Being Johnny
by Nigel Gordon
Dramatis Personnae
List of Characters sorted by Family Name
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Title |
Forename |
Family Name |
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Max |
Ableholm |
New York based TV and film marketer |
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George |
Anderson |
Grace Anderson's husband and uncle of Steve Clucker. George and Grace run the auction rooms in Southmead. |
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Grace |
Anderson |
Steve Clucker's Aunt. George and Grace run the auction rooms in Southmead. |
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Professor |
Arlington |
Professor of French language - examiner from the institute. |
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Hannah |
Aronowitz |
Leah's younger sister betrothed to Ari |
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Leah |
Aronowitz |
A girl that Joseph's maternal grandfather want him to marry. |
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Shimon |
Aronowitz |
Father of Leah and Hanna |
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Maddie |
Atkins |
Cambridge Computer student; Fiancee of Neil Thompson; Taekwondo expert |
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Chawish |
Bagri |
Marcia Goldstein Bagri's deceased husband - suicide bomber |
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Jasmin |
Bagri |
Marcia's Daughter |
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Tariq |
Bagri |
Marcia's Son - Jaydee's boyfriend |
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Danny |
Banyard |
Domonic's son |
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Domonic |
Banyard |
Ex SAS officer, runs a security company in Lytham |
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Mrs |
Beckstein |
Bernard and Debora Lebrun's housekeeper |
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Mr |
Bell |
Physics teacher |
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Graham |
Bowles |
Temp labourer at yard - former associate of John Henderson |
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Marge |
Bradley |
Owner of Marge's Café |
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Alexander Michael |
Carlton |
Johnny's half brother born 3rd August |
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Anne |
Carlton |
44 year old wife of Mike Carlton. Her first husband John James died some years ago. |
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Ben |
Carlton |
Actor and martial artist brother to Mike Carlton, Philip Smith's civil partner. Full name Robert Benjamin Hugh Carlton. |
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Mike |
Carlton |
TV and radion personality. Also a technical writer who has published a couple of successful textbooks. |
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Carol |
Carlton- DeGroet |
One of Mike Carlton's relatives living in Holland |
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Beryl Janet |
Carlton-Smith |
Barrister mother of Johnny. |
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Johnny |
Carlton-Smith |
Son of Mike Carlton by Beryl Smith. |
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Bob |
Carluck |
Billionair advertising executinve and boat collector. |
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Nancy |
Carver |
Student at Southmead College |
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Professor |
Edward |
Chapman |
Dr Joseph Chapman's father |
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Georgie |
Chapman |
Dr Joseph Chapman's wife |
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Dr |
Joseph |
Chapman |
Historian - Joey from A Kid Named Joey |
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Nick |
Chapman |
Dr Joseph and Georgie Chapman's son - four years old |
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Simon |
Claws |
Missing yough wanted for urder |
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Martin |
Clay |
Solicitor - assistant to Bernard LeBrun |
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Rhoda |
Clucker |
Steve Clucker's mother |
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Steven |
Clucker |
Horticultural student |
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Jack |
Coalman |
Landlord of the Crown and Anchor. |
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Irene |
Colberg |
Potter and sister to Marius |
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Marius |
Colberg |
Ceramic artist |
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Marion Collins |
Collins |
Blacksmith |
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Sarah |
Colman |
PhD Archaeology student. |
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Miranda |
Coombes |
Series producer with ITV |
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Brian |
Cox |
Real person; co-host of real BBC program "Infinite Monkey Cage" https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00snr0w/episodes/downloads |
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Bob |
Crawford |
Business Partner of Chawish Bagri |
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The Honourable |
Malcolm Edward |
Davenport |
Beryl's fiance who sexually abused Johnny |
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Allen |
Davidson |
Head of Security at Manston- ex Met police officer. |
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Donna |
de Groet |
Mike's Cousin Daughter of Mike's mother's brother. |
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Richard |
de Groet |
Relative of Mike in Holland |
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Henk |
de Groot |
Gay man who survived the Nazi work camps. |
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Judy |
de Vries |
Property management agent in Amsterdam |
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Sylvia |
Dekalt |
Production Assistant to De heer Wilhelm |
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Zelman |
Deneberg |
Haredi Rabbi from New York |
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Ms |
Dent |
Part time cleaner at the Priory |
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Kathy |
Donaldson |
Barrister pupil of Sir David Stellerson |
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Cliff |
Dounes |
Brother of Rita and part owner of the Simmond Reek salvage yard. |
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Rita |
Dounes |
Sister of Cliff and part owner of the Simmond Reek salvage yard. |
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Karl |
Drakenoff |
Johnny's friend from prep school |
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Marc |
Dube |
John Dupree's grandson. |
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John |
Dupree |
Canadian Scientist and educator |
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Dr |
Peter |
Eastman |
Substitute maths teacher |
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James |
Felton |
Solicitor - Patrick's uncle |
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Patrick |
Felton |
