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Rusty Sabich

He is a highly successful lawyer of about forty years old, he is chief deputy prosecuting attorney of Kindle County when the novel opens.

Carolyn Polhemus

She is more than forty years old, but remains extraordinarily beautiful in a rather stereotypical way with a buxom and fit figure and a cascade of golden hair.

Raymond Horgan

He is the county's prosecuting attorney, a big, bluff, and canny man who projects a powerful sense of presence.

Barbara Berstein

She is Rusty's wife and the mother of their son who goes back to college after the birth of her son to get a doctorate in math.

Sandy Stern

An Argentinian Jew and a Spanish gentlemen, he is an elegant, erudite, courtly, soft-spoken, and beautifully manicured attorney.

Dan Lipranzer

He is an upstanding cop, with no time for colleagues who are bullies, bigots, or on the take.

Larren Lyttle

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