| 1 | Amos | Decker | Protagonist. Consultant to the FBI. |
| | Molly | Decker | Amos' daughter. Deceased. |
| | Cassie | Decker | Amos' wife. Deceased. |
| | Johnny | Sacks | Amos' brother-in-law. Deceased. |
| | Alex | Jamison | Alex's partner at the FBI. Former journalist. |
| | Ross | Bogart | FBI Special Agent. Head of a task force. |
| | Todd | Milligan | FBI Special Agent. |
| | Mary | Lancaster | Former partner of Amos at Burlington Police Department. |
| | Meryl | Hawkins | Former prisoner. |
| 2 | Earl | Lancaster | Mary's husband. |
| | Sandy | Lancaster | Mary's daughter. |
| | David | Katz | Former owner of American Grill Restaurant. Victim. |
| | Donald | Richards | Victim. aka Don. |
| | Abigail | Richards | Donald's daughter. aka Abby. |
| | Frankie | Richards | Donald's son. |
| | Karl | Stevens | Drugs supplier. |
| | Susan | Richards | Donald's wife. |
| 4 | Kelly | Fairweather | Crime Scene Technician. |
| 5 | Melvin | Mars | Amos' best friend. |
| 7 | Agatha | Bates | Susan's neighbor. |
| | Ken | Finger | Lawyer. Public Defender assigned to Meryl's case. |
| 8 | Christine | Burlin | Ken's Secretary. |
| | Lisa | Hawkins | Meryl's wife. |
| 9 | MacKenzie | Miller | Captain at Burlington Police Department. aka Mac. |
| | Sally | Brimmer | Works in Public Affairs at Burlington Police Department. |
| 10 | Mitzi | Gardiner | Hawkins's daughter. |
| 13 | Rachel | Katz | David's wife. |
| 15 | Nancy | | Acquaintance of Earl. |
| | Daniel | | Trainee at the American Grill Restaurant. |
| 16 | Anthony | DeAngelo | One of the neighbors of the Richards. |
| | Mrs. | DeAngelo | Anthony's wife. |
| 18 | Brad | Gardiner | Mitzi's husband. |
| 21 | Blake | Natty | Detective at the Burlington Police Department. |
| | Peter | Childress | Superintendent of the Police Department. |
| 22 | Fran | Natty | Blake's wife. |
| 25 | Elizabeth | Bailey | Prosecutor. aka Beth. |
| | | Dickerson | Judge at Burlington. |
| 26 | Harper | Brown | Melvin's girlfriend. |
| 27 | June | | Works at the Residence Inn. |
| 49 | Duncan | Marks | Rich. Hired Amos as Private Detective several years ago. |
| 56 | Eric | Tyson | Former Military. Sniper. |
| 60 | Bill | Peyton | Manager of the American Grill Restaurant. |
| 62 | Fred | Palmer | Owns a construction company. |
| 63 | Jenny | Marks | Duncan's daughter. |
| 66 | Bart | Tinsdale | Vice President of a bank in Burlington. |
| 70 | Chuck | Walters | Boss of Arson Investigators. |
| 76 | Yuri | Egorshin | Russian. Born in east Germany. |
| | Anatoly | Egorshin | Yuri's mother. |
