 Dramatis Personae for the confused, in alphabetical order Amanda - a male English bulldog who likes expensive shoes Bartholemew Larrington - Ira's financially obsessed nephew Diana Goldstein - middle-aged housewife, Xanthia's cousin Donald Reece - Ira's deceased husband Esther Friesner - Vicker's very young wife Gregory Palwick - Ira's transplanted British butler Hadrian Block - mystery editor at Ravenstone Publishing Ira Reece - hostess and famous mystery author Marcus Drenth - literary editor at Ravenstone Publishing Mary Wolfe - the housekeeper Phineas Cronan - late 19th century tycoon Reine Lee - science non-fiction editor at Ravenstone Publishing Stephen Kluger - a German Baron Tabora Kluger - also the Baroness, Ira's childhood friend Tuesday - an Abyssinian cat found in a fisherman's net Vicker Friesner - businessman, Ira's longtime friend Xanthia Greenberg - Ira's personal astrologer © 2002, S. Y. Affolee |