| | | | Part One |
| 1 | Emma | | Abigail's best friend. |
| | Abigail | Mantel | A 15th year old girl who was murdered. |
| | James | | Emma's husband. |
| | Daniel | Greenwood | An ex-policeman. aka: Dan. |
| | Matthew | | Emma's son. |
| | Jeanie | Long | The woman who was convicted on Abigail's murder. |
| | Robert | Winter | Emma's father. |
| | Mary | | Emma's mother. |
| 3 | Christopher | | Emma's younger brother. |
| | Keith | Mantel | Abigail's father. |
| | Caroline | Fletcher | A detective who was in-charge of Abigail's murder case. |
| 4 | Elsie | Hepworth | Director of Choral Activities at Missouri State University. |
| | Albert Richard | Smith | English author and entertainer. |
| 5 | Miss | Sanderson | Robert's acquaintance. |
| | Michael | Long | Jeanie's father. aka: Mike. |
| | Peg | Long | Jeanie's mother. |
| 7 | Vera | Stanhope | A police inspector. |
| 8 | Veronica | Lee | The landlady at the Anchor. |
| 9 | Marcia | | James' acquaintance. |
| 10 | Wendy | Jowell | The first female coxswain on the Humber. |
| | Bert | | A tanker. |
| | Gustave | Flaubert | A French novelist. |
| 12 | Clive | Stringer | Jeanie's friend. |
| | Joe | Ashworth | Vera's sergeant. |
| 16 | Barry | | Veronica's husband. |
| | Deborah | | Keith's woman. aka: Debs. |
| 18 | Stan | | The second coxswain. |
| | | | Part Two |
| 20 | Paul | Holness | A local DI. |
| 21 | Alex | | Caroline Fletcher's live-in-Partner. |
| 22 | Nick | Lineham | An English teacher at FE college. |
| 23 | Linda | | A police officer. |
| 26 | Liz | | Abigail's mother. |
| 29 | Jed | | Wendy's husband. |
| | James | Shaw | James Bennett's old name. |
| 30 | Cyril | Moore | Michael Long's acquaintance. |
| 32 | Martin | Shaw | James' father. aka: Marty. |
| 33 | Agatha | Christie | An English writer known for her detective novels. |
| | Philip | Larkin | A poet. |
| 36 | Lesley | | One who ran the local history library. |
| | Lawrence | Adams | Michael's old friend. |
| 37 | James Lee | Burke | American author. |
| 38 | Evans | | A new pilot. |
| 39 | Geoff | | James colleague. |
| 41 | Ray | | Veronica's son. |
| 43 | Margie | Sullivan | Robert's colleague. |
| | Zoe | | Mrs. Sullivan's daughter. |
| 44 | Bill | Clinton | 42nd U. S. President. |