Johnny's driving instructor |
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Sir |
Harold |
Gleeson |
Barrister QC |
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Mark |
Gleeson |
Film director/producer - in prison for sexual assault on boys. |
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Manny |
Goldberg |
Aunt Ruth's youngest brother = he was one of the apprentices rescused by John Mitchell on the Lady Ann. |
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Marcia |
Goldstein Bagri |
Mature student at Southmead College. |
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Dr |
Clarissa |
Graham |
GP in Dunford, wife of Dr Nygyra |
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Dr |
Greenlay |
University Tutor in French - examiner from the institute. |
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Solomon |
Grundy |
A London businessman of dubious reputation |
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Miss |
Grunthorn |
Head of Hort and Ag/Acting Principle |
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John |
Henderson |
Peter Henderson's nephew. Robert Henderson's youngest son. |
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Professor |
Hendricks |
Luuk's professor/academic tutor |
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Madam |
Hurenburg |
Friend of Miss Jenkins who give briefing about criminal orgnisation. |
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Bran |
Jefferies |
Worker at the yard |
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Tim (Tipper) |
Jeffries |
Lad who shares a workbench with Johnny in metal work. Bran's brother. |
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Ian |
Jenkins |
Trainee hairdresser |
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John |
Jenkins |
The deceased father of Ian and Terry Jenkins - Miss Jenkins' nephew |
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Mary |
Jenkins |
Ian Jenkins' Mother. Events manager at Manston |
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Terry |
Jenkins |
Ian's older brother |
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Miss |
Edith |
Jenkins |
Head of the Thompson/Porter family. |
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Steve |
Johnson |
Manager of the. Hamden boat yard |
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Jenny |
Jones |
Tyler's girlfriend |
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Katherine |
Jones |
Boatwright |
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Hans |
Kammler |
Nazi SS Officer - Head of NAZI R&D. He was reported as having died at the end of the war, though there have been persistent rumours that he survived after doing a deal with the Americans. |
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Irene |
Kaufman |
Talent Agent |
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Chris |
Klempt |
Radio producer at BBC |
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Thij and Christina |
Kneynsberg |
Dutch architects |
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Mrs |
Krone |
Housekeeper |
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Sheila |
Lane |
Accountant to Mike Carlton. |
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Cecil |
Laughton |
Previous owner of the Priory |
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Dr |
Marion |
Laurent |
Johnny's French Tutor |
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DS |
Lawlan |
Homicide Investigator |
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Tyler |
Lawrence |
Co-star to Trevor Spade |
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Bernard |
Lebrun |
Solicitor. Mike's best friend and Johnny's godfather. Senior partner in LeBrun, Dean and Cohen. |
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Debora |
Lebrun |
Bernard's wife |
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Joseph |
Lebrun |
Bernard Lebrun's younger son. Johnny's Boyfriend |
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Micah |
Lebrun |
Bernard Lebrun's oldest son. |
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Andrew (Drew) |
Lee |
Arthur's uncle brother of Theodore |
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Arthur |
Lee |
Friend of Johnny - boyfriend of Trevor Spade and MD of computer services company in which Mike, Johnny and Miss Jenkins have an interest. |
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Elisa |
Lee |
Arthur's paternal grandmother |
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Jarome |
Lee |
Arthur's paternal grandfather |
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John |
Lee |
Arthur Lee's foster/ adoptive father and uncle by birth |
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Johnson Arthur |
Lee |
Arthur's father |
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Margaret Elizabeth |
Lee |
Arthur Lee's birth mother; Sister of John Lee |
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Theodor (Theo) |
Lee |
Arthur's uncle |
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Mrs |
Lee |
.Arthur's adoptive/ foster mother; wife of John Lee |
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Miss |
Leonard |
Physics teacher |
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Matthew |
Lewis |
Stage Name of Philip Smith. |
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Jessie |
Long |
Blacksmith |
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Janet |
Long |
Agent in Bob Southern's agency, specialises in TV and film scripts. |
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Peter |
Lovell |
Steve's partner and consultant trauma doctor as St John's. |
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Dr |
Timothy |
Lowstuff |
Yacht designer |
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Sylvia |
Makepiece |
University Tutor in French - examiner from the institute. |
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DCI |
John |
Manley |
Met Detective Chief Inspector |
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Alf |
Manning |
Retired boat breaker - used to work in the Salvage Yard |
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Elle |
Martin |
Press Agent for Matthew Lewis (Phil Smith) and Ben Carlton |
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Colin |
Matterson |
Johnny's best friend from his boarding school |
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Professor |
Gertrude |
Mayer |
Retired professor |
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Zachary |
Mayer |
Financier |
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Andrew Mark |
Mayers |
Film production assistant AKA Dean |
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Detective Sergeant |
Peter |
McCormac |
DS in local police. Brother in law to Peter Henderson and treasurer to the church. |
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Jock |
McLoughlan |
Police civilian communications officer |
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Professor |
Keith |
Merrick |
Professor of Environmental Studies from Darwin |
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Jenny |
Mitcham |
