(view spoiler)[ Michelle Maxwell: Secret Service agent who is in her early thirties, whose protectee is kidnapped. An Olympic rower. Sean King: Lawyer and volunteer deputy in Wrightsburg. Former Secret Service agent, who was drummed out of the force because of a disastrous mistake. Joan Dillinger: Investigator and former Secret Service agent. Old friend of Sean King. Clyde Ritter: US presidential candidate who was assassinated. Sidney Morse: Clyde Ritter's campaign manager. A Stage producer prior to his management of Ritter. Doug Denby: Ritter's chief of staff. Arnold Ramsey: Clyde Ritter's assassin. Formerly a professor at Atticus college. A protester in his early years. Regina Ramsey: Arnold's wife, a former actress. Kate Ramsey: Arnold and Regina's daughter, a tree hugger and protester. Thornton Jorst: Friend and colleague of Arnold Ramsey. John Bruno: U.S. presidential candidate. He was a lawyer previously. Catherine Bruno: John Bruno's wife. A rich, snobby lady. Bill Martin: Friend of John Bruno. Deceased. Was once John's supervisor. Mildred Martin: Widow of Bill Martin. Loretta Baldwin: Maid at the hotel where Clyde Ritter was assassinated. Tony Baldwin: Loretta Baldwin's son. Phil Baxter: Criminal lawyer and Sean King's business partner. Howard Jennings: Employee at Sean King and Phil Baxter's law firm. Mona Hall: King and Baxter's receptionist. Todd Williams: Wrightsburg chief of police. Jefferson Parks: U.S. Marshall. Susan Whitehead: Former client of King. Walter Bishop: Michelle Maxwell's boss. Robert (Bob) C. Scott: Former Secret Service agent who was the lead on Ritter's detail. Peter Morse: Sidney Morse's brother. Buddy: Inmate in a psychiatric institution. Frank Maxwell: Michelle's father, a Nashville, Tennessee police chief. Paul Summers: Retired police officer. Donald Holmgren: Retired Public Defender. Sharon: Kate Ramsey's roommate. Carl: Nurse at psychiatric hospital. Simmons: Police officer assigned to the Bruno funeral. Tasha Reed: Name the female assassin is currently using. (hide spoiler)]
(view spoiler)[ Sean King: Former Secret Service Agent turned PI, partners with Maxwell. Michelle Maxwell: Former Secret Service Agent turned PI, partners with King. Remmy (Remington) & Bobby (Robert E. Lee) Battle: The matriarch of a well-known Southern family who fights to keep her family's secrets hidden during the investigation of a burglary in their home. Bobby had a stroke recently and his recovery is uncertain. Savannah Battle: The vixen daughter of the Battle family has some demons of her own. recent college graduate Edward Lee (Eddie) Battle: The son of Bobby & Remmy Battle. About 40 years old. A professional artist and an avid Civil War reenactor. Junior Deaver: Handyman who is accused of stealing from the Battles. Harry Carrick's client Dr. Sylvia Diaz: The local medical examiner. Todd Williams: Local police chief Kyle Montgomery: Sylvia Diaz's assistant Steve Canney: Football star and student at Wrightsburg High School that was murdered with his girlfriend. Lulu Oxley: Junior Deaver's wife and manager of a gentlemen's club called The Aphrodiac, mother of three children. Harry Lee Carrick: Retired state supreme court justice, now country lawyer, called King & Maxwell for help with a client. Harold & Jean Robinson: Parents of three children, Jean is a member of the Wightsburg Middle School PTA. All of her personal information has been assessed because she left everything including her baby in the car while she returned a cart to the store and spoke to an acquaintance. Janice Pembroke: Student at Wrightsburg High School and girlfriend of Steve Canney. The two of them were murdered while parked on the bluff. Dorothea Battle: Eddie's wife, has her own real estate firm. Rhonda Tyler: Worked briefly at Aphrodisiac as a dancer, stage name was Tawny Blaze. First murder victim. Virgil Dyles: Owner of the Gazette, Wrightsburg's newspaper. Mason: Long time butler of the Battles