| Astolat | Abbott | Mercy Hart's solicitor. |
| Leila | Aboulela | A Sudanese writer and playwright. |
| Ama Ata | Aidoo | An author, poet. |
| Boluwatifi | Akin | Charles and Audrey's daughter. aka: Bolu |
| Charles | Akin | A barrister. |
| Chimaobi | Akinjide | Real name of Charles Akin. |
| Isabelle | Ardery | The former DCS. |
| Jane | Austen | English novelist. |
| Abeo | Bankole | Owner of Into African Groceries Etc. and butcher's shop. |
| Monifa | Bankole | Abeo's wife. |
| Tanimola | Bankole | Abeo's son. aka: Tani. |
| Jane | Bennett | American political theorist. |
| Cesare | Bontempi | Solange's husband. |
| Solange | Bontempi | Teo's mother. |
| Teodora | Bontempi | A detective sergeant. aka: Teo. |
| Catherine | Booth | Mother of The Salvation Army. |
| Narissa | Cameron | A filmmaker. |
| Lewis | Carroll | English writer, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer. |
| Ross | Carver | Teo's husband. |
| Butch | Cassidy | American outlaw. |
| Charlie | Chaplin | English comic actor and filmmaker. |
| Joseph | Cotter | Deborah's father. |
| Juan Ponce | de León | Spanish explorer and conquistador. |
| Stephenson | Deacon | Head of the Press office. |
| Mrs. | Delfino | Bankole's neighbor. |
| Charlie | Denton | Barbara's acquaintance. |
| Sofie | Franklin | Tani's girlfriend. |
| DI | Hale | A detective inspector. |
| Audrey | Hamilton | An anesthesiologist. |
| Dorothea | Harriman | The department's redoubtable civilian secretary. aka: Dee. |
| Mercy | Hart | Easter Lange's niece. |
| Barbara | Havers | Detective Lynley's long-time partner. |
| David | Hillier | The Assistant Commissioner. |
| Jade | Hopwood | A detective sergeant. |
| Gertrude | Jekyll | Garden designer, artist, editor. |
| Easter | Lange | A doctor. |
| Marjoree | Lee | A forensic tech. |
| Salvatore | Lo Bianco | Inspector from the Lucca police. |
| Thomas | Lynley | Acting Detective Chief Superintendent. aka: Tommy. |
| Thomas | Malory | English writer, author of ''Le Morte d'Arthur''. |
| Winnie | Mandela | South African activist and politician. |
| Mrs. | Neville | Pete's acquaintance. |
| Chimamanda | Ngozi Adichie | A writer. |
| Alice | Nkata | Winston Nkata's mother. |
| Benjamin | Nkata | Alice's husband. aka: Benj. |
| Winston | Nkata | A detective segeant. aka: Winnie. |
| Adaku | Obianka | An undercover agent. |
| Mr. | Oh | Dominique's acquaintance. |
| Mrs. | Okino | Tiombe's client. |
| Floss | Phinney | Paulie and Mark's mother. |
| Mark | Phinney | Detective Chief Superintendent. |
| Mary | Prince | Writer and enslaved woman. |
| Chinara | Sani | A Nigerian cutter. aka: Sarah. |
| Dominique | Shaw | Parliamentary undersecetary of state for the school system. |
| Deborah | St. James | A photographer. |
| Simon | St. James | Deborah's husband. |
| June | Taylor | A dancer/choreographer who has been hailed as the First Lady of Tap. |
| Pyotr Ilyich | Tchaikovsky | Russian composer. |
| Shirley | Temple | American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomat. |
| Lord Alfred | Tennyson | British Poet Laureate. |
| Daidre | Trahair | The woman which Lynley's was involved. aka: Edrek. |
| Harriet | Tubman | African-American abolitionist and humanitarian. |
| Philippa | Weatherall | A surgeon. |
| T.H. | White | An English writer. |
| Vivienne | Yang | A solicitor. |
| Alaska | | A cat. |
| Alice | | Bliss' acquaintance. |
| Bliss | | A hairstylist. |
| Colton | | Ross Carver's son. |
| Darcas | | Worked at the shelter for abused women. |
| Darius | | A cat. |
| Davrina | | One of Abeo's children. |
| Eileen | | Paulie's wife. |
| Elek | | Barbara's brother's son. |
| Elton | | One of Abeo's children. |
| Esme | | Mark's niece. |
| Fawzia | | Dr Weatherall's receptionist. |
| Goron | | One of Daidre's siblings. |
| Greer | | Pete's friend. |
| Gwynder | | One of Daidre's siblings. Gwyn. |
| Halimah | | Lim's mother. |
| Harold | | Winston Nkata's brother. aka: Stoney. |
| Helen | | Lynley's wife. |
| Jewel | | Winston Nkata's pen name. |
| Katie | | Solange's acquaintance. |
| Keisha | | Mercy Hart's child. |
| Kieran | | Colton's stepfather. |
| Lark | | Abeo's mistress. |
| Leylo | | Dr. Weatherall's patient. |
| Lilybet | | Mark's daughter. |
| Lim | | Simi's Nigerian friend. |
| Marco | | Lo Bianco's son. |
| Masha | | A baker. |
| Ned | | Zawadi's child. |
| Neda | | Barbara's acquainyance. |
| Omorinsola | | A Nigerian girl whom Abeo wanted his son to marry. |
| Ovia | | Tani's sister. |
| Paul | | Mark Phinney's brother. aka: Paulie |
| Peach | | A dog. |
| Pietra | | Mark's wife. aka: Pete. |
| Richard | | Adaku's acquaintance. aka: Dickon. |
| Robertson | | A retired male nurse. |
| Rosalba | | Teo's sister. aka: Rosie. |
| Simisola | | Tani's sister. aka: Simi. |
| Stuart | | Eileen's brother. |
| Tabby | | Alice Nkata's assistant. |
| Talatu | | Monifa's acquaintance. |
| Telyn | | Colton's mother. |
| Tiombe | | A hairstylist. |
| Victoria | | Narissa's acquaintance. |
| Wally | | Daidre's cat. |
| Yasir | | Leylo's husband. |
| Zaid | | One of the employees at Into African Groceries Etc. |
| Zawadi | | Orchid House's intimidating founder. |