Anne's Sister |
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John |
Mitchell |
Partner of Duke of Dunlavin; Instrumental in helping Jewish diamond cutters escape the Nazis |
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Thomas |
Monk |
Owner of Australian yacht builders |
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Antonio |
Montero |
Student at Southmead College |
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John |
Munroe |
Partner in Munroe and Claymore |
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Dr |
Anthony |
Nygyra |
GP in Lynnhaven, husband of Dr Graham |
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Dr |
John |
Nygyra |
Mike Carlton's Doctor prior to move to The Priory; Su Graham's husband |
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Susan |
Peatry |
Peter Lovell's half-sister - High Court Judge |
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Mr |
Peters |
Owner of the Peters' Yard - the boat yard next to the Hamden Yard. |
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Richard |
Phillips |
Owner of the Salvage Yard. |
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Henrik |
Porter |
Simone and Neal's cousing who lives in Antwerp |
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Michael |
Porter |
Henrik's father, diamond merchant |
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Stanley |
Porter |
Father of Neil Porter-Thompson - Driver/Bodygaurd and confident of Miss Jenkins |
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Doctor |
Porter |
Architectural Historian at County Museum. |
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Neal |
Porter-Thompson |
Miss Jenkin's nephew |
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Professor |
Susan |
Prendegast |
Professor of Psychology in Chelmsford |
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Matt |
Price |
Architect and Charted Surveyor; also Mike's Drinking buddy at the Anchor |
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June |
Ravensbrook |
Junior Barrister (name not given in chapter 19) |
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Antony (Tony) |
Richards |
Johnny's ex-lover from prep school |
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Lily |
Robins |
Jim's cousin. |
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Cliff |
Rownton |
Lad Johnny meets on Lytham Green |
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John |
Rownton |
Cliff's brother |
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Robert (Bob) |
Rownton |
Cliff's father |
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Jarrome |
Sanderson |
Lee's cousin - taekwondo teacher. |
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Lee |
Sanderson |
Personnal Assistant to Mike Carlton - Lee is of Trinidadian descent and has recently been released from prison. |
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Peter |
Sanstone |
Insurance company representative for Yaland Insurance |
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Grace |
Seymour |
Jaydee's mother |
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Mister |
James Daniel |
Seymour |
Jaydee's father - consultant in emergency medicine and trauma surgery |
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James Daniel |
Seymour Jnr |
Tariq's Boyfriend -- legal name. See listing for Jaydee. |
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Martin |
Shelt |
Producer with independent TV production company. |
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Mary |
Simon |
One of the Black Aunties from Brixton |
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Mary |
Simpson |
The unmarried name of Mary Jenkins and the name she is known by professionally, |
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Flora |
Smith |
Wife of Jack Smith and mother of Beryl and Philip. Retired cleaner |
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Jack |
Smith |
Miner father of Beryl and Philip. |
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Philip |
Smith |
Actor better known under his stage name of Mathew Lewis and brother to Mike's ex-wife Beryl Smith. |
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Eric Trevor |
Southern |
Birth name and legal name of Trevor Spade. |
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Robert (Bob) |
Southern |
Mike's Literary Agent |
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Susan |
Southern |
Bob's wife |
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Trevor |
Spade |
Actor son of Bob and Susan. Trevor Spade is his stage name see Eric Southern |
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Mr |
Spragg |
Johnny's metalwork teacher |
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Professor |
Stuurman |
Professor at Luuk's university |
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Frank (Freddy) |
Talbot |
School pal of Mike and Bernard's. Now a freelance financial journalist. Transvestite. |
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Mr |
Taunton |
Johnny's maths teacher |
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Leonard |
Taylor |
Driver, handyman, factotum for Ben and Phil |
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Harry |
Tayton |
Murdered youth |
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Albert |
Thompson |
Edith Jenkin's life partner, currently incarcerated |
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Delcie |
Thompson |
Cousin of Neal, works at Southmead Hall and holds a black belt in Atemi Jutsu. |
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George |
Thompson |
Former client of Mike Carleton's father; also Neil Thompson's grandfather |
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Marcel |
Thompson |
Simone's younger brogher at school in France. |
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Mark |
Thompson |
Screenwriter; part of Miss Jenkins family. |
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Simone |
Thompson |
One of Edith's many "neices" enrolling in Southmead College |
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Simone |
Thompson |
Neil's French Cousin. |
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Jim |
Timmings |
Horticultural student, Stephen Clucker's boyfriend. |
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Gert |
van Lottum |
Production Assistant to De heer Wilhelm |
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Luuk |
van Lottum |
Gert's brother - Architectual student in Amsterdam |
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Prince |
Dimitri |
Vorontsov |
Olga's father |
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Olga |
Vorontsov |
Johnny's great grandmother |
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Steve |
Webber |
Local reporter; Matt's brother in law |
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De heer |
Wilhelm |
Dutch media mogel. Owns TV stations and film production companies. |
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Abraham Joseph |
Woodstone (Holzstein) |
Debora Lebrun's father |
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Alan |
