The Last Supper - Characters

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SPOILERS!!

These are the characters for futher reference:

Regular characters (or relevant in the series continuity):

• Lara Stone is the main character. She is a journalist and used to work for the "Chronicle" but now she is a free-lance investigative journalist. Lara left the Chronicle  when one of her stories triggered in a libel lawsuit which the newspaper lost. Lara's parents died when she was young, so she grew up with her uncle, aunt and cousin, and she was left enough money to live comfortably for the rest of her life. In the last novel Lara got a note, telling her that her father was alive. Lara's best friend is Alex, and everybody seems to think that they should be together as a couple,  but Lara is reluctant to take a step towards romance fearing to lose her friend. 
• Alex Ford is the deputy editor in the Chronicle. He is also Lara's best friend. Everybody thinks that they should be together romantically, and Alex is relly attracted to her, but like Lara he feels afraid to lose her friend if something romantic happened between them..  Alex dated Alicia, a ambitious woman, for a while, but she cheated on him with Charlie, Lara's cousin. 
• Stella Harris is Lara's assistant. When the investigation department was disbanded, Stella started working at a café owned by a family friend. But then she started to work for Lara free-lance.  Stella is determined, funny and loyal. She grew up in Scotland, and her background is not privileged like Lara's. 
• Darius Allen is the editor in chief of the Chronicle.
• DCI Ian Fox is the dtective who Lara has known through her job for years. 
• Nicholas Avery is the chairman in the Chronicle and Lara's uncle. 
• Olivia Avery is Lara's aunt
• Charlie Avery is Lara's cousin. He has a reputation as a womaniser. He and Alicia had an affair behind Alex's back, and when Alex discoverde the affair, Charlie admitted that the thing with Alicia started as something physical, but he then discovered that he really likes her. 
• Alicia Croft used to be Alex's girlfriend, but they broke up when Alex discovered that she had cheated on him. 
• Terry Ford is Alex's father. He used to have a newsagent's and that is the reason why Alex grew up loving journalism. 
• David Avery is Lara's father. Until now Lara thought he was dead, but at the end of the last book she got a note telling her that her father was alive. 
• Ramona Avery is Lara's late mother.
• Sandrine Legard was Lara's best friend alongside Alex. The three of them met at university. Sandrine worked for Le Figaro in Paris, and in London she was killed. Everybody thought that she had committed suicide, but Lara started investigating and discovered that she had been killed.
• Celine is Alex's PA. 

Characters in this novel:

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