| 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. |