Composite boatbuilder |
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Ari |
Aunt Leah's son |
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Arron |
Hasidic Rabbi |
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Bains |
Driver for Manston House and the estate. |
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Barry Dee |
Small time black gangster - drug dealer |
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Bart |
Schoolboy friend of Henk's and Rom's lover |
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Bethany |
Micah LeBrun's wife |
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Bethany's parents |
Parents of Micah Lebrun's wife |
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Bill and Janet |
Tenant of Mike Carlton's Golders Green property |
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Broden and Dunstar |
Solicitors in Southmead |
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Chris Rownton |
Cliff's uncle, Bob's brother |
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Clive |
Beryl's former lover; helpful and supportive to Johnny |
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Colin |
Labourer in yard - former associate of John Henderson |
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Crooked Man |
Pub on the road from Priory to Dunford. Just under half a mile from the Priory |
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Dammu |
Casual laborer clearing Salvage Yard |
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Dan |
Neil Porter-Thompson's second cousin. |
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Dan |
One of Aunty's heavies. |
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Dean |
See Andrew Mark Mayers |
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Dicky Boy |
nickname for Richard Phillips. |
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Miss |
Dolly |
see Frank Talbot |
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Dorothy Richard's |
Mike's pen name |
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Dunford |
Small town about four miles from Lynnhaven as the crow flies but more like twenty by road. |
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Gerald |
House Manager at Manston |
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Gutterham and Mayers |
Solicitors where Johnny's mother interned. |
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Jack Felton |
Police superintendent - Patrick's uncle, James' brother |
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Oncle |
Jacques |
Marcel's uncle. |
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Jake |
Barman in the Pig and Whistle |
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Master |
James |
Sado/masochistic leader of bike gangs in the rural Midlands |
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Jan |
Ex wife of auto mechanic Chris, who is, in turn, a cousin of Marcia Goldstein Bagri. |
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Aunt |
Jane |
Aunt of Mike Carlton |
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Jaydee |
Tariq's Boyfriend -- nickname see James Daniel Seymour Jnr |
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Jim |
Australian consultant neurosurgeon and keen yachtsman - owns the Flying Dragon |
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Jimmy the Creep |
Pimp in West London |
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Aunt |
June |
The youngest sister of Mike's father. |
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Kurt |
Resistance member and lover of Henk |
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Aunt |
Leah |
Sister of Debora LeBrun |
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Leni |
Nickname for Leonard Taylor |
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Lenny |
Casual laborer clearing Salvage Yard |
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Lex Klein |
Schoolboy friend of Henk and possibly Toma's boyfriend at one point |
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Lynnhaven |
Small costal village where Mike's bungalow is located. |
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Mrs |
M |
"Housekeeper" at Manston. Actually she runs the place. |
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Madge |
Employee of Bernard LeBrun's law firm. |
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Manston |
Elizabethan Hall and country estate owned by Phil and Ben, run as an exclusive events venue. |
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Marcel |
French youth, two years older than Johnny. |
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Margaret Elizabeth Lee |
Arthur's mother |
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Mark |
Composite boatbuilder |
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Marron |
American schoolboy and friend/lover of Tony Richards |
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Martin |
Lee's Aiki Ju Jitsu teacher |
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Mary |
Owner of the Crooked Man |
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Miram |
Debora Lebrun's mother |
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Aunt |
Miriam |
Reform Rabbi |
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Munroe and Claymore |
Solicitors in Dunford |
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Old Man Laughton |
Former owner of the Priory |
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Robert |
Tramp ship's captain and Henk's lover in Australia |
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Rodney White |
Car Journalist |
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Rom |
Schoolboy friend of Henk's and Bert's lover |
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Aunt |
Ruth |
Flemish Jewess, cousin of Aunt Sarah now living in a retirement home near Brighton. Spent time in Bergan Belsen. |
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Sandra |
PR assistant acting for Mike's Australian publishers |
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Aunt |
Sarah |
Bernard's mother. As close to Mike as his own mother as he and Bernard were growing up, she was like a second mother to him. |
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Southmead College |
FE College in Southmead - former Agricultural College. |
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Susan |
Steve Johnson's and Peter Lovell's foster daughter |
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Timothy and Richard |
Rodney White's grandsons |
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Tom |
A regular summer employee of Steve's - something of a loner. |
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Tom |
John Rownton's friend |
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Tom |
Jim's partner |
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Tomas |
Schoolboy friend of Henk's - member of the NBS |
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Tommy |
Steve Johnson & Peter Lovell's foster son |
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Wim |
Luuk's boyfreind |
