Participants in the 2002 Field Trip
Leo Ballard—professor/tutor in archaeology at Cambridge’s St. Jude’s College
Michael Malone—aka Cathbad; a druid and a lab assistant at UNN; later, becomes a friend of Ruth Galloway
Emad Hussein—student studying with Ballard at Cambridge’s St. Jude’s College; later, an accountant
Emily Pickering—20-year-old archaeology student studying with Ballard at Cambridge’s St. Jude’s College; the corpse at the heart of the book
Amber Fletcher-Ellis—student studying with Ballard at Cambridge’s St. Jude’s College; later, a solicitor, married to Westbourne
Thomas Westbourne—student studying with Ballard at Cambridge’s St. Jude’s College; later a barrister, married to Fletcher-Ellis
Mark Oldburg—a junior lecturer at Cambridge’s St. Jude’s College
University of North Norfolk (UNN)
Dr. Ruth Galloway—the book’s protagonist; an instructor and head of the Archaeology Department
David Brown—faculty member in the Archaeology Department, from Sweden
Phil Trent—former Archaeology Department head and Galloway’s ex-boss at UNN
Shona MacLean—head of the English Department and a long-time friend of Galloway; in a relationship with Trent
Becky Smallwood—UNN branch officer of the University & College Union
Colin Bland—UNN vice chancellor
Jeanne Hanisko—an American, currently teaching at Cambridge, who is serving as the “outside” member of the review panel for Galloway’s PhD students
Police
Superintendent Jo Archer—head of Norfolk Police; Harry Nelson’s boss
DCI Harry Nelson—head of Norfolk’s Serious Crimes Unit; Galloway’s long-time lover and father of her daughter, Kate
DS Tanya Fuller—officer on Nelson’s team; lead on the case
DC Tony Zhang—officer on Nelson’s team
DC Bradley Linwood—officer on Nelson’s team
DI Dave “Cloughie” Clough—former member of Nelson’s team; now head of Cambridge CID
DC Lucy (Downey) Vanstone—member of Clough’s team on loan to Nelson; also, has a long-ago history with Galloway and Nelson
Galloway/Nelson Friends & Family
Kate Galloway—12-year-old daughter of Ruth Galloway and Harry Nelson
Zoe—aka Dawn; Ruth Galloway’s half-sister (same mother) who was given up for adoption at birth and who has fairly recently (in a previous book) found Ruth
Judith “Judy” Johnson—Cathbad’s “life partner” and mother of Michael and Miranda (also a DI on Nelson’s team, although not part of the case because of her relationship with Cathbad)
Michael—Cathbad’s 9-year-old son with Judy
Miranda—Cathbad’s 6-year-old daughter with Judy
Maddie Henderson—Cathbad’s 27-year-old daughter from a previous relationship (with Delilah Henderson)
Erik Anderson—Ruth Galloway’s tutor at university and a former friend of Cathbad; now deceased
Michelle Nelson—Harry Nelson’s not-quite-ex-wife
Laura Nelson—Nelson’s 27-year-old daughter with Michelle
Rebecca Nelson—Nelson’s 25-year-old daughter with Michelle
George Nelson—Nelson’s 5-year-old son with Michelle
Connected to the Bakery & Café/Antique Shop/Red Lady Tea Rooms
Gary Bright—in charge of the demolition/renovation that uncovers the “last remains”
Peter Webster—owner of the Green Child Café in 2002; now deceased
Arabella Webster—Paul’s wife; now in a care facility with dementia
Gaia Webster—one of the Webster daughters, about the same age as Pickering; she also studied archaeology with Ballard at Cambridge’s St. Jude’s College
Freya Webster—the other Webster daughter; had left school at 16 to work in café and knew Cathbad and Pickering, who hung out there
