		Rod Van Ness' partner.
43	Gina	Falwell	One of Rod Van Ness' classmates.
44	Andy	Bennett	One of Van Ness' classmates.
	Taylor	Weeks	One of Van Ness' classmates.
	Katie	Randolph	Taylor's date.
45	Ernest	O'Fallon	The recently elected district attorney. Aka: Ernesto.
47	Cameriere		The man who invented the comparison index.
	Lukas	Ortiz	A man from the FBI.
48	Amanda	Sheridan	Taylor Weeks' acquaintance.
	Claudia	Gimble	A reporter.
51	Paul	Buckley	One of the technicians.
	James	Camp	One of the technicians.
	Matt	Damon	An American actor and film producer.
52	Charlotte	Goring	Detective assigned to the murder of Colleen Hatteras.
	Winston	Dubose	Detective assigned to the murder of Colleen Hatteras.
53	Chuck	Pell	A technician.
55	Mark	Rothko	An American painter.
55	Georgia	O'Keeffe	An American painter.
	Nancy	Drew	A fictional character.
56	Carl	Detry	The chief of police.

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