| Claudia | Andrade | Frank's wife. |
| Frank | Andrade Jr. | 2nd-in-command of one of New York's crime families. AKA: Andre Richardson. |
| Ibrahim | Arif | Elizabeth's friend. |
| Ryan | Baird | Ibrahim's attacker. |
| Elizabeth | Best | Protagonist. |
| Marcus | Carmichael | Elizabeth's old imaginary friend. |
| Colin | Clemence | A villager at Cooper's chase. |
| Tony | Curran | Deceased. |
| Donna | de Freitas | Police constable. |
| Patrice | de Freitas | Donna's mother. |
| Dennis | Finch | Sylvia's husband. |
| Sylvia | Finch | The accountant. |
| Maureen | Gilks | Joyce's acquaintance. |
| Terry | Hallet | Chris's detective inspector. |
| Andrew | Hastings | Martin's close-protection officers. |
| Chris | Hudson | Detective chief inspector. |
| Lance | James | Sue's partner. |
| Bogdan | Jankowski | Elizabeth's friend. |
| Connie | Johnson | Chris's friendly drug dealer. |
| Carol | Kirkwood | A weather forecaster. |
| Julian | Lambert | The man who reviewed Stephen's book. |
| Martin | Lomax | The middleman. Mafia leader. |
| Eric | Mason | Ibrahim's former client. |
| Joyce | Meadowcroft | Elizabeth's best friend. Former nurse. |
| Douglas | Middlemiss | Elizabeth's ex-husband. |
| Sue | Reardon | Lance's boss. MI5 officer. |
| Ian | Ventham | Deceased. |
| Vin | Vincent | A major player. |
| Alan | | The dog at the Rescue Center. |
| Carl | | Donna's ex. |
| Carter | | Doctor. |
| Daniel | | Actor. Maureen's nephew. |
| Danny | | Suzi's husband. |
| Franco | | A diamond dealer. |
| Jason | | Ibrahim's son. |
| Joanna | | Joyce's daughter. |
| Joe | | The psychopath. |
| Keith | | Kendrick's paternal grandfather. |
| Kendrick | | Ron's grandson. |
| Kendrick | | Ron's grandson. |
| Leanne | | Ryan's sister. |
| Mark | | The cabbie. |
| Massimo | | An investment banker. |
| Penny | | Former cop. Elizabeth's best friend. |
| Poppy | | Waitress. |
| Ron | | Ibrahim's best friend. |
| Ruth | | Lance's lover. |
| Siobhan | | Poppy's mother. |
| Stephen | | Elizabeth's husband. |
| Steven | | Ryan's cousin. |
| Suzi | | Ron's daughter. |