Sally Wainwright: Girl who handles the Battle's staples Chip Bailey: FBI agent that found Eddie's kidnapper when he was a boy and has become a good friend. Priscilla Oxley: Lulu's mother, Juniors' Mother-in-law Diane Hinson: lawyer, murder victim Calpurnia: Harry's cook. About 60 years of age , over 6 ft. tall, blocky of build with thick grey hair pulled back in a harsh bun. Mrs. Canney: Add a description of this character. Pam Jane Doe George Diaz Roger Canney Doc Bill Jenkins Bundy Billy Edwards Jeff Florence Nightinghell Rogers John Poindexter Ms. Oxley Remmy Battle Mary Margaret Jean Robinson Mary Martin Speck Mr. Canney Robert E. Lee Battle Jonas Château Palmer Dan Clancy Mrs. Battle Tommy Robinson Luther Teet Haerm Bobby Jr. (hide spoiler)]
(view spoiler)[ Sean King: Big man, 45 years old, 6'2" and over 200 trim pounds and Michelle Maxwell's partner. Moved with her to Washington D.C. Michelle Maxwell: Highly athletic with several black belts in various martial arts. Youngest of 5 children. her father is the Chief of Police in Tennessee and her four brothers are all cops. Moved to Washington D.C. with Sean King. Started a fight in the bar with Rodney. Dr. Horatio Barnes: Psychiatrist, hired by Sean to help Michelle. Merkle Hayes: Add a description of this character. Joan Dillinger: An ex-Secret Service agent and now a vice president in a big investigative firm and Sean's ex- lover. Vigenére "Viggie" Turing: Daughter of Monk Turing Alicia Chadwick: caretaker of Viggie Sheriff Hayes: County Sheriff Babbage Town Bo Champ Pollion: runs Babbage Town Ian Whitfield: Deputy Director of the CIA training center. Alan Tu Sandy: Women in a wheelchair at Reston. She was shot in the spine by a 9mm. Vigenere (Viggie)Turing: Eleven year old autistic genius with numbers, pianist; daughter of Monk Turing. Hein Valerie Messaline: DD Ian's Whitfield's wife. Barry: Attendant at Reston. Michelle doesn't trust him. Michael Ventris: FBI agent investing the murders at Babbage Town. Linda Sue Buchanan: Woman in Tennessee that thinks her grandmother may have information for Horatio Barnes. Len Rivest: Head of security for Babbage Town. He was with the FBI and will be Sean's contact. South Freeman: Owner of a small paper in a neighboring town that has information for Sean and Michelle concerning the history of Babbage Town. Small town historian. Ventris Joan Toby Rucker: Runs a small weekly newspaper in the town where Michelle grew up. William Joyner: Sergeant in the Army and a part of Michelle's past. Camp Peary Cheryl: Michelle's grossly overweight 45 year old roommate. Mick Monk Turing: First case that Sean had with Joan's company. Found on property owned by the CIA in Williamsburg, Virginia. Could be a suicide or a murder. Alan Turing Heinrich Fuchs Charles Babbage Magruder Daryl Henry Fox Rodney: Very large man that Michelle started a fight with in a bar Lindy Bill Maxwell Hazel Rose: Linda Sue's grandmother who lived next door to the Maxwell family when Michelle was a child. Bigler Judy Frank Maxwell Burt Granny Freeman Jenny Mr. Thomas Jefferson Beale Mary Farleygate Albert Joanie Mr. Pollion Helen Sally Maxwell Mildred John Murray Mr. Harley-Davidson Blaise de Vigenère Six-Pack (hide spoiler)]
(view spoiler)[ Sean King: Former Secret Service agent turned PI Michelle Maxwell: Former Secret Service agent turned PI Sam Quarry: Rancher whose father once hunted slaves. He allows 3 Indians to stay in a trailer on his land, has built a small cabin that has some oddities, and also inherited a coal mine that once used civil war prisoners of war to do the mining. Ruth Ann Macon: Sam's housekeeper. Has a son, Gabriel. Daryl: Sam Quarry's son. Jane Cox: First Lady of the United States. Married to Dan. Dan Cox: President of the United States. Married to Jane. His nickname is Wolfman. Willa Dutton: Niece of the First Lady, Adopted daughter of Tuck Dutton Carlos: Friend of Daryl. Quiet. They met while in the military. Gabriel