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Yaland Insurance |
Insurance company faced with a £20 million payout to Johnny |
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Duke of Dunlavin |
Owner of yacht used to smuggle Jewish diamond cutters out of Holland during WW 2. |
List of Characters sorted by Forename
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Title |
Forename |
Family Name |
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Abraham Joseph |
Woodstone (Holzstein) |
Debora Lebrun's father |
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Alan |
Composite boatbuilder |
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Albert |
Thompson |
Edith Jenkin's life partner, currently incarcerated |
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Alexander Michael |
Carlton |
Johnny's half brother born 3rd August |
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Alf |
Manning |
Retired boat breaker - used to work in the Salvage Yard |
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Allen |
Davidson |
Head of Security at Manston- ex Met police officer. |
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Andrew (Drew) |
Lee |
Arthur's uncle brother of Theodore |
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Andrew Mark |
Mayers |
Film production assistant AKA Dean |
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Anne |
Carlton |
44 year old wife of Mike Carlton. Her first husband John James died some years ago. |
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Dr |
Anthony |
Nygyra |
GP in Lynnhaven, husband of Dr Graham |
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Antonio |
Montero |
Student at Southmead College |
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Antony (Tony) |
Richards |
Johnny's ex-lover from prep school |
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Ari |
Aunt Leah's son |
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Arron |
Hasidic Rabbi |
Arthur |
Lee |
Friend of Johnny - boyfriend of Trevor Spade and MD of computer services company in which Mike, Johnny and Miss Jenkins have an interest. |
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Bains |
Driver for Manston House and the estate. |
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Barry Dee |
Small time black gangster - drug dealer |
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Bart |
Schoolboy friend of Henk's and Rom's lover |
Ben |
Carlton |
Actor and martial artist brother to Mike Carlton, Philip Smith's civil partner. Full name Robert Benjamin Hugh Carlton. |
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Bernard |
Lebrun |
Solicitor. Mike's best friend and Johnny's godfather. Senior partner in LeBrun, Dean and Cohen. |
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Beryl Janet |
Carlton-Smith |
Barrister mother of Johnny. |
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Bethany |
Micah LeBrun's wife |
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Bethany's parents |
Parents of Micah Lebrun's wife |
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Bill and Janet |
Tenant of Mike Carlton's Golders Green property |
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Bob |
Carluck |
Billionair advertising executinve and boat collector. |
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Bob |
Crawford |
Business Partner of Chawish Bagri |
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Bran |
Jefferies |
Worker at the yard |
Brian |
Cox |
Real person; co-host of real BBC program "Infinite Monkey Cage" https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00snr0w/episodes/downloads |
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Broden and Dunstar |
Solicitors in Southmead |
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Carol |
Carlton- DeGroet |
One of Mike Carlton's relatives living in Holland |
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Cecil |
Laughton |
Previous owner of the Priory |
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Chawish |
Bagri |
Marcia Goldstein Bagri's deceased husband - suicide bomber |
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Chris |
Klempt |
Radio producer at BBC |
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Chris Rownton |
Cliff's uncle, Bob's brother |
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Dr |
Clarissa |
Graham |
GP in Dunford, wife of Dr Nygyra |
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Cliff |
Dounes |
Brother of Rita and part owner of the Simmond Reek salvage yard. |
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Cliff |
Rownton |
Lad Johnny meets on Lytham Green |
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Clive |
Beryl's former lover; helpful and supportive to Johnny |
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Colin |
Matterson |
Johnny's best friend from his boarding school |
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Colin |
Labourer in yard - former associate of John Henderson |
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Crooked Man |
Pub on the road from Priory to Dunford. Just under half a mile from the Priory |
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Dammu |
Casual laborer clearing Salvage Yard |
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Dan |
Neil Porter-Thompson's second cousin. |
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Dan |
One of Aunty's heavies. |
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Danny |
Banyard |
Domonic's son |
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Dean |
See Andrew Mark Mayers |
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Debora |
Lebrun |
Bernard's wife |
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Delcie |
Thompson |
Cousin of Neal, works at Southmead Hall and holds a black belt in Atemi Jutsu. |
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Dicky Boy |
nickname for Richard Phillips. |
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Prince |
Dimitri |
Vorontsov |
Olga's father |
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Miss |
Dolly |
see Frank Talbot |
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Domonic |
Banyard |
Ex SAS officer, runs a security company in Lytham |
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Donna |
de Groet |
Mike's Cousin Daughter of Mike's mother's brother. |
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Dorothy Richard's |
Mike's pen name |
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Dunford |
Small town about four miles from Lynnhaven as the crow flies but more like twenty by road. |
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Miss |
Edith |
Jenkins |
Head of the Thompson/Porter family. |
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Professor |
Edward |
Chapman |
Dr Joseph Chapman's father |
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Elisa |
Lee |
Arthur's paternal grandmother |
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Elle |
Martin |
Press Agent for Matthew Lewis (Phil Smith) and Ben Carlton |
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Eric Trevor |
Southern |
