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Mike Noonan

He is an independent thirty-six year old novelist who doesn't usually ask for help.

Mattie Devore (nee Stanchfield)

She lives in a double wide trailer on Wasp Hill Road at Dark Score Lake and could pass for a young girl of twelve or fourteen.

Max Devore

Max is eighty-five years old, has been divorced twice, has a daughter who has been declared incompetent mentally and a son who is married to another man.

Johanna (Jo) Noonan (nee Arlen)

She came from a family with five brothers, and her favorite author was W. Somerset Maugham.

Frank Arlen

He is the oldest of five brothers from Malden, Massachusetts. He has red cheeks and is on the portly side.

John Storrow

A lawyer who specializes in custody law, he has red hair, freckles, and "city shins," which are white and bony.

Rogette Whitmore

She is a skinny, elderly woman...

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