| Jamie | Altman | Heather's childhood sweetheart. |
| Mike | Bagley | Fairfax Gazette editor. |
| Jeff | Baumgarten | Miriam's boss and lover. |
| Mrs. | Baumgarten | Jeff's wife. |
| Dave | Bethany | Sunny and Heather's father. |
| Felicia | Bethany | Dave's mother. Aka: Florence Bethany. |
| Heather | Bethany | One of the Bethany girls. |
| Miriam | Bethany | Sunny and Heather's mother. Aka: Miriam Toles. |
| Sunshine | Bethany | One of the Bethany girls. Aka: Sunny. |
| Tillie | Bingham | Dave's neighbor. |
| Priscilla | Browne | One of Heather's aliases. Aka: Syl. |
| Gloria | Bustamante | Defense attorney. |
| Anthony Julius | Dunham | Stan's son. Aka: Tony. |
| Irene | Dunham | Stan's wife. |
| Stan | Dunham | Retired police sergeant. |
| Joe | Fleming | The owner of San Miguel de Allende's shops. |
| Mrs. | Forrest | One of Kay's neighbors. |
| Arthur | Goode | Convicted child murderer who was electrocuted in Florida in 1984. |
| Patty | Hearst | American author and actress. Kidnap victim. |
| Cameron | Heinz | One of Heather's aliases. Aka: Ketch. |
| Mary Rose | Hennessey | A thirty-five-year employee of the Fairfax Gazette. |
| Raymond | Hertzbach | Stan's lawyer. |
| Kevin | Infante | Police detective. Aka: Kev. |
| Penelope | Jackson | Tony's girlfriend. |
| Mrs. | Koger | Heather's sixth-grade teacher. |
| Ruth | Leibig | One of Heather's aliases. |
| Harold | Lenhardt | Police sergeant. |
| Mrs. | Lenhardt | Harold's wife. |
| Donald | Leonard | Hertzbach friend. |
| Mr. | Madison | Bus driver. |
| Lyle | Malone | One of Sunny's schoolmates. |
| John | Martielli | Sunny and Heather's dentist. |
| | McGovern | One of Sunny's schoolmates. |
| Barbara | Monroe | One of Heather's aliases. Aka: Barb. |
| Aaron | Parrish | Tony's neighbor. |
| Etan | Patz | A boy who disappeared on his way to his school bus stop. |
| Roy | Pincharelli | Sunny's music teacher. |
| Andy | Porter | Nancy's husband. |
| Nancy | Porter | Kevin's former partner. |
| Miss | Rigby | One of Joe's customers. |
| Dr. | Schumeier | Resident psychiatrist. |
| Lisa | Steinberg | Murder victim. |
| Wallace | Stevens | American modernist poet. |
| Kay | Sullivan | Social worker. |
| Lyman | Tanner | Person of interest. |
| Wayne | Tolliver | Inspector from the Brunswick fire department. |
| Estelle | Turner | Sunny and Heather's maternal grandmother. |
| Herb | Turner | Sunny and Heather's maternal grandfather. |
| Adam | Walsh | A boy who was abducted from a Sears department store. |
| Miss | Wanda | One of Dave's neighbors. |
| Chester V. | Willoughby IV | Retired cop. Aka: Chet. |
| Yvonne | Yepletsky | Tanner's neighbor. |
| Benny | | One of the previous owners of Dave's store. |
| Beth | | Heather's friend. |
| Bill | | One of Five Minutes in Heaven players. |
| Bud | | Heather's blanket. |
| Cynthia | | One of Kay's neighbors. |
| Debbie | | One of Kevin's flings. |
| Eleanor | | Florence's cat. |
| Elsie | | Hardware store counterwoman. |
| Evelyn | | Willoughby's wife. |
| Felix | | A cat. |
| Fitz | | Sunny's imaginary friend. |
| Gordon | | One of the previous owners of Dave's store. |
| Grace | | One of Kay's children. |
| Javier | | Joe's employee. |
| Jeffrey | | One of Five Minutes in Heaven players. |
| Jessica | | A girl in Texas who fell into a well. |
| Kathy | | One of Five Minutes in Heaven players. |
| Patty | | Kevin's second wife. |
| Pepper | | Dave's employee. |
| Randy | | The Swiss Colony manager. |
| Rose | | One of Miriam friends. |
| Sally | | Estelle and Herb's daughter. |
| Seth | | One of Kay's children. |
| Susan | | One of Fairfax Gazette's employees. |
| Sylvia | | The name Randy thought was Syl's real name. |
| Tabitha | | Kevin's ex-wife. Aka: Tabby. |
| Terrie | | Nursing aide. |
