| 1 | Alan | Grant | A detective inspector from Scotland yard. |
| | Marta | Hallard | An actress. Grant's friend. |
| | Toby | Tullis | A playwright. |
| | Lavinia | Fitch | A best-selling author. |
| | Walter | Whitmore | A radio broadcaster. |
| | Leslie | Searle | An American photographer. |
| | Cooney | Wiggin | Searle's friend. |
| | Elizabeth | Garrowby | Walter Whitmore's
fiancé. Aka: Liz. |
| | Marguerite | Merriam | Marta's acquaintance. |
| | Emma | Garrowby | Liz's stepmother. |
| 2 | Serge | Ratoff | A dancer. |
| | Deenie | Paddington | One of the residents at Salcott St Mary. |
| | Atlanta | Hope | One of the residents at Salcott St Mary. |
| | Bart | Hobart | One of the residents at Salcott St Mary. |
| | Silas | Weekley | A well-known writer. |
| | Miss | Easton-Dixon | A writer. Aka: Dixie. |
| | Cormac | Ross | Lavinia Fitch's publisher. |
| 3 | Tino | Tresca | Liz's acquaintance. |
| | Madeleine | Rice | Director of Research and Head of ESG. |
| 4 | Bill | Maddox | A garage keeper. |
| | Christopher | Hatton | Former Chancellor of England. |
| | Reeve | | A landlord. |
| | Arthur | Tebbetts | A cattleman at Silverlace Farm. |
| | King Richard | | The last King of Plantagenet dynasty. |
| | Harold | Dibbs | A guest at Walter's program. |
| | Peter | Massie | Director of Geothermal Energy office. |
| | Joe | Kilner | A craft builder. |
| 7 | Odysseus | | A Greek hero. |
| 8 | Bryce | | Alan Grant's superior. |
| | Williams | | A detective sergeant. |
| | Nora | | William's wife. |
| | Angela | | Nora's daughter. |
| | Leonard | | Nora's son. |
| | Rogers | | A local inspector. |
| | Joey | | An ex-marine sergeant. |
| 9 | Alice | | A housemaid. |
| | Mrs. | Clamp | A helper. |
| 10 | Jammy | Hopkins | A newspaperman. |
| 11 | Benny | Scoll | A man who was charged with theft. |
| | Poppy | Plumtre | Benny's acquaintance. |
| | Mrs. | Thrupp | Marta's acquaintance. |
| | Mrs. | Brett | A cook-housekeeper. |
| | Edith | | A parlor maid. |
| | Vandaleur | | A police major. |
| | William | Maddox | Bill Maddox's great grandfather. |
| | Giles | Verlaine | Toby's secretary. |
| 12 | Mrs. | Weekley | Silas Weekley's wife. |
| | Frederick | | Silas' son. Aka: Freddy. |
| | Dora | Siggins | A laundrywoman. |
| 13 | Miss | Searle | Leslie Searle's cousin. |
| | Sydney | Tullis | Toby Tullis' father. |
| | Martha | Speke | Sydney Tullis' wife. |
| | Geoffrey | Merriam | Marguerite Merriam's father. |
| | Brenda | Mattson | Geoffrey Merriam's wife. |
| | Gervase | Wing-Strutt | Marta's father. |
| | Anne | Hallard | Gervase's wife. |
| | Tommy | Thrupp | Mrs. Thrupp's son. |
| 14 | Polly | | A kitchen girl. |
| 15 | Mr. | Ritter | William's acquaintance. |
| | Durfey | Searle | Leslie's father. |
| | Christina | Mattson | Leslie's mother. |
| 16 | Susie | Schlander | Store General Manager at Columbia Care NY. |
| 17 | Madeleine | Smith | An English actress. |
| | Jerry | Lamont | Grant's acquaintance. |
| | Frederick the Great | | Former King of Prussia. |
| 18 | Bobby | | One of Marta's acquaintances. |
| | Nigel | | One of Marta's acquaintances. |
| 19 | Jen | | Nora's sister. |
| | Phoebe | Hessel | A British military personnel. |
