Kate Brennan
The reporter for the Palm Beach Gazette who is the novel’s narrator. She is swept into Lena Clarke’s life and begins to unravel the mystery surrounding her work in the post office, and her dabbling in the supernatural and the occult.
Lena Clarke
The 35 year-old postmaster of West Palm Beach. She lives with her parents and older sister in a mysterious house in West Palm Beach. She works in her church and in the Red Cross, but her secret double life was unknown to the residents of West Palm Beach.
Maude Clarke – Lena Clarke’s older sister.
Reverend Almon T. Clarke – Lena Clarke’s father, a retired minister.
Marietta W. Clarke – Lena Clarke’s mother, temperance movement leader.
Herbert Curling – Editor and owner of the Palm Beach Gazette Newspaper.
Charlie Harris – The copy editor of the Palm Beach Gazette.
Caroline Huston – Kate Brennan’s friend.
Bess Fisher – Kate Brennan’s friend.
Jim Keene – Lena Clarke’s employee, a mail carrier.
Frank Kelly – Palm Beach Gazette Reporter.
Fred Miltimore – Lena Clarke’s employee, a mail carrier.
Edith Jensen – Lena Clarke’s employee, a postal clerk.
Baxter Patterson – Auto Mechanic.
Jack Royles – Reporter for the International News Syndicate.