| Wally | Blore | Applicant at Thale's Folly. |
| Tom | Bower | Works at Pittsville Gazette. |
| Abraham | Branowski | Thale's Folly's guest every July. |
| Kayomba | Chibwa | One of the natives of Domo village. |
| Kayombu | Chibwa | One of the natives of Kitalo village. |
| Jasper | Crumbull | Developer from Bear & Crumbull, Realtors. |
| Charlie | Drumm | Jennifer's date. |
| Isadora | Duncan | American and French dancer who was strangled by her scarf. |
| Hobe | Elkins | Scrap yard owner. |
| Basil Hopkins | French | Murder victim. |
| Toby | Gravino | Hamlet's other name. |
| Albert | Griggs | Merkle's driver and bagman. Hamlet's name. |
| Mwanta | Kutemba | Domo village chief. |
| Emily | L'Hommedieu | One of the squatters at Thale's Folly. |
| Sombo | Luwej | One of the natives of Kitalo village. |
| Abner | Margus | Lawyer in Pittsville. |
| Cal | Merkle | Merkle's gang leader. |
| Tippy | Morton | Mr. Branowski's employer. |
| Mbumba | Ndale | Charge of conspiracy to obstruct the course of justice. |
| Mr. | Omelianuk | One of Harriet's strays. |
| Gussie | Pease | Harriet's former companion and housekeeper. |
| Rene | Roget | The doctor who examined Basil Hopkins French's body. |
| Xavier | Saabo | An author. |
| Mr. | Selkirk | Horace's errand boy. |
| Martin | Smythe | Acting Governor to the Secretary of State. |
| Zilka | Stephanovitch | One of Miss Thales gypsy friends. |
| Jennifer | Tallant | Andrew used to date in college. |
| Andrew Oliver | Thale | Son of a corporate V.P. and a struggling writer. |
| Harriet Maria | Thale | Horace's aunt . Aka: Drabarni. |
| Horace | Thale | Andrew's father. |
| Chibinda | Toloshi | Charge of conspiracy to obstruct the course of justice. |
| Tarragon Sage | Valerian | One of the squatters at Thale's Folly. |
| Bill | Watson | A doctor. |
| Allison | | Andrew's mother. |
| Artemus | | The postmaster and the sheriff. |
| Asani | | One of the gypsies. |
| Bruno | | Zilka's brother. |
| Burke | | Andrew's friend. |
| Chuka | | One of the gypsies. |
| Dina | | Boutique owner. |
| Drushano | | One of the gypsies. |
| Gadjakani | | One of the gypsies. |
| Hamlet | | One of Harriet's strays. |
| Jake | | One of Harriet's strays. |
| Jane | | One of Harriet's strays. |
| Leo | | One of the squatters at Thale's Folly. |
| Linda | | Manuel's wife. |
| Luigi | | One of the gypsies. |
| Manuel | | Tow truck owner and deputy sheriff. |
| Manuel Jr. | | Manuel's son. |
| Merlin | | One of Harriet's strays. |
| Michael | | One of the gypsies. |
| Tekla | | One of the gypsies. |
| Trudy | | One of Harriet's strays. |
| Yorko | | One of the gypsies. |
