The Players
**Repeat Offenders
(characters who have made appearances in other Alistair Cross or Thorne & Cross novels)
ALEJANDRO, amnesiac
MADISON O’RILEY, owner of O’Riley’s Rock Shop
The Police
**NICK GRAYSON, chief of police
MARTY PULLMAN, deputy
CLINT HORACE, desk sergeant
COREY BANNON, officer
**ETHAN HUNTER, Nick Grayson’s friend and former boss from Crimson Cove
At Church
THOMAS WAINWRIGHT, priest, professor
DAVE F., A.A. member
PATRICK, A.A. member
LAURA C., A.A. member
MS. PETERSON, organist
JESSICA RODNEY, churchgoer
NORMAN BAKER, churchgoer
BUSTER HARDEN, churchgoer
St. Agatha’s/Club Mephistopheles
GREMORY JONES, salesman, business owner
TYRANNY, investor and exotic dancer
ASTAROTH, investor and exotic dancer
ZAZEL, investor and exotic dancer
CORSON, investor and exotic dancer
ESTRELLA, investor and exotic dancer
THORNE, investor and exotic dancer
Around Town
BERNADETTE WATKISS, rock shop assistant and friend to Madison
BEVERLY SIMON, psychic
NATHANIEL, a friend
OLIVIA LE BLATTE, realtor
ROXIE MICHAELSON, diner owner
BART ABERDEEN, pet store owner
ERIC (COOTER) COOTERMAN, reporter
ABIGAIL STRANE, local
ROMAN STRANE, her husband (deceased)
DRAVEN WILLARD, owner of St. Agatha’s
STARDENE CASSEL, barista
BOBBY BECKSTEAD, electrician
SHAWN BARZETTI, electrician
TIFFANY RHODES, waitress
PAULETTE DRISCOLL, motel manager
CARLY BRAXTON, motel employee
JEFFREY GIMPLE, Nick’s landlord
NEDRA GIMPLE, Jeffrey’s wife
MALCOLM WAGBORNE, owner of Cafe Spastica’s
TOMMY, little boy
FESTUS CRAWLEY, local
JULIO, cook at Roxie’s Diner
DARCY CROMWELL, local
MARION BUSBY, local gossip
ANDREW MORLEY, Medical Examiner
At The Beauty Parlor
EVELYN VANG, beautician
REBECCA MCNAIR, assistant to Ms. Vang
ROSEMARY HESS, town matriarch
CLORIS RIDDLEY, local
LENA HARDING, local
DIANA STOUT, local
HOWARD BLACKBURN, bank manager
LYNITA FONTOYA, retired veterinarian
BARBARA PARKER, local
On the Air
**REVEREND BOBBY FELCHER, evangelist
**COASTAL EDDIE, radio deejay at KNDL FM
**TOMORROW’S SINGING STARS, television program
In the Pages
**KATHRYN MCLEOD, novelist
CHRISTOPHER O’RILEY, author and Madison’s father (deceased)
Honorable Mentions
**DORA LANGLEY, Thoman Wainwright’s sister from Crimson Cove
MOIRA O’RILEY, Madison’s mother (AWOL)
MS. FROELICH, organist (deceased)
TOBY TAVERS, private investigator
TRISH, assistant to Olivia LeBlatte
TREVOR KEECE, ex-husband to Beverly Simon (from Snapdragon)
DAVID, local child (deceased)
BRANDON MARSH, convicted mass murderer
JOSEPH WILLARD, Draven’s great-great grandfather and town founder (deceased)
JANICE, Nick’s aunt from Crimson Cove
The Pets
PIRATE, a parrot
FELIX, kitten
LUCILLE, sister to Felix
PRUNELLA, The Parkers’ cat
WINKIE THE GOLDEN HEDGEHOG, town mascot, pet of Joseph Willard (deceased)
LUCAS, Rosemary Hess’ rottweiler