Macon: young intelligent black child of Ruth Ann Macon Kurt: A friend of Daryl's from the military. Fred: A Native American who lives in an Airstream trailer on Sam's property. His real name is Eugene, but Sam named him Fred when he first came to stay because he wouldn't tell him his name. Daryl Quarry: son of Sam Quarry. AWOL from the US Army along with his friend Kurt and Carlos. Pam Dutton: wife of Tuck Dutton Carlos Rivera: Went AWOL from the US Army with Kurt and Daryl Quarry. Diane Wohl: kidnap victim. Maiden name was Diane Wright. Samuel W. Quarry: mastermind, Vietnam Veteran, father of Tippi Quarry, excellent hero/counter-hero, villain and man driven to madness and distraction. Donna Rothwell: Michelle's Mother's best friend Ms. Cassandra Mallory: Key contact for DoD. The sole employee of Tuck Dutton's Jacksonville office. Ex Department of Homeland Security. Bobby Maxwell: Michelle Maxwell's cop brother Indian Fred: Eugene. A Native American of the Koasati. Live in a trailer on Sam Quarry's land. Kurt Stevens: killed by Sam Quarry. Went AWOL with Daryl Quarry and Carlos. Aaron Betack: Secret Sevice agent Tuck Dutton: First Lady's brother. Has a company which is competing for goverment contracts. Frank Maxwell: Father of Michelle Maxwell Colleen Dutton: One of the Three kids of Tuck and Pam Dutton. Younger sister of Willa. Greg Dawson: VP of Science Matters Ltd. Competing with Tuck's company for contracts. Bill Maxwell: One of Michelle's brothers. John Dutton: Willa Dutton's younger brother. Sally Maxwell: Mother of Michelle Maxwell Doug Reagan: Donna Rothwell's "steady" Diane Wright: Diane Wohl's maiden name. David Hilal: Partner in Tuck Dutton's company. Lori Maggoulas: Medical Examiner Horatio Barnes: Michelle Maxwell's psychiatrist Cameron Quarry: Sam's late wife. Tippi Quarry: Sam & Camerons daughter. Hospitalised and in an irreversible coma. Suzie: Sam & Camerons youngest daughter. Nancy Drummond: Friend of Sally Maxwell. Chuck Waters: FBI agent investigating Willa's kidnap. Horatio Barnes: Michelle Maxwell's therapist. Wally Garrett: Add a description of this character. Bruce Phil Jenkins: Sean's friend in linguistics. Graham Tammy Fitzgerald: Daughter of Nancy Drummond. Nancy uses her phone to call Michelle. Martin Determann Shirley Meyers: White House employee who received the first letter from Sam. Drew Fuller Steve Jennings Cedric: a dog, named for a beloved brother, who was being walked at the time of Michelle's mother's death. Larry Foster: Head of the President's protection detail. Jane Austen: Author (deceased). Wrote a book that Tippie liked (and Sam still reads to her). Also wrote a book that Sam gives to Willa to read while she is imprisoned. Warren G. Harding: Past president of the United States. Elizabeth Bennet Eugene: The given name of Fred. He prefers Fred. (hide spoiler)]
(view spoiler)[Sean King: Lawyer and formerly Secret Service now runs an investigation agency with partner Michelle Maxwell. Michelle Maxwell: Private Investigator, King's partner who can shoot the wings off a gnat at 20 paces. Avery: A member of the testing team. Edgar Roy: Is being held at Cutter's Rock facility for the criminally insane after being arrested after 6 bodies were found buried on his family farm. He is brilliant, can remember word for word everything he;s ever read or heard. Worked for the IRS as a troubleshooter in Charlottesville, Virginia. Ted Bergin: Attorney from Virginia hired to defend Edgar Roy. A friend and former law professor of Sean Kings's, he hired Sean and Michelle Maxwell to assist him on the defense. James Harkes: A veteran of many missions on behalf of America and her allies. A man that always gets the job done. Kelly Paul: Edgar Roy's sister, and will stop at nothing to determine the truth of her brother's guilt of innocence. Colonel Mayhew: head of the Maine State Police. Brandon Murdock: The FBI Agent in Charge for Counter terrorism looking into