| 1 | Angela | Randall | Elder care nurse, jogger |
| | Elsa | Randall | Angela's mother, died in a car accident when Angela was 15 |
| | Mr. | Gantley | Ailing patient in the nursing home |
| | Miss | Parkinson | Ailing patient in the nursing home |
| | Carol | Ashton | Director of the Four Ways Home for the elderly |
| 2 | Dr. Cat | Deerbon | Physician |
| | Iris | Chater | Wife of dying patient of Dr. Deerbon |
| | Harry | Chater | 80-year-old dying patient |
| | Dr. Chris | Deerbon | Physician, Cat's husband & medical partner |
| | Simon | Serrailler | Cat's triplet brother, DCI in the Bevham CID, artist |
| | Ivo | Serrailler | Cat's other triplet brother, physician in Australia |
| 4 | Debbie | Parker | Depressed unemployed clerk, |
| | Sandy | Marsh | Debbie's flatmate; credit control worker |
| | Dava | | Spiritual healer, advertised in health shop |
| 5 | DS Freya | Graffham | Sergeant at Lafferton CID |
| | DI Billy | Cameron | Graffham's boss at Laffterton CID |
| | DC Nathan | Coates | Constable at Lefferton CID |
| 6 | Jim | Williams | Dog walker |
| | Skippy | | Williams' dog, inherited from his sister, Phyllis |
| 7 | Karin | McCafferty | Patient of Dr. Cat Deerbon, former banker |
| | Mike | McCafferty | Karin's husband |
| | Sam | Deerbon | Cat's son |
| | Hannah | Deerbon | Cat's daughter |
| | Dr. Jill | Monk | Oncologist |
| | Aunt Elsie | | Aunt of the narrator |
| | Uncle Len | | Uncle of the narrator |
| | Arthur | Needham | Murderer of his wife & her daughter |
| 8 | Pauline | Moss | Iris Chater's neighbor |
| | Sheila | Innis | Medium |
| 12 | Jake | Spurrier | 10-year-old, sickly |
| | Jenny | Spurrier | Jake's mother |
| | Joe | Spurrier | Jake's 14-year-old brother |
| | Aiden | Sharpe | Acupuncturist |
| 14 | Don | Ballinger | Freya Graffham's ex-husband |
| | Alan | Fenton | Choirmaster at St. Michael's |
| | Sharon | Medcalf | Soprano singer in the choir, boutique shop owner |
| | Meriel | Serailler | Simon, Ivo & Cat's mother, hosting social event for the choir, former NHS consultant |
| 16 | E.J. | Duckham | Jewelry store owner in Bevham |
| | Mrs. | Campion | Employee at E.J. Duckham |
| | Heidi | Walsh | Police officer at Lafferton station |
| 18 | Nita | Ramsden | Former co-worker of Iris Chater |
| | Donald | | Nita' fiancé |
| | Ellie | | Iris Chater's grandmother |
| 21 | Nick | Haydn | Osteopath |
| | Gerald | Tait | Sr. partner at a GP practice |
| 22 | Louise | Tiller | Police officer at Lafferton station |
| | Dave | Grimes | Police officer at Lafferton station |
| 24 | Colin | Davison | AKA Dava |
| | Annie | | Colin/Dava's secretary |
| | Stephen | Garlick | Shop owner near Dava's office |
| | Anthony | Orford | Psychic surgeon |
| 25 | David | Lester | Choirmaster of St. Michaels Singers |
| | Joan | Younger | Freya's fellow alto singer in choir |
| 26 | Victor | Freeborn | Patient at Four Ways home |
| | Mrs. | Murdo | Secretary at Four Ways home |
| | Pam | Thornhill | Housekeeper at Four Ways home |
| | Rachel | Carr | Reporter for Bevham newspaper |
| | Don | Pilkington | Editor of Bevham Echo |
| | Graham | Gant | News editor of Bevham Echo |
| | Jon | Blixen | Rachel Carr's lover, rugby captain |
| 28 | Dr. Charles | Groatman | 19th century consultant who treats patients through Anthony Orford |
| 30 | Richard | Serrailler | Simon's father, retired neurologist |
| | Martha | Serrailler | Simon's younger sister, brain-damaged |
| 32 | Brian | Urchmont | Real identity of Dr. Groatman, clinician in Brighton |
| | Duggie | Hotten | Reporter - Brighton Argus; colleague - Rachel Carr |
| 33 | Jason | Webster | Co-worker of Sandy Marsh |
| 35 | DC Gary | Walsh | Police officer at Lafferton station |
| 37 | Glenda | Waller | Claimed to have been healed by Anthony Orford |
| | Esme | Cox | Orford's receptionist |
| 40 | Diana | Mason | Restaurateur, widow, friend of Simon |
| 47 | Dave | Green | Police officer at Lafferton station |
| | Will | Hardy | Police officer at Lafferton station |
| 48 | Marion | Keith | Patient of Chris Deerbon, accuses Dr. Groatman/Orford of assault |
| | Mike | Major | Constable at Lafferton station |
| 50 | Emma | Steele | Nathan Coates' girlfriend/fiancée |
| 51 | Dave | Pearce | Police officer at Lafferton station |
| | Justin | Weekes | Police officer at Lafferton station |
| 53 | Netty | Salmon | Owner of Dobermans |