Alice | Avery | R.M. Holland's wife. |
Dave | Bannerman | One of the caretakers of Talgarth High. |
Isla | Bates | Georgia's schoolmate. |
Little | Bear | A member at MySecretDiary.com. |
Ronnie | Bellows | A student who hated Rick. |
Josh | Brown | One of the students at Talgarth High. |
Gary | Carter | Harbinder's first boyfriend. A geography teacher. |
Clare | Cassidy | Protagonist. A teacher and a writer. |
Martin | Cassidy | Clare's brother. |
Georgia | Cassidy-Newton | Clare's daughter. Aka: Georgie. |
Miss | Cathcart | Harbinder's former English teacher. |
Tom | Creeve | One of Ella's students. |
Ella | Elphick | Clare's close friend and co-teacher. Murdered. |
Nigel | Elphick | Ella's father. |
Sarah | Elphick | Ella's mother. |
Liz | Francis | The deputy head. |
Olivia | Grant | Patel's partner. A female police officer. |
Debra | Green | Clare and Ella's friend and co-teacher. |
Leo | Green | Debra's husband. |
Ty | Greenall | Georgia's boyfriend. |
Freddy | Hamilton | Henry's son. |
Henry | Hamilton | A senior English lecturer at Cambridge. Clare's new found friend. Aka: H.H.H. |
Luke | Hamilton | Henry's son. |
Collin | Harris | The Chief Investigator. |
Jim | Harris | A Detective Sergeant. |
Thomasina | Holland | Holland's sister. |
Steve | Hollings | The Detective Inspector on Simon's attack. |
Bryony | Hughes | Georgia's teacher. |
Bradley | Jones | Ella's ex-lover. |
Sadie | Jones | Bradley's daughter. |
Abid | Kaur | Harbinder's brother. |
Cara | Kaur | Abid's wife. |
Harbinder | Kaur | A female detective. One of the narrators. A former Talgarth High student. |
Kush | Kaur | Harbinder's brother. |
Dorothy | Ladden | Harbinder's former teacher. |
Daisy | Lewis | Rick's wife. |
Rick | Lewis | Clare's department head. |
Miss | McKenzie | Talgarth High's librarian. |
Jill | Monroe | A police officer. |
Roland | Montgomery-Holland | The author of The Stranger. |
Fleur | Newton | Simon's new wife. |
Simon | Newton | Georgia's father. Clare's ex-husband. |
Maggie | O'Hara | The FLO of Lewis's family. |
Declan | O'Leary | Patrick's brother. |
Maureen | O'Leary | Patrick's mother. |
Patrick | O'Leary | One of Ella's students who sent her a Valentines card. Georgia's friend. |
Anoushka | Palmer | Clare's co-teacher. |
Mr. | Patterson | The former caretaker of Talgarth High. |
William | Petherick | A theology teacher. Holland's friend. |
Vera | Prentice | Clare's co-teacher. |
Alicia | Sherbourne | Venetia's mother. |
Venetia | Sherbourne | One of Georgia's best friends. |
Alan | Smith | Clare's co-teacher. |
Eva | Smith | The Stranger's friend. |
Tony | Sweetman | Talgarth High's school principal. |
Anna | White | Tash's mother. |
Natasha | White | Georgia's best friend. Aka: Tash. |
Megan | Williams | The former principal of Talgarth High. |
Neil | Winston | Harbinder's partner. A detective investigator. |
Cyber | Wolf | A member at MySecretDiary.com. |
Alisha | | Harbinder's niece. |
Andy | | The owner of Doggy Day Care. |
Bastian | | The leader of Hell club in The Stranger book. |
Bella | | The handwriting expert. |
Cathy | | Clare's best friend. |
Collins | | Lord Bastian's henchman. |
Derek | | A police sergeant. |
Dipa | | Harbinder's aunt. |
Don | | The teacher who covers Ella's class. |
Edmund | | Hamilton's assistant. |
Gudgeon | | The Stranger's friend. |
Herbert | | The Stranger's dog. |
Herbert (2) | | Clare's dog. |
Jen | | Clare's best friend. |
Jonnie | | Clare's friend. |
Kelly | | Neil's mother. |
Kiaan | | Harbinder's nephew. |
Lauren | | Mrs. Lewis's sister. |
Lily | | Harbinder's nephew. |
Lucca | | Clare's former boss. |
Malone | | A senior investigating officer. |
Marianna | | Holland's alleged daughter. |
Paige | | Georgia's friend. |
Patel | | A policeman. |
Paul | | Ella's friend. |
Peter | | One of Clare's creative writing students. |
Pippa | | Georgia's friend. |
Rosie | | Patrick's girlfriend. |
Sebastian | | Clare's ex-boyfriend. |
Stranger | | Protagonist of The Stranger book. |
Susan | | Clare's friend. |
Ted | | One of Clare's creative writing students. |
Una | | One of Clare's creative writing students. |
Wilberforce | | Gudgeon's colleague. |