the Edgar Roy case. Eric Dobkin: Maine State Police; offers to share information with King Maxwell. Hilary Cunningham: Ted Bergin's secretary Mr. Avery: The special assistant to Defense Contractor Peter Bunting Megan Riley: Junior attorney to Ted Bergin, now charged with responsibility of defending alleged serial killer Edgar Roy. Edgar Roy: Paul's man in disguise. Peter Bunting: Director and inventor of the project known as "The Wall". Graduated from college at age nineteen,held a postgraduate degree from Stanford, and had been a Rhodes scholar. Wealthy and well-connected. Married with three children. Martha Otis: Busybody Inn Keeper Mason Quantrell: CEO of the Mercury Group, one of the biggest players in the national security field. Ellen Foster: DHS Secretary. Sec Foster is somewhat at odd with the current structure of DHS. Mayhew: Head of Maine State Police Carla Dukes: Manages the Super Max Prison holding Edgar Roy Sean King: This Private Investigator is a strong minded ex-lawyer, and retired Secret Service Agent. He is also a compassionate hero. Mr. Quantrell: A rival Defense Contractor to Peter Bunting still fighting for a greater share of DHS budget. Julie Bunting: Wife of Peter Bunting Sohan Sharma: Had been the last hope to fill the position of the Analyst, (with a capital"A"). There is only one. Michelle Maxwell: A tall strong beautiful woman. She is smart and wickedly good at martial arts. An ex-CIA Agent, she is intelligent and street smart as well. Sean and Michelle make a natural couple, who just happen to be good at solving crimes. Edger Roy: The main suspect in a serial murder case. This genius with a photographic memory and serious deductive skills is set up to take a fall as a serial killer. When Sean and Michelle join Roy's lawyer Ten Bergin in his quest to prove Roy's innocence, Ted Bergin is killed. Peter Bunting.: Bunting is Edger Roy's boss and is also being set up to take the fall for a lot of murders and problems in the Homeland Security. Ellen Foster: Corupt Director of Homeland Security. Mason Quantrell: Corrupt Homeland Security contractor, guilty of killing a lot of people, and setring up Edger Roy and Peter Bunting. Sally Dobkin: Eric's wife Kelly Paul: Secret Government Agent, and half sister of Edger Roy. She works with Sean and Michelle to exonerate her brother. Megan Rilley: Minor character, law associate of deceased lawyer Ted Bergin. Kenny: Add a description of this character. Sam Joe Chuck Waters E. BUNTING Ms. Paul Mr. President Gabriel Hazel Burke: Very proper lady that runs Martha's Inn where Sean and Michelle are staying while in Maine. Judy Stevens: Worked in the same area at the IRS with Edgar Roy. Roscoe Leon Russell: IRS in Charlottesville where Edgar Roy worked. Eddie Mr. Russell Joan Dillinger Kate Ramsey Bill Martin John Bruno Elizabeth Borden Carl Nixon Jefferson Parks Donald Holmgren Thornton Jorst Catherine Bruno Tasha Reed Howard Jennings Mildred Martin Walter Bishop Martin Luther King Jr. Don Reynolds Professor Arnold Ramsey Loretta Baldwin Neal Richards Phil Baxter Sidney Morse Doug Denby Simmons Charles Todd Williams Buddy Susan Whitehead Robert C. Scott David Baldacci Clyde Ritter Tyler Regina Ramsey Shaunnie Tony Baldwin Sharon Peter Morse Steve Heilige Michael (hide spoiler)]
(view spoiler)[ Sam Wingo: A U.S. soldier who leads a mission that goes terribly wrong. Interesting character and well worth reading the book to see how he plays out through the book. Sean King: Lawyer and former Secret Service Agent. Now runs an investigation agency with partner Michelle Maxwell. Michelle Maxwell: Former Secret Service agent turned PI - partners with Sean King Edgar Roy: He is brilliant, can remember word for word everything he's ever read or heard. Worked for the IRS as a troubleshooter in Charlottesville, Virginia. Now works for Sean and Michelle John Cole: President of the U.S. Tim Simons: Claimed to be with the CIA. Hijacked truck in