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