Meet the Cast
The Continental Op
Our narrator, the nameless Continental Op, is a man shrouded in mystery. He hails from San Francisco and works for the Continental Detective Agency as a private eye investigator, sure, but that's j...
Dinah Brand
Dinah Brand is a femme fatale for sure, but she also manages to break that mold. What's a femme fatale, you ask? It's a French term meaning deadly woman. A femme fatale is attractive, aggressive an...
Chief Noonan
The Chief of Police in Personville is as corrupt as they come. He's on good terms with Lew Yard, and on bad terms with Whisper Thaler. In fact, Noonan seems to make it his personal goal in life to...
Max "Whisper" Thaler
Max is nicknamed Whisper because there's something wrong with his throat so he can only speak in a whisper. He owns a gambling joint, but we aren't given much back story on him beyond that. Out of...
Gangsters
Pete the FinnPete's a bootlegger and one of the four main gangsters competing for control over Personville. We're given very little information about Pete. All we know is that Elihu had hired him a...
The Willssons
Elihu Willsson Elihu (a.k.a, the "Czar of Poisonville") is the father of the murdered Donald Willsson. He's a hot-tempered forty-year-old man who owns every important business in Personville. Durin...
Minor Characters
Bob MacSwainMacSwain is an ex-cop, who now gambles away his money. He's at the center of a cover-up involving Noonan's brother, Tim. It was believed that Tim had committed suicide, but in fact he h...