| 1 | Jimmy | Perez | A detective. |
| | Sandy | Wilson | Perez's colleague. |
| | Fran | Hunter | One of the artists. |
| | Bella | Sinclair | A fine artist. |
| | Roddy | Sinclair | Bella's nephew. |
| 2 | Cassie | | Fran's daughter. |
| 3 | Martin | Williamson | A young chef. |
| | Roy | Taylor | Senior investigating officer. |
| | Peter | Wilding | A writer. |
| 4 | Kenny | Thomson | A kind crofter in Biddista. |
| | Willy | Jamieson | A council tenant. Kenny's
acquaintance. |
| | Lawrence | | Kenny's brother. |
| | Edith | | Kenny's wife. |
| | Eric | | Kenny's son. |
| | Ingirid | | Kenny's daughter. |
| 5 | Sarah | | Perez's ex-wife. |
| 6 | Dr. | Sullivan | A physician. |
| 7 | Duncan | | Fran's ex-husband. |
| 8 | Dawn | Williamson | Martin's wife. |
| 9 | Aggie | Williamson | Martin's mother. |
| | Alice | | Martin's daughter. |
| 10 | Alexander Ian | Sinclair | Bella's brother. |
| | Andrew | | Aggie Williamson's husband. |
| | Morag | | One of the members of Perez's team. |
| | Dave | Wheeler | Former firefighter. |
| 13 | Martha | Tyler | Booth's assistant. |
| | Jeremy | Booth | Director of a theatre company. aka: Jem. |
| | Ellie | | One of the actors. |
| 14 | Patrick | | Perez's
acquaintance. |
| | George | Halliday | A collector of temporary art. |
| | Mrs. | Halliday | George's wife. |
| 16 | Katharine | Ross | An American film, stage, and television actress. |
| | David | Attenborough | A British broadcaster and naturalist. |
| 17 | Jerry | Stout | One of Lawrence's acquaintances. |
| | Eve | Eunson | One of Lawrence's acquaintances. |
| 18 | Albert | Einstein | A German-born theoretical physicist. |
| 20 | Liz | | Martha's acquaintance. |
| | Kate | | A trainee reporter at Huddersfield Examiner. |
| 23 | Greta | | A woman with a down's syndrome. |
| | Stuart | Leask | Worked on the desk at the North Link terminal. |
| 25 | Marie | | Stuart's lass. |
| | Lucy | Wells | A young actress. |
| 26 | Stella | Jebson | A local DC. |
| | Mandy | | Assistant librarian in Huddersfield. |
| 28 | Robert | | A new Pc assigned who's based in Whiteness. |
| 29 | Amanda | | Booth's ex-wife. |
| | John | Stapleton | Amanda's husband. |
| | Ruth | | Amanda's daughter. aka: Ruthie. |
| 31 | Norman | Booth | Wilding's agent. |
| | Helen | Adams | Wilding's girlfriend. |
| | Jason | Doyle | Helen Adams' new partner. |
| 34 | Sophie | Moore | An accountant with Shetland Islands council. |
| | Roger | | Sophie's husband. |
| 36 | Led | Zeppelin | An English rock band formed in London in 1968. |
| 38 | Davy | Clouston | One who worked for Wilding's house. |
| 40 | Sandra | | Edith's acquaintance. |
| 41 | Rita | Murphy | Runs a theatrical agency. |
