MyStErY BoOkS * AUGUST 14, 2023 @12 Noon

Sharon Bolton 

August 14, 2023

12 Noon

A Dark and Twisted Tide 

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Character List for The Honjin Murders

The Storytellers

Unnamed narrator

F---—friend who told narrator the story; his father is Dr. F---

Dr. F---—Ichiyanagi family doctor whose notes the narrator relies on heavily in some sections of the book

The Ichiyanagi Family

Itoko—family matriarch, widowed

Sakue—Itoko’s deceased husband, father of Kenzo and siblings

Kenzo—eldest son, inheritor of the honjin legacy, the bridegroom

Taeko—elder daughter, married to a businessman, living in Shaghai

Ryuji—middle son, a doctor in Osaka

Saburo—youngest son, unemployed, considered “the black sheep”

Suzuko—younger daughter, considered “a bit slow”

The Ichiyanagi Branch Family

Hayato—Ryosuke’s deceased father, brother of Sakue

Ryosuke—a first cousin to Kenzo and his siblings, manages Ichiyanagi family finances

Akiko—Ryosuke’s wife

Ihei—great-uncle of Kenzo and Ryosuke (the brother of Sakue’s and Hayato’s father)

The Kubo Family

Rinkichi—Katsuko’s father, deceased

Katsuko—Rinkichi’s daughter, a school teacher in Okayama City, the bride

Ginzo—Katsuko’s uncle, Rinkichi’s brother, a successful fruit farmer

Police/Detective

Kosuke Kindaichi—young private detective, a protege of Ginzo Kubo

Detective Inspector Isokawa—policeman in charge of investigating the murders

Detective Sergeant Kimura—policeman who assists Isokawa

Chief Inspector—Isokawa’s boss

Servants/Farmworkers on Ichiyanagi Estate

Kiyo—Itoko’s maid

Old Nao—cook

Genshichi—gardner/servant

Shokichi—servant in charge of rice polishing mill and waterwheel

Unnamed man who owns the charcoal kiln

Friends/Miscellaneous Characters

The okamisan—owner of the tavern where the 3-fingered man is first spotted

Kyokichi Shimizu—3-fingered man, one of the main suspects in the murders

Tama—Suzuko’s dead kitten

Ofuyu—friend and possible love interest of Kenzo’s, mentioned in his diaries

Yasuke Taguchi—local farmer questioned by Kimura

Seno—insurance man hoping to prove murder was suicide

Shizuko Shiraki—a friend and confidant of Katsuko Kubo

Shozo Taya—Katsuko’s former lover

Characters for The Dawn Patrol

The Dawn Patrol

Boone Daniels—private investigator, ex-cop

Hang Twelve/Brian Brousseau—youngest member, works in Boone’s shop, Pacific Surf

Dave the Love God—lifeguard; occasional drug runner for Red Eddie

Johnny Banzai/John Kodani—San Diego Police Department detective

High Tide/Josiah Pamavatuu—Samoan; former football player; foreman with San Diego Public Works

Sunny Day/Emily Day/Emily Wendelin—best surfer, waitress at Sundowner (next to surf shop)

Investigators/Suspects/Witnesses/Friends

Ben Carruthers/Cheerful—Boone’s wealthy landlord, accountant, friend

Petra Hall—lawyer from Burke, Spitz, & Culver who hires Boone to find witness

Alan Burke—partner in Burke, Spitz, & Culver who’s given Boone lots of PI work

Dan Silver/Daniel Silvieri—owner of strip club, Silver Dan’s (among others); one-time pro wrestler

Tamara Roddick—witness in insurance fraud lawsuit, stripper at Silver Dan’s

Red Eddie/Julius—importer of illegal drugs and other goods, with ties in Hawaii and South Pacific; owes Boone a debt for rescuing his son

Tweety—“muscle” who works for Silver

Chuck Halloran—owner of Sundowner

Lieutenant Steve Harrington—San Diego Police Department detective, Boone’s former partner, Banzai’s boss

Angela Hart/Angel Heart—Tamara’s friend, stripper at Silver Dan’s

Amber—stripper at TNG club in Mira Mesa; provides info about Tamara

Mick Penner—parking valet, gigolo, and an ex-boyfriend of Tamara’s

Alex—parking valet; provides info about Mick

Dr. Theodore Cole/Teddy Cole/Teddy D-Cups—plastic surgeon; involved with Tamara

Luce—child Tamara wants to adopt

Zeke—High Tide’s cousin in Hawaii; Red Eddie uses threat against him to try to get High Tide’s cooperation

Todd “The Rod” Eckhardt—Silver’s defense lawyer in insurance fraud trial

Judge Hammond—judge in insurance fraud trial

Juan Carlos—apparently in charge on boat carrying illegal cargo from Mexico

Esteban—boat hand who refuses to abandon cargo

Marco—van driver working for Red Eddie who delivers illegal cargo

Terry Gilman—lieutenant in Sex Crimes Unit who leads raid

Sakagawa—Banzai’s grandfather; owns old strawberry farm north of San Diego

Tim Mackie—surfer who jumps in on Sunny’s wave during the big swell

Backstory Characters

Dee and Brett Daniels—Boone’s parents

Eleanor Day—Sunny’s maternal grandmother, whose surname she adopted

Rain Sweeny—missing child, subject of case that caused Boone to quit SDPD

Russ Rasmussen—suspect in Rain Sweeny case; known pedophile

Kocera—SDPD cop; involved in incident that caused Boone to quit SDPD

Bench Press—leader of a gang Boone has to kick out of Sundowner for trying to take advantage of a drunk tourist

George Freeth—legendary early 20^th Century lifeguard; Dave the Love God’s hero