| 1 | Ezekiel | Rawlins | Protagonist. AKA: Easy. |
| | Quinten | Naylor | A Los Angeles police sergeant. |
| | Edna | | Rawlin's baby. |
| | Roland | Hobbes | Quinten's partner. |
| | Jesus | Rawlins | Easy's son. |
| 2 | Juliette | LeRoi | Murder victim. |
| | Willa | Scott | Murder victim. |
| | Regina | Rawlins | Easy's wife. |
| | Bonita | Edwards | The current murder victim. |
| | Lark | Reeves | A killer. |
| | ChiChi | MacDonald | The boy that Lark killed. |
| | Robert | Henry | Regina's cousin. |
| 3 | Rafael | Gordon | The man who runs shell game. |
| | Zeppo | | Easy's friend. |
| | Chester | Remy | One of Easy's tenants. |
| | Edwina | Remy | Chester's wife. |
| | Mofass | | Easy's business partner. Aka: William Wharton. |
| | Georgette | Wykers | One of Mofass's tenants. |
| | Marie | Purdue | One of Mofass's tenants. |
| 4 | Rita | Coe | A bartendress. |
| | Dupree | Bouchard | Easy's childhood friend. Regina's new lover. |
| | Andre | Lavender | Easy's acquaintance. |
| 7 | Gabby | Lee | Regina's cousin. |
| | Robin | Garnett | The 4th victim. Aka: Cyndi Starr, White Butterfly. |
| | Captain | Violette | The precinct captain. |
| | Horace | Voss | Special Liaison between Mayor's office and police. |
| | Ogden | Willy | Rawlin's uncle. |
| | Bergman | | The spectator. |
| | Alvin | | The man who beats his wife. |
| | Raymond | Alexander | The No. 1 suspect for killing. |
| 8 | Stella | Keaton | The librarian. |
| | John | McKenzie | A bar owner. |
| | Odell | Jones | John's business partner. |
| 9 | Charlene | Mars | Owner of Aretha's. |
| | Elaine | | Charlene's bartendress. |
| | Gregory | Jewel | Julie's boyfriend. |
| 10 | Caleb | Varley | The owner of Can-Can. |
| | Wanda | Rollet | Caleb's pianist. |
| | Sheila | Rollet | Wanda's sister. |
| | Roger | Vaughn | Easy's acquaintance in Yellow Dogs. |
| | Estelle | | The whore house owner. |
| 11 | Max | Howard | A pimp. |
| | Pedro | | The boy at Pedro's house. |
| | Marla | | One of Max's girls. |
| 12 | Lips | Mcgee | Easy's friend. |
| 14 | Sylvia | Bride | Cyndi's friend |
| 15 | Milo | Garnett | Robin's brother. |
| 16 | Mrs. | Narotaki | One of DeCampo's associates. |
| | Mr. | Vie | The Real Estate buyer. |
| | Fargo | Baer | One of DeCampo's associates. |
| | Bernard | Seavers | One of DeCampo's associates. |
| | Jack | DeCampo | The owner of DeCampo's associates. |
| 17 | Vernor | Garnett | Robin's father. |
| | Minnie | | Raymond's girlfriend. |
| 20 | James | Thomas Saunders | The guy who beat Gregory. The prime suspect. AKA: J.T. |
| | Randall | Abernathy | Saunders's cousin. |
| 21 | Mr. | Arnet | Jesus's P.E. teacher. |
| 22 | Maxine | Cone | Mouse's other girlfriend. |
| | Joppy | | Easy's friend. Deceased. |
| 23 | Louise | | Regina's co-nurse. |
| 24 | Mr. | Riley | The owner of Galaxy Motel. |
| | Cecily | Riley | Mr. Riley's wife. |
| 25 | Nathaniel | Bly | The man who knew Saunders family. |
| | Squire | | J.T's brother. |
| 26 | Viola | Saunders | J.T's mother. |
| | Marlene | | The woman Mouse talked to. |
| 27 | Leonard | | The security at Tiny Bland. Mouse's old friend. |
| | Crew Cut | | The man at the bar. |
| 28 | Wayland | Hargrove | The police chief. |
| 30 | Addison | Prine | The man that Easy followed. |
| | Tony | Spigs | Father of Addison's
fiancé. |
| 32 | Feather | Starr | Robin's daughter. |
| 33 | Prancer | | Robin and Sylvia's friend. |
| 34 | Bull | Horer | The owner of Ribs-and-Chicken joint. |
| | Bailey | | One of Bull's cooks. |
| 35 | Primo | | Easy's friend. |
