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