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 |