| 1 | Christine | P. Ludlow | Stephen's wife. Protagonist. Aka: Christy Lynn. |
| | Mr. | Stanley | A police sergeant at Clear Harbor Police. |
| | Stephen | Ludlow | Christine's husband. A best-selling crime author. |
| | Daniel | Connelly | Stephen's drinking companion. A detective. |
| | Ryan | | The attendant at the morgue. |
| 2 | Gary | | Stephen's agent. |
| 3 | Hone Rose | Rawlings | Was found dead in Stephen's car. Aka: Jane Doe. |
| | Mr. | Dorsey | A funeral owner. |
| 4 | Mrs. | Kendrick | Christine's English teacher. |
| | Charlene K. | Parker | Christine's mother. |
| 5 | Wade | Pierce | An aspiring journalist. Stephen's former roommate. |
| | Justin | | Wade's friend. |
| | Glen | Hoyt | A top crime beat writer. Wade's colleague. |
| | Killian | | Wade and Glen's editor. |
| | Simone | | Wade's ex-wife. |
| 6 | Missy | Beck | Owner of the Fife and Feather. Christine's landlady. |
| | Rusty | Nail | Christine's
acquaintance. |
| | Queenie | Peterson | Owner of the restaurant called Cork and Cleaver. Missy's friend. |
| | Rena | | A stylist. |
| 7 | Dar | Setters | A man who runs a new age shop. |
| | Nathan | Beck | Missy's son. |
| | Christian | Beck | Missy's son. |
| | Marco | | Missy's boyfriend. |
| 8 | Linda | Neely | Christine's friend. |
| 12 | Carol | Boyer | Owner of a little café called Crooked Spine. |
| 16 | Tamara | | Dar's new barista. |
| | Aileen | | Tamara's co-worker. |
| 18 | Grayson | Pierce | Wade's grandfather. Aka: Grady. |
| 20 | Captain | Billings | The head of the office of the public affairs. |
| 21 | Derrick | | Charlene's former live-in partner. |
| 23 | Loretta | Rawlings | Honey's granddaughter. Aka: Retta. |
| 24 | Iris | Rawlings | Stephen and Honey's daughter. |
| 25 | Theresa | Rawlings | Honey's mother. |
| | Ray | Rawlings | Honey's brother. |
| | Aaron | Rothman | A movie director. |
| 26 | Ellen | Rawlings | Ray's wife. |
| 27 | Dennis | Hawley | A man who runs a receiving home where Christine formerly lived. |
| | Jean | Hawley | Dennis's wife. |
| | Dana | | Christine's former roommate. |
| 28 | Hank | | Missy's cousin. |
| 29 | Peter | Hagan | Stephen's lawyer. |
| 35 | Robert | Vance | The main character in Wade's book. |
| 41 | Tina | Gibson | A cheerleader at Riddlesville High School. |
| | Doug | Simpson | Tina's boyfriend. |
| 43 | Terry | Blevins | A man who raped Christine. |
| | Todd | Blevins | Terry's brother. |
| 45 | Roger | | Charlene's current live-in partner. |