Birth name and legal name of Trevor Spade. |
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Flora |
Smith |
Wife of Jack Smith and mother of Beryl and Philip. Retired cleaner |
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Frank (Freddy) |
Talbot |
School pal of Mike and Bernard's. Now a freelance financial journalist. Transvestite. |
George |
Anderson |
Grace Anderson's husband and uncle of Steve Clucker. George and Grace run the auction rooms in Southmead. |
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George |
Thompson |
Former client of Mike Carleton's father; also Neil Thompson's grandfather |
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Georgie |
Chapman |
Dr Joseph Chapman's wife |
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Gerald |
House Manager at Manston |
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Gert |
van Lottum |
Production Assistant to De heer Wilhelm |
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Professor |
Gertrude |
Mayer |
Retired professor |
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Grace |
Seymour |
Jaydee's mother |
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Grace |
Anderson |
Steve Clucker's Aunt. George and Grace run the auction rooms in Southmead. |
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Graham |
Bowles |
Temp labourer at yard - former associate of John Henderson |
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Gutterham and Mayers |
Solicitors where Johnny's mother interned. |
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Hannah |
Aronowitz |
Leah's younger sister betrothed to Ari |
Hans |
Kammler |
Nazi SS Officer - Head of NAZI R&D. He was reported as having died at the end of the war, though there have been persistent rumours that he survived after doing a deal with the Americans. |
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Sir |
Harold |
Gleeson |
Barrister QC |
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Harry |
Tayton |
Murdered youth |
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Henk |
de Groot |
Gay man who survived the Nazi work camps. |
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Henrik |
Porter |
Simone and Neal's cousing who lives in Antwerp |
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Ian |
Jenkins |
Trainee hairdresser |
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Irene |
Colberg |
Potter and sister to Marius |
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Irene |
Kaufman |
Talent Agent |
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Jack |
Coalman |
Landlord of the Crown and Anchor. |
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Jack |
Smith |
Miner father of Beryl and Philip. |
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Jack Felton |
Police superintendent - Patrick's uncle, James' brother |
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Oncle |
Jacques |
Marcel's uncle. |
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Jake |
Barman in the Pig and Whistle |
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Master |
James |
Sado/masochistic leader of bike gangs in the rural Midlands |
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James |
Felton |
Solicitor - Patrick's uncle |
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James Daniel |
Seymour Jnr |
Tariq's Boyfriend -- legal name. See listing for Jaydee. |
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Mister |
James Daniel |
Seymour |
Jaydee's father - consultant in emergency medicine and trauma surgery |
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Jan |
Ex wife of auto mechanic Chris, who is, in turn, a cousin of Marcia Goldstein Bagri. |
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Aunt |
Jane |
Aunt of Mike Carlton |
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Janet |
Long |
Agent in Bob Southern's agency, specialises in TV and film scripts. |
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Jarome |
Lee |
Arthur's paternal grandfather |
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Jarrome |
Sanderson |
Lee's cousin - taekwondo teacher. |
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Jasmin |
Bagri |
Marcia's Daughter |
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Jaydee |
Tariq's Boyfriend -- nickname see James Daniel Seymour Jnr |
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Jenny |
Jones |
Tyler's girlfriend |
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Jenny |
Mitcham |
Anne's Sister |
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Jessie |
Long |
Blacksmith |
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Jim |
Timmings |
Horticultural student, Stephen Clucker's boyfriend. |
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Jim |
Australian consultant neurosurgeon and keen yachtsman - owns the Flying Dragon |
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Jimmy the Creep |
Pimp in West London |
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Jock |
McLoughlan |
Police civilian communications officer |
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John |
Dupree |
Canadian Scientist and educator |
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John |
Jenkins |
The deceased father of Ian and Terry Jenkins - Miss Jenkins' nephew |
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John |
Lee |
Arthur Lee's foster/ adoptive father and uncle by birth |
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Dr |
John |
Nygyra |
Mike Carlton's Doctor prior to move to The Priory; Su Graham's husband |
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John |
Henderson |
Peter Henderson's nephew. Robert Henderson's youngest son. |
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DCI |
John |
Manley |
Met Detective Chief Inspector |
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John |
Mitchell |
Partner of Duke of Dunlavin; Instrumental in helping Jewish diamond cutters escape the Nazis |
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John |
Munroe |
Partner in Munroe and Claymore |
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John |
Rownton |
Cliff's brother |
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Johnny |
Carlton-Smith |
Son of Mike Carlton by Beryl Smith. |
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Johnson Arthur |
Lee |
Arthur's father |
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Joseph |
Lebrun |
Bernard Lebrun's younger son. Johnny's Boyfriend |
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Dr |
Joseph |
Chapman |
Historian - Joey from A Kid Named Joey |
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Judy |
de Vries |
Property management agent in Amsterdam |
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June |
Ravensbrook |
Junior Barrister (name not given in chapter 19) |
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Aunt |
June |
The youngest sister of Mike's father. |
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Karl |
Drakenoff |
Johnny's friend from prep school |
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Katherine |
Jones |
Boatwright |
