| Reggie |
Bernstein | One of Brienne's neighbors |
| Enid |
Davies | Brienne's next-door neighbor |
| Brienne |
Dougray | Protagonist. |
| Claudia |
Dougray | Brienne's great-aunt |
| Dennis |
Dougray | Brienne's great-uncle |
| Carrie |
Dougray-Stein | Dennis's granddaughter |
| Daphne |
du Maurier | Author of *Rebecca* |
| Kate |
Emberlin | Niall's wife |
| Niall |
Emberlin | Brienne's tenant |
| F. Scott |
Fitzgerald | |
| Mr. |
Klingenbeard | Brienne's retired neighbor |
| Mrs. |
Klingenbeard | Mr. Klingenbeard's wife |
| Brian |
Marshall | Carly's husband |
| Carly |
Marshall | Brienne's neighbor across the street |
| G.K. |
Thomasson | Private investigator |
| Amber |
| Brienne's former friend |
| Beatrice |
| The stray cat |
| Harriet |
| Harcourt property agent |
| Jude |
| Amber's boyfriend |
| Laurelin |
| The woman Brienne was supposed to meet |
| Pontius |
| Niall's acquaintance, an OB-GYN |
