| | | | Day 1 |
| 1 | John | Rebus | A retired detective. |
| | Deborah | Quant | Rebus's girlfriend. |
| | | | COPD - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. |
| | Siobhan | Clarke | A detective inspector. |
| | Gail | Mckie | Darryl's mother. |
| | Darryl | Christie | Victim. A career criminal. |
| | Annette | Christie | Gail's daughter. Deceased. |
| | Sammy | | Rebus's daughter. |
| | Maria | Turquand | A murder victim in 1978. Aka: Maria Frazer. |
| | John | Turquand | Maria's husband. |
| | Magnus | Brough | A bank owner. |
| | Peter | Attwood | Maria's lover. |
| | Bruce | Collier | A rock star. Maria's lover. |
| | Anthony | Brough | Magnus's grandchild. |
| | Francesca | Brough | Magnus's grandchild. |
| | Brillo | | Rebus's dog. |
| | | | Day 2 |
| 2 | Malcolm | Fox | A detective inspector. |
| | Joe | Starke | A career criminal. |
| | Ben | McManus | The assistant chief constable. |
| | Jennifer | Lyon | Fox's boss. |
| | Sheila | Graham | Ben's colleague. |
| 3 | Morris Gerald | Cafferty | Rebus's old friend. A business magnate. |
| | Christine | Esson | Siobhan's police. |
| | Ronnie | Ogilvie | Siobhan's police. |
| | James | Page | Siobhan's boss. |
| | Robert | Chatham | The detective in charge of Maria Turquand's murder. |
| | Vince | Brady | Bruce's manager. |
| | Dougie | Vaughan | Bruce's friend. A musician. |
| 4 | Mitch | Fox | Malcolm's father. |
| | Jude | Fox | Malcolm's sister. |
| | Lisa | | The cashier. |
| | | | Day 3 |
| 6 | Laura | Smith | A journalist. |
| | Hugh Harold | Hodges | Darryl's friend. Aka: Harry. |
| | Craw | Shand | Darryl's attacker. |
| | | | Day 4 |
| 7 | Lisanne | Bentley | Jimmy's wife. |
| | Jimmy | Brough | Magnus's son. |
| | Tess | | Siobhan's friend from Scotland Police. |
| | Haj | Atwal | The crime scene manager. |
| | Alvin | James | The detective superintendent. |
| 8 | Liz | Dolan | Robert's girlfriend. |
| 9 | Joseph | Beddoes | Darryl's colleague. |
| | Cal | | Darryl's sister. |
| | Sean | Glancey | A police from Aberdeen. |
| | Wallace | Sharpe | A policeman. |
| | Mark | Oldfield | A detective constable. |
| | Annette | Briggs | The woman who conducts an interview with Liz Dolan. |
| | | | Day 5 |
| 11 | Maxine | Dromgoole | A writer. |
| 12 | Walter | Grieve | Joe's childhood friend. |
| | Len | Parker | Joe's childhood friend. |
| | | | Day 6 |
| 13 | Kenny | Arnott | Chatham's boss. |
| | Hank | Marvin | A guitarist. |
| 15 | Molly | Sewell | Anthony's secretary. |
| | Daniel | Reynolds | Darryl's friend. Aka: Dandy. |
| | Roddy | Cape | Darryl's friend. |
| 16 | Aleksander | Glushenko | A Russian Mafia member. Aka: Anton Nazarchuk. |
| | | | Day 7 |
| 17 | Alan | McFarlane | A high-ranking police official in London. |
| | Warbody | | Francesca's guardian. |