which Sam Wingo was carrying secret cargo. Tyler Wingo: Teen aged boy who hires King and Maxwell to help find out the true story about his father's disappearance. Samuel "Sam" Wingo: Tyler's dad who was reported MIA or KIA in Afghanistan. He was transporting secret cargo when it was hijacked by a man who said he was Tim Simmons with the CIA. Alan Grant: Former military man who in civilian life became a private contractor for the military. He has a long-standing grudge against the government. Alice Dobbers: Tyler Wingo's neighbor. Dana Brown: Sean's former wife. Dan Marshall: Assistant secretary for acquisitions, logistics and technology at the Pentagon. He is Alan Grant's father-in-law. Leon South: Colonel. Sam Wingo's boss. Maggie: Dan Marshall's late wife. Kathleen Burnett: High school classmate of Tyler Wingo. Aubrey Jones: Captain/Military Police Avery Melton: Sold Alan Grant temporary rights to use a satellite called MelA3. It was previously leased by the U.S. Government. Jean Wingo: Tyler Wingo's step-mother, Sam's wife. Adeel: A Pashtun friend of Sam Wingo in Afghanistan. Leslie Grant: Alan Grant's wife and Dan Marshall's daughter. Peter Bunting: Former client of Maxwell and King. He is also Edgar Roy's boss. Milo Pratt: A businessman doing business with Alan Grant. Dwayne Littlefield: FBI Special Agent Franklin James Grant: Alan Grant's father. Jeff McKinney: Special Agent with DHS (Department of Homeland Security) who tries to force Maxwell and King off the case. Trevor Jenkins: President and CEO of Heron Air Service. Mary Hesse: Taught Sam Wingo the languages of Afghanistan. George Carlton: A blogger who wrote an article about Sam Wingo. Alan Grant used him to spread information and rumors. Curtis Brown: Major General. Married to Dana Brown, Sean's former wife. Danny Grant: Alan Grant's son. Jean Shepherd: Aka Jean Wingo (hide spoiler)]
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Michelle Maxwell: Secret Service agent who is in her early thirties, whose protectee is kidnapped. An Olympic rower.
Sean King: Lawyer and volunteer deputy in Wrightsburg. Former Secret Service agent, who was drummed out of the force because of a disastrous mistake.
Joan Dillinger: Investigator and former Secret Service agent. Old friend of Sean King.
Clyde Ritter: US presidential candidate who was assassinated.
Sidney Morse: Clyde Ritter's campaign manager. A Stage producer prior to his management of Ritter.
Doug Denby: Ritter's chief of staff.
Arnold Ramsey: Clyde Ritter's assassin. Formerly a professor at Atticus college. A protester in his early years.
Regina Ramsey: Arnold's wife, a former actress.
Kate Ramsey: Arnold and Regina's daughter, a tree hugger and protester.
Thornton Jorst: Friend and colleague of Arnold Ramsey.
John Bruno: U.S. presidential candidate. He was a lawyer previously.
Catherine Bruno: John Bruno's wife. A rich, snobby lady.
Bill Martin: Friend of John Bruno. Deceased. Was once John's supervisor.
Mildred Martin: Widow of Bill Martin.
Loretta Baldwin: Maid at the hotel where Clyde Ritter was assassinated.
Tony Baldwin: Loretta Baldwin's son.
Phil Baxter: Criminal lawyer and Sean King's business partner.
Howard Jennings: Employee at Sean King and Phil Baxter's law firm.
Mona Hall: King and Baxter's receptionist.
Todd Williams: Wrightsburg chief of police.
Jefferson Parks: U.S. Marshall.
Susan Whitehead: Former client of King.
Walter Bishop: Michelle Maxwell's boss.
Robert (Bob) C. Scott: Former Secret Service agent who was the lead on Ritter's detail.
Peter Morse: Sidney Morse's brother.
Buddy: Inmate in a psychiatric institution.
Frank Maxwell: Michelle's father, a Nashville, Tennessee police chief.
Paul Summers: Retired police officer.
Donald Holmgren: Retired Public Defender.
Sharon: Kate Ramsey's roommate.
Carl: Nurse at psychiatric hospital.
Simmons: Police officer assigned to the Bruno funeral.
Tasha Reed: Name the female assassin is currently using. (hide spoiler)]