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These are the characters in the book for further reference:
- Billy Wheatley (Ben Austin) (11) is the narrator in the novel. He is a precocious child who wants to be a scientist when he grows up. Billy lives with his father on an island, and he tells us that his mother was a nurse who was killed in a car accident when she was returning home from hier shift at the hospital. Billy is very curious and inquisitive. When he tries to investigate the disappearance of Olivia Curran, he gets into a trouble when the police discover what he has done. That leads to the police finding out that his father ran away with him after he was accused of killing his baby sister and tried to kill his mother, Christine. It is thanks to Billy that he and his father save their lives when the murderess tries to kill them as he warns the police by leaving a message about where they are.
- Sam Wheatley/Jamie Stone is Billy's father. He manages the vacation cottages and loves surfing. Sam has a big secret. Ten years ago he ran away with his son when he found that his girlfriend had killed his daughter, Eva, because she was suffering from postpartum depression. Then her family accused him, so he had to escape. Now he has to run away because he is accused of killing Olivia. Emily, the murderess, who he started a relationship with, shoots him but he survives.
- Detective Jessica West is a main character in the novel. She recently promoted to detective, and she was sent to the island as extra staff for the Olivia Curran case. Jessica West broke up with her boyfriend, Matthew, and on the last day she is supposed to be on the island she sleeps with her partner Rogers. Yet, she and Rogers remain when the case keeps active. It is her who discover new evident that leads her to Emily. She is wounded when Emily shoots her.
- Detective Oliver Rogers is the detective Jessica partners with. He is divorced and he and Jessica get close.
- Emily Franklin is the murderess. She is the waitress at a local café and is also studying marine biology. She kills Olivia Curran when she see her with her boyfriend.. Emily then tries to incriminate Sam and she seduces him. And then when the police are after him and he shows up at her home, she fears that he will put her at risk, so she decides to kill Sam and Billy. Yet, she is arrested by the police after she shoots Billy and Jessica.
- Chief Larry Collins is the boss of the police.
- Lieutenant Langley is the officer in charge of the case.
- Olivia Curran (16) is the girl who is murdered. She went to the island on holiday, and when she and her family went to the club party, she disappeared. The thing is that she and a local safeguard got together that night and his girlfriend saw them and attacked her, killing her.
- Philip Foster is the local man who Billy starts to investigate because he thinks he kidnapped Olivia. Mr Foster has a limp and Billy saw him outside the club the night of the disappearance. Billy leaves a camera to record his yard, and he discovers footage of a girl who he thinks is Olivia and the next footage shows Foster getting rid of a carpet. This is the information he sends the police. The police discover that it is Billy who sent the information, and they tell him that the girl he saw on the footage was Foster's teenage daughter who visits him at the weekend, and he saw the man outside because he was there with his family. Philip Foster is rumoured to be a pedophile because he had a problem in the school he used be a teacher at. A student known to cause trouble accused him but no charges were brought to him.
- Daniel Hodges is a lifeguard and Emily's boyfriend. He hooks up with Olivia, and that is the reason why Emily kills Olivia.
- Chief Randy Springer is the detective who investigated the murder of Eva Austin ten years ago.
- Christine Austin is Billy/Ben's mother. She is in a clinic as she suffers from postraumatic syndrome. She actually her baby daughter
- Bill Austin is Christine's father and a prominent figure in the city.
- Paul Austin is Christine's brother, and he claims that he found Sam/Jamie trying to kill his sister, and baby Eva was already dead in the lake.
-Eva Austin is Billy's baby sister who was murdered by their mother.
- Jim Matthews is Sam's boss. He owns a hotel and the cottages that Sam manages.
- JOdy Richards (12) is the girl that Billy has a friendly relationship with. They are the last two children on the school bus on the way back home.
- Jared Carter (13) is a boy who bullies Billy.
- William Curran (14) is Olivia's brother.
- Susan Curran is Olivia's mother
- Joseph Curran is Olivia's father.
- Paul Simms is the principal of Billy's school.
- Linda Richards is Jody's mother and she took Billy home the night she disappeared because Sam wanted to stay a bit longer and he didn't have the keys with him as Emily had borrowed his jacket.
- Dr Susan Ribald is Emily's scientist friend, and Billy is doing his research on the hermit crab for her.
- Shane is the surf shop assistant where Sam buys a wetsuit for Billy.
- Big Pete is one of Sam's fellow surfers.
- Karl is in the coast guard and also surfs with Sam.
- Luke Grimwald is Olivia's boyfriend.
- Sarah Donaldson was Jessica West's friend in the swimming team. The girl was assaulted and killed, and that is the reason why Jessica lost interest in swimming and was dropped from the team.
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