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Kathy |
Donaldson |
Barrister pupil of Sir David Stellerson |
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Professor |
Keith |
Merrick |
Professor of Environmental Studies from Darwin |
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Kurt |
Resistance member and lover of Henk |
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Leah |
Aronowitz |
A girl that Joseph's maternal grandfather want him to marry. |
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Aunt |
Leah |
Sister of Debora LeBrun |
Lee |
Sanderson |
Personnal Assistant to Mike Carlton - Lee is of Trinidadian descent and has recently been released from prison. |
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Leni |
Nickname for Leonard Taylor |
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Lenny |
Casual laborer clearing Salvage Yard |
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Leonard |
Taylor |
Driver, handyman, factotum for Ben and Phil |
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Lex Klein |
Schoolboy friend of Henk and possibly Toma's boyfriend at one point |
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Lily |
Robins |
Jim's cousin. |
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Luuk |
van Lottum |
Gert's brother - Architectual student in Amsterdam |
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Lynnhaven |
Small costal village where Mike's bungalow is located. |
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Mrs |
M |
"Housekeeper" at Manston. Actually she runs the place. |
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Maddie |
Atkins |
Cambridge Computer student; Fiancee of Neil Thompson; Taekwondo expert |
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Madge |
Employee of Bernard LeBrun's law firm. |
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The Honourable |
Malcolm Edward |
Davenport |
Beryl's fiance who sexually abused Johnny |
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Manny |
Goldberg |
Aunt Ruth's youngest brother = he was one of the apprentices rescused by John Mitchell on the Lady Ann. |
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Manston |
Elizabethan Hall and country estate owned by Phil and Ben, run as an exclusive events venue. |
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Marc |
Dube |
John Dupree's grandson. |
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Marcel |
Thompson |
Simone's younger brogher at school in France. |
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Marcel |
French youth, two years older than Johnny. |
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Marcia |
Goldstein Bagri |
Mature student at Southmead College. |
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Margaret Elizabeth |
Lee |
Arthur Lee's birth mother; Sister of John Lee |
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Margaret Elizabeth Lee |
Arthur's mother |
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Marge |
Bradley |
Owner of Marge's Café |
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Dr |
Marion |
Laurent |
Johnny's French Tutor |
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Marion Collins |
Collins |
Blacksmith |
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Marius |
Colberg |
Ceramic artist |
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Mark |
Gleeson |
Film director/producer - in prison for sexual assault on boys. |
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Mark |
Thompson |
Screenwriter; part of Miss Jenkins family. |
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Mark |
Composite boatbuilder |
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Marron |
American schoolboy and friend/lover of Tony Richards |
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Martin |
Clay |
Solicitor - assistant to Bernard LeBrun |
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Martin |
Shelt |
Producer with independent TV production company. |
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Martin |
Lee's Aiki Ju Jitsu teacher |
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Mary |
Jenkins |
Ian Jenkins' Mother. Events manager at Manston |
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Mary |
Simon |
One of the Black Aunties from Brixton |
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Mary |
Simpson |
The unmarried name of Mary Jenkins and the name she is known by professionally, |
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Mary |
Owner of the Crooked Man |
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Matt |
Price |
Architect and Charted Surveyor; also Mike's Drinking buddy at the Anchor |
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Matthew |
Lewis |
Stage Name of Philip Smith. |
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Max |
Ableholm |
New York based TV and film marketer |
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Micah |
Lebrun |
Bernard Lebrun's oldest son. |
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Michael |
Porter |
Henrik's father, diamond merchant |
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Mike |
Carlton |
TV and radion personality. Also a technical writer who has published a couple of successful textbooks. |
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Miram |
Debora Lebrun's mother |
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Miranda |
Coombes |
Series producer with ITV |
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Aunt |
Miriam |
Reform Rabbi |
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Munroe and Claymore |
Solicitors in Dunford |
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Nancy |
Carver |
Student at Southmead College |
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Neal |
Porter-Thompson |
Miss Jenkin's nephew |
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Nick |
Chapman |
Dr Joseph and Georgie Chapman's son - four years old |
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Old Man Laughton |
Former owner of the Priory |
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Olga |
Vorontsov |
Johnny's great grandmother |
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Patrick |
Felton |
Johnny's driving instructor |
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Peter |
Lovell |
Steve's partner and consultant trauma doctor as St John's. |
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Detective Sergeant |
Peter |
McCormac |
DS in local police. Brother in law to Peter Henderson and treasurer to the church. |
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Peter |
Sanstone |
Insurance company representative for Yaland Insurance |
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Dr |
Peter |
Eastman |
Substitute maths teacher |
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Philip |
Smith |
Actor better known under his stage name of Mathew Lewis and brother to Mike's ex-wife Beryl Smith. |
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Rhoda |
Clucker |
Steve Clucker's mother |
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Richard |
Phillips |
Owner of the Salvage Yard. |
