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. |