EP | John Elbert | Wilkie | Harry's friend. Officer in charge of the US Secret Service. |
| Harry | Houdini | American illusionist. Obsessed with escaping death. |
PR | Anthony | | Nola's fiance. |
| Nola | Brown | Protagonist. Sergeant first class. aka: Nola Lapointe. |
1 | Jim | Zigarowski | Medical examiner-mortician. Nola's old acquaintance. |
| Dr. | Womack | Doctor on Dover Air Force Base. |
| Louisa | Falwell | Zig's co-mortician. aka: Lou. |
| Maggie | Zigarowski | Zig's daughter. |
| Amy | Waggs | Head of the FBI. |
| Andrew | | Amy's law partner. |
2 | Daewon | Yamaguchi | Z0rk's friend. Hacker. |
| Z0rk | | Daewon's friend. Hacker. |
3 | Francis | Steranko | Zig's closest work friend. Dover's chief homicide investigator. |
| Melinda | | Has a crush on Zig. Legal department. |
| Sherry | | Zig's workmate. Case department. |
| Esther | | Zig's workmate. Veterans affair. |
| Assa | | Senator. |
| Agatha | Hsu | Dover's wing commander. |
4 | Charmaine | Clarke | Zig's ex-wife. |
| Vincent | Waggs | Amy's son. |
| Nelson | Rookstool | Head of the library of Congress. |
5 | Barbara | Lapointe | Nola's mother. aka: Barb. |
| Walter | Lapointe | Nola's real father. |
| Roddy | Lapointe | Nola's twin brother. |
| Ellie | | Nola's elephant stuffed toy. |
| Royall | Barker | Nola's new father. |
6 | Dr. | Sinclair | Dover's medical examiner. |
7 | Moke | | Hawaiian marine. Zig's friend. |
10 | Maple | Syrup | Soldier. |
11 | Orson | Wallace | US President. |
| Leonard | Riestra | Director of the Secret Service. |
| Samuel | Goodrich | Zig's supervisor. |
12 | Private | Grunbeck | A man with Nola's PADD. |
| Lt. Anthony | Trudeau | A soldier who died in a plane crash. |
| Julie | Trudeau | Anthony's mother. |
| Stuart | Trudeau | Anthony's father. |
13 | Andy | Kanalz | Zig's childhood friend. |
| Archie | Crowe | Nola's new designee. |
| Brian | Quinn | Owner of a grocery store. |
| Maureen | Zigarowski | Zig's mother. |
14 | Ron | Brown | The President's best friend. |
| Rose | Mackenberg | Cover name. Harry's staff. |
| Eddy | Jr. | Cover name. Harry's staff. |
| Amadeo | Vacca | Cover name. Deceased. |
17 | Stevie | | Driver with a mustache |
| Walter | Harris | A 51-year-old man who died in a heart attack. |
| Raymond | | Zig's boss. |
20 | Kamille | Williams | Nola's friend. The dead body disguised as Nola. |
21 | Barton | Hudson | Nola's boss. |
24 | General | Pershing | Nola's boss. |
27 | Teri | | Royall's car. |
29 | Markus | Romita | The man who attacked Zig. A special force agent. |
| Houdini | | A code name the man behind Operation Bluebook used. |
32 | Lydia | Konnikova | The troop mom. |
33 | Wil | | Zig's co-mortician. |
34 | Ms. | Sable | Nola's former art teacher. |
35 | Teresa | | The woman who kills Markus. Houdini's hired gunner. aka: The Curtain. |
38 | Sophie | Michone | The student government on Nola's former school. |
| Missy | F | Sophie's best friend. |
| Harold | | Sophie's friend. |
| Justin | | Sophie's friend. aka: Lazy Eye. |
41 | Joe | Januzewski | Great magician in Washington DC. Aka: The Amazing Caesar. |
47 | Castronovo | | Senator. |
48 | Benjamin | Powell | Owner of Powell Insurance. |
50 | Quentin | Wesley | Royall's new boss. |
53 | Rowan | Johansson | FBI Secret Paying Agent. Man undercover as Houdini. |
55 | Malvina | | Receptionist. |
57 | Dooch | | Mr. Sable's skunk. |
66 | Horatio G. | Cooke | Famous rope escapist. President Lincoln's spy. |
67 | President | Lincoln | Former president. |
| Horatio | | Code name used by Houdini's partner. |
69 | Sheriff | Cavvaro | Police who responded regarding Maggie's accident. |
| Jacqui | Segal | Zig's old neighbor. |
73 | Kesel | | Staff sergeant. |
76 | Galen | Gibbs | Chief of staff at the White House. |
| Terry | O'Hara | Secret service agent. |
77 | Kim | | Amy's sister. |
80 | Ruth | | Dino's grandmother. |
90 | Denise | | Dino's sister. |
91 | Angela | | Nola's nurse. |
| Robert | Sadoff | Zig's co-worker. Father of Modern Forensic Psychiatry. |
| Sabrina | Samuelson | Nola's co-girl scout. |