Authors: Jean Hill
Alistair Anderson
Son of James Anderson and
Judith
James Anderson
Janet’s first husband
Aunt Dolly and Uncle Bert
Richard Brown’s elderly aunt
and uncle
Julie Barker
Ex-wife of Robbie Barker
George Berry
Brother of Jack Headley’s dead
wife
Mrs Blunt
Little Brinton shopkeeper
Bob
Richard Brown’s Canadian
friend and Felicity’s employer
Anne Brown
James Anderson’s sister; mother
of Felicity Brown
Felicity Brown
Janet’s niece; daughter of Anne
and Richard Brown
Richard Brown
Father of Felicity and Ronald
Ronald Brown
Son of Anne and Richard;
Felicity’s brother
Mrs Betty Bumble
Boutique owner, Brinton
Mary Butterfield
Rosalie’s mother
Rosalie Butterfield
Daughter of Mary Butterfield
Timothy Carter
Solicitor’s clerk
Mrs Connolly
Robbie Barker’s cleaning lady
Mrs Crabb
Local Authority employee
Patsy Croft
Bridge club secretary
DS John Cross
Detective, assistant to DI Peter
Holmes
Karl Davies
Murdered South African jockey
John Elk
Bridge player
Eleanor Evans
Dog Rescue Centre representa
tive
Pat Field
Elderly Enderly resident and
bridge player
Marianne Fright
Felicity’s bridge-playing friend
Ruth Hands
Tom Hands’ mother
Robert Hands
Tom Hands’ father
Tom Hands/Robbie Barker
Evacuee Tom Hands, later
known as Robbie Barker
Jack Headley
First chairman and founder of
Little Brinton Bridge Club
DI Peter Holmes
Local detective
Liz Jeffries
Granddaughter of Mary Butter
field
Ellie Jeffries
Great granddaughter of Mary
Butterfield
Johnny
Anne’s wartime Canadian
boyfriend
Lily Jones
Daughter of Enderly vicar
Judith
Mother of Alistair Anderson
Jack Lacey
Entrepreneur father of John
Lacey
John Lacey
Academic son of Jack Lacey
Pamela Lacey
John Lacey’s first wife
Jeremy Mace
Solicitor son of Peter Mace
Matthew Mace
Peter Mace’s grandson
Peter Mace
Janet Lacey’s old friend and
solicitor
Alicia Merryweather
Mother of Janet and host to
evacuee Tom Hands
Janet Merryweather
Daughter of Alicia and Will, wife
of James Anderson and later John Lacey
Will Merryweather
Husband of Alicia and father of
Janet
Helen Moor
Pattie Moore’s daughter, works
for Janet’s financial adviser
Pattie Moore
Felicity’s friend
John Peters
Alistair Anderson’s stepfather
Anne Robinson
Enderly School headmistress
Roderick
Red-headed publican, the Green
Man, Enderly
Roberto
Felicity’s Canadian partner
Joyce Skillet
Janet Lacey’s housekeeper
Tim
Grouchy landlord of the Red
Rooster, Little Brinton
Richard West
Shady private detective
Alan Wilkins
Solicitor
Ned Windsor
Chairman of Little Brinton
Bridge Club