Warning: This list may contain "spoilers."
The
Metropolitan Police Marine Unit—Wapping
Detective Superintendent Weaver—Lacey’s new boss in Marine Unit in Wapping
Constable Lacey Flint—recently transferred to the Marine Unit, taking a downgrade from detective in the Metropolitan Police to uniformed officer; we never discover her real name
Sergeant Scott Buckle—a senior officer of the Marine Unit at Wapping
Sergeant Finn Turner—an officer of the Marine Unit at Wapping
Sergeant Fred “Uncle Fred” Wilson—a veteran of the Marine Unit; also Joesbury’s uncle
The
Metropolitan Police—Lewisham
Chief Inspector David Cook—Tulloch’s boss
Detective Inspector Dana Tulloch—Lacey’s previous boss when Lacey was a detective
Detective Sergeant Neil Anderson—a member of Tulloch’s team
Detective Constable Pete Stenning—a member of Tulloch’s team
Detective Constable Gayle Mizon—a member of Tulloch’s team
Detective Constable Tom Barrett—a member of Tulloch’s team
Dr. Mike Kaytes—the pathologist for the Metropolitan Police
Jac—lab tech for Kaytes
Max—lab tech for Kaytes
Special Crimes Directorate
Detective Inspector Mark Joesbury—Wilson’s nephew; Tulloch’s best friend; Lacey’s love interest; on undercover case as “Sergeant Mick Jackson”
Neighbors in the Boat Yards and Creeks
Ray Bradbury—owns the boat next to Lacey’s; fellow “wild-swimmer” in the tidal Thames
Eileen Bradbury—Ray’s wife
Marlene—owns a boat docked at Skillion’s Wharf; an “actress”
Madge—Marlene’s partner; a “producer”
Alexander “Alex” Christakos—the medical director of the fertility clinic that Dana and Helen have chosen; also runs the egg-donor clinic (the “house”) where the immigrant women are held
Thessaloniki “Thessa” (aka Mujeeb)—a wheelchair-bound herbalist whom Lacey meets on Sayes Creek; Christakos’s twin
The Immigrant Women
Nadia Safi—a near-drowning victim whom Lacey had rescued during a pursuit of suspected people smugglers the previous October; the third woman Thessa helped escape the egg-donor clinic
Anya Fahid (aka Sahar)—the seventh woman to “escape” the egg-donor clinic; the first body Lacey finds; “Sahar” is the name the police give her when they have a facial reconstruction done from the skeleton
Pari—the sickest woman in the egg-donor clinic; in the room next to Tulloch when Tulloch goes undercover
Rabia Khan—the ninth woman to “escape” the egg-donor clinic; the body Lacey finds dangling from the mast on her boat
Yass—the fourth woman to “escape” the egg-donor clinic; probably one of the last two bodies discovered in the South Dock Mariana
Ummu—the fifth woman to “escape” the egg-donor clinic (probably Thessa’s last rescue); later granted a visa to stay in UK
Samira—the sixth woman to “escape” the egg-donor clinic; probably the Jane Doe #4 body that was found a couple of months earlier near the Marina
Badrai—the eighth woman to “escape” the egg-donor clinic; probably one of the last two bodies found in the South Dock Marina
Maya—the last immigrant woman picked up in a smuggling arrest; the woman Tulloch impersonates when she goes undercover
Jamilla Kakar—the first immigrant woman to escape from the egg-donor clinic “as if magic” (Thessa’s first); later granted a visa to stay in UK
Shireen—the second woman Thessa helped escape from the egg-donor clinic; later granted a visa to stay in the UK
The Egg-Donor Clinic Workers
Dr. Kanesh—examining doctor at the clinic
Nurse Rachel Stafford—a nurse at the clinic
Kathryn Markova—office manager and orderly at the clinic
Family/Friends/Miscellaneous Characters
Helen—Dana’s romantic partner; a detective chief inspector who works for Tayside Police in Dundee, Scotland, where she mostly lives
Carrie—Joesbury’s ex-wife
Huck—Joesbury’s 9-year-old son
Victoria “Toc” Llewellyn—prisoner in a high-security prison at Durham whom Lacey visits every two weeks; a serial killer; there are hints that they might be related
Catherine Llewellyn—Victoria’s younger sister who supposedly died in a “river accident”; Lacey denies that she is Catherine
Dale—civil servant at the UK Border Agency headquarters
Fazil—a supposed distant relative of Nadia Safi’s
Jaamil—Fazil’s wife
Aamil—one of the smugglers who’d been arrested smuggling Maya
Raashid—one of the smugglers who’d been arrested smuggling Maya
