| 1 | Jack |
Pertwee | The man who was going to marry. |
| | George |
Carter | Jack's Dars Club co-member. The Morris dancer. |
| | Marilyn |
Thompson | Jack's fiancé. |
| | Bill |
| The barman. |
| | Charlie |
Hatton | Jack's best man. |
| | Jonathan |
| Charlie's brother. |
| | Maurice |
Cullam | Jack's companion at the bar. Lorry driver. |
| | Mike |
Burden | The police inspector of Kingmarksham. |
| | Lilian |
Bardsley-Hatton | Charlie's wife. |
| 2 | Wexford |
| The detective chief inspector. Protagonist. |
| | Sheila |
Wexford | Wexford's daughter. |
| | Clytemnestra |
| Sheila's new dog. |
| | Sylvia |
Wexford | Wexford's daughter. |
| | Sebastian |
| Clytemnestra's real owner. |
| | Dr. |
Crocket | The police's doctor. |
| | Dora |
Wexford | Wexford's wife. |
| | Dorothy |
Fanshawe | The car crash survivor. |
| 3 | Mr. |
Pertwee Sr. | Jack's father. |
| | Bayles |
| One of Jack's colleagues. |
| 4 | Camb |
| The police sergeant. |
| 5 | Jerome |
Fanshawe | Dorothy's husband. Deceased. |
| | Nora |
Fanshawe | Dorothy's wife. Deceased. |
| | Mrs. |
Browne | Dorothy's sister. |
| | Rose |
| Dorothy's nurse. |
| 6 | Dominic |
Cullam | Maurice's son. |
| | Barnabas |
Cullam | Maurice's son. |
| | Samantha |
Cullam | Maurice's daughter. |
| | Georgina |
Cullam | Maurice's daughter. |
| | Jane |
Cullam | Maurice's daughter. |
| | Alexander James |
McCloy | The mysterious man. |
| | Joylon |
Vigo | Charlie's dentist. |
| 7 | Jim |
Bardsley | Lilian's brother. |
| 10 | John |
Updike | Mr. Fanshawe's solicitor. |
| | Martin |
| One of Wexford's policemen. |
| 11 | Carol |
Pearson | A hairdresser's improver. Missing. |
| | Doreen |
Dacres | Missing. |
| | Bridget |
Culross | Nurse. Missing. Aka: Bridie. |
| | Loring |
| The detective constable. |
| 13 | Mark |
Drayton | Wexford's predecessor. |
| | Mr. |
Ponti | A hairstylist. Carol's boss. |
| | Home |
Sister | Head of the nursing home. |
| | Nurse |
Lewis | One of the nurses in the Nursing Home. Bridie's workmate. |
| | Jay |
| Bridie's boyfriend. |
| 15 | Michael |
Jameson | Nora's boyfriend. |
| 17 | Lewis |
| A police inspector. |
| | Letts |
| A police inspector. |
