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PART I - The Rules of Airport Bars |
| 1 | Ted | Severson | Investor & advisor of start-up Internet companies, Aka Teddy |
| | Lily | Kintner | Archivist at Winslow College |
| | Miranda Hobart | Severson | Ted's wife, artist |
| | Brad | Daggett | Contractor
working on the Severson's property, Aka: Braggett |
| 2 | Chet | | Painter hired by Lily's mother |
| | David | Kintner | Lily's father, novelist, adjunct professor Shepaug University |
| | Sharon | Henderson | Lily's
mother, artist with tenure at Shepaug University |
| 3 | Chad | Pavone | Ted's college friend hosted the party where Ted met Miranda |
| | Sherry | Pavone | Chad's wife |
| 4 | Bess | | Orange cat Lili owned as a young girl |
| 5 | Barry | Severson | Ted's father, computer programmer Lextronics |
| | Elaine | Harris | Ted's mother, receptionist at Lextronics, later moved to CA |
| 7 | John | Corning | Concierge at a Kennewick Hotel in ME |
| | Jim | | Drywall contractor working on Ted & Miranda's house in Maine |
| 8 | Eric | Washburn | Junior at Mather College when Lili
was a freshman |
| | Jessica | | Lili's freshman college roommate |
| | Faith | | Junior at Mather, Eric's girlfriend |
| | Three Winonas | | Lili's sophomore year suitemates at Mather College |
| 9 | Polly | Grenier | Woman at the bar, friend of Brad |
| | Jason & Bella | Daggett | Brad's children |
| 10 | Michael | Bialik | Boyfriend of Lily's mother, linguistics professor at the university |
| | Sandy | Bialik | Michael's son, piano prodigy |
| | Katie | Stone | Friend of Lily's at Mather, encounters Lily in NYC during the summer |
| 12 | Addison | Logan | Lily's roommate in London during her year abroad at Faunce Institute of Art |
| | Nolan | | Addison's boyfriend |
| 13 | Rebecca | Rast | Ted's prom date junior year in high school |
| | Aaron | | Ted's best friend in high school |
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PART II - The Half-Finished House |
| 17 | Detective Henry | Kimball | Detective investigating Ted's death |
| 18 | Laurie & Nicole | | Waitresses Lily met at the Kennewick Hotel bar |
| | Mark & Callie | | Couple in restaurant business Lily met at Kennewick Hotel bar |
| 19 | Sandra Roy | Hobart | Miranda's mother |
| | Andrew | Hobart | Miranda's father |
| | James | Audet | Friend of Miranda's at Orono HS |
| 20 | Sidney | | Bartender Kennewick Inn who had a crush on Miranda |
| 21 | Detective Roberta | James | Det. Kimball's partner |
| 22 | Otto | Lemke | Lili's boss at the Winslow library |
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PART III - Hide the Bodies Well |
| 27 | Pyewacket | | Kimball's cat |
| | Rachel | Price | Neighbor of Ted & Miranda saw Brad night of Ted's murder |
| | Billy | Elkins | Police officer on Kimball's team |
| | Emily | | Kimball's younger sister |
| | Chief Jim | Ireland | Police chief in Kennewick |
| 28 | Gemma | | David Kintner's young 2nd wife in London, killed in auto accident |
| 29 | Jack | | Polly Grenier's cocker spaniel |
| 31 | Mog | | Feral cat that Lily feeds at her Winslow home |
| 32 | Elizabeth | Minot | Woman buried in the Concord Center cemetery |
| 34 | Stephanie | Flynn | Lily's court-appointed lawyer |