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Richard |
de Groet |
Relative of Mike in Holland |
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Rita |
Dounes |
Sister of Cliff and part owner of the Simmond Reek salvage yard. |
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Robert |
Tramp ship's captain and Henk's lover in Australia |
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Robert (Bob) |
Rownton |
Cliff's father |
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Robert (Bob) |
Southern |
Mike's Literary Agent |
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Rodney White |
Car Journalist |
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Rom |
Schoolboy friend of Henk's and Bert's lover |
Aunt |
Ruth |
Flemish Jewess, cousin of Aunt Sarah now living in a retirement home near Brighton. Spent time in Bergan Belsen. |
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Sandra |
PR assistant acting for Mike's Australian publishers |
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Sarah |
Colman |
PhD Archaeology student. |
Aunt |
Sarah |
Bernard's mother. As close to Mike as his own mother as he and Bernard were growing up, she was like a second mother to him. |
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Sheila |
Lane |
Accountant to Mike Carlton. |
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Shimon |
Aronowitz |
Father of Leah and Hanna |
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Simon |
Claws |
Missing yough wanted for urder |
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Simone |
Thompson |
One of Edith's many "neices" enrolling in Southmead College |
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Simone |
Thompson |
Neil's French Cousin. |
|
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Solomon |
Grundy |
A London businessman of dubious reputation |
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Southmead College |
FE College in Southmead - former Agricultural College. |
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Stanley |
Porter |
Father of Neil Porter-Thompson - Driver/Bodygaurd and confident of Miss Jenkins |
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Steve |
Webber |
Local reporter; Matt's brother in law |
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Steve |
Johnson |
Manager of the. Hamden boat yard |
|
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Steven |
Clucker |
Horticultural student |
|
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Susan |
Peatry |
Peter Lovell's half-sister - High Court Judge |
|
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Professor |
Susan |
Prendegast |
Professor of Psychology in Chelmsford |
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Susan |
Southern |
Bob's wife |
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Susan |
Steve Johnson's and Peter Lovell's foster daughter |
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Sylvia |
Dekalt |
Production Assistant to De heer Wilhelm |
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Sylvia |
Makepiece |
University Tutor in French - examiner from the institute. |
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Tariq |
Bagri |
Marcia's Son - Jaydee's boyfriend |
|
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Terry |
Jenkins |
Ian's older brother |
|
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Theodor (Theo) |
Lee |
Arthur's uncle |
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Thij and Christina |
Kneynsberg |
Dutch architects |
|
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Thomas |
Monk |
Owner of Australian yacht builders |
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Tim (Tipper) |
Jeffries |
Lad who shares a workbench with Johnny in metal work. Bran's brother. |
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Dr |
Timothy |
Lowstuff |
Yacht designer |
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Timothy and Richard |
Rodney White's grandsons |
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|
Tom |
A regular summer employee of Steve's - something of a loner. |
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Tom |
John Rownton's friend |
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Tom |
Jim's partner |
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Tomas |
Schoolboy friend of Henk's - member of the NBS |
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Tommy |
Steve Johnson & Peter Lovell's foster son |
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Trevor |
Spade |
Actor son of Bob and Susan. Trevor Spade is his stage name see Eric Southern |
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Tyler |
Lawrence |
Co-star to Trevor Spade |
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Wim |
Luuk's boyfreind |
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Yaland Insurance |
Insurance company faced with a £20 million payout to Johnny |
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Zachary |
Mayer |
Financier |
|
|
Zelman |
Deneberg |
Haredi Rabbi from New York |
|
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Professor |
Arlington |
Professor of French language - examiner from the institute. |
|
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Mrs |
Beckstein |
Bernard and Debora Lebrun's housekeeper |
|
|
Mr |
Bell |
Physics teacher |
|
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Ms |
Dent |
Part time cleaner at the Priory |
|
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Dr |
Greenlay |
University Tutor in French - examiner from the institute. |
|
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Miss |
Grunthorn |
Head of Hort and Ag/Acting Principle |
|
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Professor |
Hendricks |
Luuk's professor/academic tutor |
|
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Madam |
Hurenburg |
Friend of Miss Jenkins who give briefing about criminal orgnisation. |
|
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Mrs |
Krone |
Housekeeper |
|
|
DS |
Lawlan |
Homicide Investigator |
|
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Mrs |
Lee |
.Arthur's adoptive/ foster mother; wife of John Lee |
|
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Miss |
Leonard |
Physics teacher |
|
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Mr |
Peters |
Owner of the Peters' Yard - the boat yard next to the Hamden Yard. |
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Doctor |
Porter |
Architectural Historian at County Museum. |
|
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Mr |
Spragg |
Johnny's metalwork teacher |
|
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Professor |
Stuurman |
Professor at Luuk's university |
|
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Mr |
Taunton |
Johnny's maths teacher |
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De heer |
Wilhelm |
Dutch media mogel. Owns TV stations and film production companies. |
|
|
Duke of Dunlavin |
Owner of yacht used to smuggle Jewish diamond cutters out of Holland during WW 2. |
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