| 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. |
