1 | Joey Christina | W. Perrone | Chaz's wife. Protagonist. |
| Charles Regis | Perrone | Joey's husband. A biologist. Aka: Chaz. |
| Karl | Rolvaag | The Broward detective. |
2 | Hank | Wheeler | Owner of a casino resort. Joey's father. |
| Lana | Wheeler | Hank's wife. Joey's mother. |
| Ursa | Major | The bear trainor. |
| Boris | | Ursa's star performer. |
| Corbett | Wheeler | Joey's brother. |
| Benjamin | Middenbock | Joey's first husband. |
3 | Mick | Stranahan | The man who saved Joey. An ex-military. |
| Ricca Jane | Spillman | Chaz's mistress. |
4 | Strom | | Stranahan's dog. |
| Gallo | | The M.V. Sun Duchess Captain. |
5 | Roger | | A pilot. Chaz's step-father. |
| Samuel J. | Hammernut | Chaz's friend. Owner of a large farm. |
| Susan | | A patent attorney. |
6 | Dottie | Babcock | A professional accident victim. |
| Yancy | | The petty officer. |
8 | Nellie | Shulman | The vice president for the Sawgrass Grove Condominium. |
| Earl Edward | O'Toole | Man who lived in
the trailer outside of LaBelle. Red's bodyguard. |
9 | Hamilton | Disston | The man who commits suicide. |
| Rose | Jewell | Joey's best friend. |
11 | Carmen | Raguso | Chaz's neighbor. |
| Lisbeth | | Red's secretary. |
13 | Jerry | Lewis | The Mexican writer. |
| Maureen | | The old lady at Elysian Manor. |
| Andrea | Krumholtz | Stranahan's first girlfriend. |
14 | Kipper | Garth | Stranahan's brother-in-law. Katie's husband. |
| Katie | Garth | Stranahan's sister. |
15 | Serene | Medea | A refloxologist. One of Chaz's mistresses. |
| Marta | | Chaz's boss. |
17 | Randolph C. | Gunther | The name listed on the tomb. |
18 | Patrick | | Maureen's husband. |
19 | Jeanne | Suzanne | Tool's wife. |
20 | Pinchot | | The missing
Pomeranian. |
| Bert | Miller | Pinchot's owner. |
| Addie | Miller | Bert's wife. |
22 | Gordon | Neville | A retired engineer. |
| Roger | | The RAF pilot. |
28 | Natacha | | The lady who works at the kitchen. |
31 | Luis | Cordova | Mick's friend. A storm trooper for the Park Service. |
| Miguel | Zedillo | The Mexican novelist. The island owner. |
| Pablo | H. Duarte | A prominent podiatrist who died in the car accident. |
| Detective | Ogden | Rolvaag's colleague. |