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