At Tulliallan Police College
DI John Rebus — based at St. Leonard’s police station in Edinburgh
DI James “Jazz” McCullough — based in Dundee
DI Francis Gray — based in Glasgow
DS Stu Sutherland — based in Livingston
DI Thomas “Tam” Barclay — based in Falkirk
DC Allan Ward — based in Dumfries
DCI Archibald Tennant — the Resurrection Men’s boss
Andrea Thomson — career analyst
The Rico Lomax Murder Case
Eric “Rico” Lomax — murder victim
Fenella — Rico’s widow
“Chib” Kelly — Fenella’s current lover, Glasgow bar owner and criminal
Richard “Dickie” Diamond — Rico’s friend
Malky — Dickie’s nephew, barman in Edinburgh
Jenny Bell — Dickie’s onetime girlfriend
Bernie Johns — deceased Glasgow drug baron
At St. Leonard’s Police Station
DS Siobhan Clarke — (pronounced “Shiv-awn”)
DI Derek Linford — no friend to Rebus, disliked by Siobhan
DCS Gill Templer — officer in charge of St. Leonard’s
DC David Hynds — a new recruit
DS George “Hi-Ho” Silvers — officer with both eyes on approaching pension
DC Grant Hood — young and unpredictable officer with a crush on Siobhan
DC Phyllida Hawes — tough female officer, usually based at Gayfield Square
DCI Bill Pryde — second in command to DCS Gill Templer
The Edward Marber Murder Case
Edward Marber — murdered Edinburgh art dealer
Cynthia Bessant — friend of the deceased, also an art dealer
Malcolm Neilson — artist
William Allison — Neilson’s lawyer
Dominic Mann — art dealer
Eric “Brains” Bain — detective, computer specialist
Professor Gates — pathologist
Morris Gerald “Big Ger” Cafferty — Edinburgh’s preeminent gangster
The Weasel — Cafferty’s lieutenant
Aly — the Weasel’s son
Ellen Dempsey -owner of MG Cabs in Edinburgh
DI Bobby Hogan — Leith-based detective
WPC Antonia “Toni” Jackson — experienced uniformed officer at St. Leonard’s
PC John “Perry” Mason — latest recruit to the uniformed branch at St. Leonard’s
Laura Stafford — a prostitute
Donny Dow — father of Laura’s child
DS Liz Hetherington — Dundee-based detective
Ricky — manager of the Sauna Paradiso
Other Characters
Claverhouse — detective in the Scottish Drug Enforcement Agency
Ormiston — Claverhouse’s partner
ACC Colin Carswell — based at police HQ
Sir David Strathern — chief constable of Lothian and Borders Police
Jean Burchill — Rebus’s current partner, museum curator