| Joe | Ashworth | A sergeant. |
| Nina | Backworth | Tony Ferdinand's colleague. |
| Jonathan | Barnes | St. Ursula's senior librarian. |
| Alex | Barton | Miranda's son. |
| Miranda | Barton | The head The Writers' House. |
| Enid | Blyton | An English children's writer. |
| Holly | Clarke | One of the detectives. |
| Simon | Cowell | English television personality, entertainment manager. |
| Jack | Devanney | Vera's neighbor. |
| Charles | Dickens | English writer and social critic. |
| Tony | Ferdinand | A professor of English literature. |
| Paul | Keating | A pathologist. |
| Chrissie | Kerr | Runs a small publishing company. |
| Ron | Mason | The superintendent. Vera's boss. |
| Giles | Rickard | One of the tutors. |
| Paul | Rutherford | Joanna's ex-husband. |
| William | Shakespeare | English playwright, poet, and actor. |
| Vera | Stanhope | A Detective Inspector. Aka: Vee. |
| Helen | Thomas | Lenny Thomas' ex-wife. |
| Lenny | Thomas | The working-class guy. |
| Joanna | Tobin | Jack's partner. Aka: Jo. |
| Billy | Wainwright | A manager. |
| Sally | Wheldon | A poet. |
| Mark | Winterton | A retired police inspector. |
| Tommy | Wooler | Vera's acquaintance. |
| Arthur | | One of Joanna's acquaintances. |
| Charlie | | One of the detectives. |
| Chris | | One of Joanna's acquaintances. |
| Daniel | | Lenny and Helen's son. |
| Dennis | | Nina's neighbor. |
| Gill | | Helen's colleague. |
| Hector | | Vera's father. |
| Lucy | | Winterton's daughter. |
| Margaret | | Winterton's ex-wife. |
| Ollie | | Sally's acquaintance. |
| Ophelia | | Miranda's cat. |
| Roy | | Paul Rutherford's father. |
| Sarah | | Joe Ashworth's wife. Aka: Sal. |
