Devil's Way - Characters

 SPOILERS!!!

These are the characters in this novel.

Regular characters in the series:

• Kate Marshall (47) is the main character. Nineteen years ago she was a detective, investigating the murders of young women killed at the hands of a criminal, named the Nine Elms cannibal. Her boss then was Peter Conway, and she had an affair with him. Kate discovered that Peter Conway was the cannibal, and he almost killed her when he realised she had discovered the truth.  After that, during the trial it was discovered that she had had an affair with the murderer. Things went from bad to worse because she lost her job, and then she discovered that she was pregnant with Peter’s baby. It was too late to have a termination, and Kate had the baby even though she was terrified. Yet, she fell in love with Jake as soon as she had him in her arms. After that, she had drinking problems, and as a consequence, her parents filed for custody of Jake, and they won. After working at a university for some years, Kate decided to start her own detective agency and Tristan agreed to be her partner. Kate also manages the caravan park and shop which her friend Myra left her in her will.
• Tristan Harper (27) was Kate’s assistant at university, and now he is her partner in the detective agency. He and Kate are also good friends. Tristan now has his own flat. Tristan is gay, but he is not seeing anyone.
• Jake Marshall (21) is Kate’s son. He is now at university in America. 
• Ade Merton (55) is Tristan’s friend. He used to be a police officer, but left the force when he was attacked and suffered from post-traumatic disorder. Ade is gay, and he and Tristan met regularly. When Ade made a pass at Tristan, and the latter turned him down, Ade was upset. In this book they sort out their issues when Tristan goes to find him to ask for his help in the case. Ade was the policeman who responded to the call of Charlie's family. 
• Sarah Harper (28) is Tristan’s sister. She doesn’t like Kate because she thinks her brother shouldn’t be working for her. Sarah now has a baby boy. 
• Alan Hexham is the forensic pathologist who helps Kate in her investigations.
• Gary is Sarah’s husband. He is the manager at the bank where both he and Sarah work.
• Leo is Gary and Sarah's nine-month-old son. 
• Glenn is Tristan’s tenant.
• Glenda Marshall is Kate’s mother.
• Michael Marshall is Kate’s father.
• Myra was Kate’s sponsor and neighbour. She owned the surfing shop next door to Kate’s, but she was diagnosed with a cancer and died. Myra left Kate everything she owned, that is, her apartment, shop and caravan park.
• Peter Conway is the serial murderer who got Sarah pregnant in 1995. Back then he had a double life, police inspector and murderer. When Kate discovered the truth and stopped him, he was sentenced to life. At present he is in a psychiatrist prison.
• Enid Conway is Peter’s mother. Because of her cooperation with the copycat murder, she is now serving three years in prison

Characters in this book:

• Jean Julings (55) is the woman whose grandson went missing eleven years ago. They were camping on Dartmoor and she stepped out of the tent for a smoke, and then Charlie was nowhere to be seen. Jean meets Kate in hospital after Kate almost drowned, and when Jean learned that Kate was a private investigater, she hired to find her son.
• Charlie Julings was Jean's grandson. He went missing eleven years ago. After Kate's investigation it was discovered that he wandered off and was found by Libby Hartley, who lived on the farm nearby. Libby had lost her son and buried him on the property, and decided to have Charlie as his replacement.
• Becky Julings was Charlie's mother. After Charlie's disappearance she went off the rails and led a life ruled by drugs and alcohol. When Charlie was declared dead, she committed suicide.
• Joel Mansfiel was Charlie's father. Joel and Becky separated after their son went missing, and Joel married later and has two daughters.
• Steve Dexter is Jean's solicitor.
• Sadie Dexter is Steve's mother and a very good friend of Jean's. She is very supportive of her.
• Anna Treadwell is a social worker who eleven years ago thought that Charlie should be removed from Jean's household. Anna was murdered shortly after Charlie disappeared.
• Maureen Cook was the woman who led the writing club Anna belonged to. Maureen claimed to have written a story about a woman burying a child under a tree, which led Kate to discover the truth. In reality Maureen took that story from the documents she found in Anna's bag, but in reality the one who wrote that story was Libby Hartley.
• Libby Hartley lived in the farm near the place Charlie had disappeared. Libby's son, David, had died, allegedly in a domestic accident and she buried him on the farm. Libby found Charlie when he wandered off, and she decided to keep the boy as if he were hers. 
• Steve Hartley is the man who lived on the farm near the place Charlie went missing. At the end of the book he is arrested alongside his wife, because he was complicit to his wife keeping Charlie as her own.
• DCI Ken Harris is the detective who reopened the case after Kate brougth her suspicions to the police.
• David Hartley was Libby and Steve's son. He died in a tragic domestic accident and his mother buried him on the farm. 
• DAisy Harley is Libby and Steve's daughter. When Charlie/David returns to his genuine family, she is welcomed to them as her parents are in prison.