| 1 | Julio | | The ladies' man. |
| 2 | Emma | Neufeld | Portuguese translator. |
| | Miles | | Emma's boyfriend. |
| | Flamenguinho | | Kidnapped Beatriz. The man who emailed Emma. |
| 3 | Raquel | Yagoda | Beatriz's daughter. |
| | Beatriz | Yagoda | South African writer. Missing. Raquel's mother. Emma's client. |
| 5 | Judie | | A publisher in New York. aka: Press. |
| 6 | Marcus | Yagoda | Beatriz's son. Raquel's brother. Has an affair with Emma. |
| 9 | Thiago | | Raquel's boss. |
| | Enrico | | Raquel's workmate. |
| 11 | Roberto | Rocha | Literary publisher. |
| | Flavia | | Roberto's assistant. |
| 15 | Santiago | Martins | The guy Beatriz wrote a story about. |
| 16 | Eduardo | | Works at the Publishing House. |
| 23 | Alesandro | | Rocha's friend. |
| 25 | Julia | | Emma's workmate. |
| 26 | Antonio | Gonzaga | Youngest son of the Gonzaga Mining Empire. |
| | Vera | Coutinho | Cubist painter. |
| 28 | Vicente | Tourinho | A lost writer in the Tree of Jardim de Ala. |
| 33 | Boa | Tarde | Beatriz's American translator. |
| 52 | Alton | | Miles's mailman. |
| 56 | Lucio | de Santos | Inspector and detective. |
| 67 | Yolanda | | A widowed woman. |
| | Ana | | Housekeeper of the yatch. |
| | Mario | | Owner of the yatch. |
| | Joao | | Bagger in the yatch. |
