| 1 | Leonid | McGill | Protagonist. Aka: Mr. A. K. Fox. |
| | Mardi | Bitterman | The detective agency's secretary. |
| | Twill | McGill | Leonid's son. |
| | Dimitri | McGill | Leonid's son. |
| | Philip | Worry | Leonid's client. Aka: Catfish. |
| | Lamont | Richards | Catfish's great, great grandson. |
| | Pinky | Eckles | Ernie's relative. |
| | Ernie | Eckles | A well-known killer-for-hire. |
| | Patrice | Sandoval | A well-known marijuana dealer and hijacker. Ernie's target. |
| | Merle | Underman | A hijacker and a drug source. Ernie's boss. |
| | Rexford | Brothers | Underman's police friend. |
| | Shorty | Reeves | Rexford's accomplice. |
| | Phil | Thomas | One of Underman's crew. |
| | Minda | Myles | Phil's acquaintance. |
| | Beatrice | Fitz | Phil's mother. |
| | Timothy | Lothar | Leonid's friend who buys marijuana. |
| | True | | Patrice's friend. |
| | Sheila | Normandy | The waitress. |
| | Justine Penelope | Sternman | Charles's daughter. The next leader of Mayflower. |
| | Charles Augustus | Sternman | Justine's father. Catfish's alleged son. |
| | Georgina | Soule | The Sterman's ancestor who founded a secret club called Mayflower. |
| | Andrew | Printer | Charles's right-hand man. The man Justine is supposed to marry. |
| | Lucinda | Pitts-Sternman | Justine's grandmother. Charles's mother. |
| | Norfred | Sternman | Lucinda's father. |
| | Edwina Marlene | Pitts | Lucinda's mother. |
| | Archer | Mandell | Norfred's butler. |
| | Alice | Heath | Lucinda's aunt. |
| | Minerette | Mandell | Archer's daughter. |
| | Elizabeth | Falsworth | Charles's wife. Justine's mother. |
| | Ernestine | Charles | Catfish's lover. Justine's real grandmother. Deceased. |
| | Gordo | | Leonid's friend. |
| | Foxy | Donk | The receptionist at SSSS. |
| | Wolfman | Chord | Foxy's boss. Owner of a security company. |
| | Lothario | Moran | Chord's accountant. |
| | Ernst | Kahn | A policeman. Leonid's acquaintance. |
| | Antonio | Alberghetti | The security in charge of Sternman's wedding. |
| | Peter | | A local gangster. |
| | Feng | | A businessman from Hong Kong. Chord's former client. |
| | Markham | Peters | The man who wants Wolfman killed. |
| | Jesse | Peters | Markham's son. |
| | Lonnie | Rudolf | The security expert. One of Wolfman's guys. |
| | Lana | Rainier | A clinic owner. An emergency doctor. |
| | Agnes | Smalls | The day-time officer at Rainier's clinic. |
| | Dexter | Lewis | A mid-level thug. |
| | Sherman | Wale | Leonid's friend. |
| | Dr. | Gillis | The hospital head. |
| | Hush | | Leonid's acquaintance. |
| | Bug | Bateman | Leonid's tech expert. |
| | Jordi | Hooper | A gang member. |
| | Carson | Kitteridge | A police captain. Aka: Kit. |
| | Broadman | | A police officer. |
| | Sal | Peretti | A known bagman of drugs. |
| | Art | Garrity | The most highly-ranked cop in New York. |
| | Nicholas | Garrity | Art's son. |
| | Archibald | Lawless | A professional anarchist. |
| | Billy | Wrongman | A thief. |
| | Mozelle | Tot | The PRO leader. |
| | Player | | A bad cop. |
| | Joker | | Player's partner. |
| | Nikita | McGill | Leonid's brother. |
| | Bernard | Shefly | The gunman who shoots Worry. |
| | Harry | Wong | The senior host at Mama So. |
| | Hilton | Zeal | The man who wants Worry killed. |
| | Katrina | | Leonid's wife. |
| | Jacob | Indigo | Leonid's friend. |
| | Barbara | Cutler | The Pinta Inn's waitress. |
| | Linda | | The receptionist at Alberghetti's security services. |
| | Ecstasy | | The girl that Leonid met. Aka: Esty. |
| | Fancy | Dan | The owner of the place where the Sterman's party was held. |
| | Clarice | Boorland | The guest receptionist of the Stermans. |
| | Willie | Corbett | Clarice's boyfriend. |
| | Estelle | Triumph | The woman that Leonid met at the party. |
| | Shelly | | Leonid's daughter. |
| | Israel | | Ernie's half brother. |
| | Alberta | Jackson | Israel's wife. |
| | Mattine | Hogarth | A bus ticket taker. |
| | Myrtle | Jennings | Ernie's neighbor. Mattine's cousin. |
| | Jerome | Eastwood | Leonid's acquaintance. |
| | Dido | Kazz | A geek moneylender. |
| | Thomas | Lively | Charles's close associate. |
| | Patrick | Foreman | Charles's close associate. |
| | Marion | Lowe | Charles's close associate. |
