Stephanie Plum - Semi-successful bounty hunter, part time jogger, and junk food connoisseur. Notable quote: "There's a small possibility that I might be a murder suspect"

Vinnie - Vincent Plum. Stephanie's cousin, and proprietor of Vincent Plum Bail Bonding Company. Sexual lunatic. Notable quote: "Hey. I know dirty."

Ranger - One very bad bounty hunter. Bad meaning ultracool. Notable quote: "You should see me work my magic in leather"

Uncle Mo - Moses Bedemier. Burg fixture and historic treasure. He owns an ice cream and penny candy store. He was recently busted for carrying concealed and then missed his court date.

Mo Barnes - Another bounty hunter in the employ of Vincent Plum.

Connie Rosolli - Vinnie's office manager and junk yard dog.

Lula - Former hooker turned file clerk. Budding assistant bounty hunter. Notable quote: "Hell. I can delicate your ass off."

Uncle Sandor - He left his '53 powder blue Buick to his sister, Stephanie's Grandma Mazur, when he went to the nursing home recently.

Sal Fiorello - Owner of Fiorello's Deli, next door to Vinnie's office.

Mrs. Steeger - Stephanie's third grade teacher. She lives next door to Uncle Mo.

Harry Whitehead - Another of Uncle Mo's neighbors.

Dorothy Rostowski - Another of Uncle Mo's neighbors.

Steve Olmney - Trenton police officer who went to school with Stephanie.

Uncle Mo's Sister - Lives on Staten Island.

Norma - Stephanie's friend at the DMV.

Benny Gaspick - Wet-behind-the-ears Trenton police officer who picked up Uncle Mo on a carrying concealed charge.

Carl Costanza - A good friend of Stephanie's, now a Trenton police officer. They took communion together.

Tom Gates - Burg resident who was recently arrested for spitting in the social security line.

Helen Plum - Stephanie's mother. Mistress of spice cake. Notable quote: "Your cousin Maureen just got a job at the button factory. They're probably still hiring."

Grandma Mazur - Stephanie's always funny, often scary grandmother. Notable quote: "Its always nice to have a stud muffin at the table."

Myra Biablocki - A Burg gossip.

Emma Rodgers - Another Burg gossip.

Maureen - Stephanie's cousin. She recently got a job at the button factory.

Eleanor - A gossip who is ridiculed by Grandma Mazur for her dirty windows.

Joe Morelli - Lean-hipped, hard muscled Plainclothes cop. He and Stephanie have a bit of a history.

Mrs. Turkevich - Burg resident who does some shopping at Fiorello's.

Sue Ann Grebek - Acquaintance of Stephanie's who knows everything about everyone, and loves to spread the word.

Bunny - Stephanie's cousin who works at the credit bureau.

Stuart Bagget - Kid who shot up some cars with his air rifle and "forgot" to show up at his court date. Notable quote: "You can't put cuffs on Mr. Cluck! What will the kids think?"

Frank Plum - Stephanie's father. American car fanatic.

Eddie Rosenberg - Stuart Bagget's boss.

Midgie - Lula's neighbor, who once had a cat get stuck in the engine of her car.

Jackie - Lula's friend and former co-worker. Her old man has gone missing, along with her Chrysler.

Cameron Brown - AKA Maggot. Jackie's old man. A minor player in the Trenton drug scene.

Freddy the Frog, Little Lionel - Trenton denizens who were known to associate with Uncle Mo.

Mr. Kleinschmidt - Resident of Stephanie building. He owns a M-16.

Jeanine - Stephanie's cousin who works at the post office.

Linda Shantz, Loretta Beeber, Margaret Molinowsky - Trenton gossip hounds who Stephanie turns to when she needs some information.

Joyce Barnhardt - Stephanie's arch enemy. She has recently contracted a drug-resistant yeast infection.

Carla - One of Lula's acquaintances, a prostitute that works on Stark Street.

Shorty O - An influential person in the shady side of Trenton.

Mrs. Bagget - Stuart Bagget's worried mother.

Mrs. Bartle - Woman who lives across the street from Uncle Mo.

Eddie Gazarra - Stephanie's second best friend through school, now married to Stephanie's cousin Shirley the Whiner.

Roland Anders - Murder victim whose killer is unknown, although many would say it is Stephanie Plum.

Mr. Wolesky - Stephanie's neighbor across the hall.

Leroy Watkins - FTA who tried to sell dope to a narcotics officer. Also known as Snake for reasons best left unmentioned.

Shirlene - Leroy's lady friend.

Rex - Stephanie's hamster. Silent, supportive friend with a brain the size of a dried pea.

Mrs. Karwatt - Resident of Stephanie's building.

Betty Szajack - Burg resident. She puts olives in her meatloaf and uses soaked bread instead of cracker meal.

Leonard Stankovic - Married to Stephanie's best friend Mary Lou. He works at Stankovic and Sons, Plumbing and Heating.

Mary Lou Stankovic - Formerly Mary Lou Molnar. Stephanie's best friend through childhood. She is now married with two kids and has a part time job bookkeeping for an Oldsmobile dealership.

Mikey Stankoviv - Mary Lou's two year old son.

Mr. Weinstein - Resident of Stephanie's building. He drives a Cadillac.

Joe Echo - Previous owner of an all-night convenience store on Hamilton.

Sam Pei- Current owner of the all-night convenience store on Hamilton. He renamed it The American Store.

Arty Boyt - Resident of Stephanie's building.

Gillian Wurtzer - Kid who lives across the street from Uncle Mo. Stephanie convinces her to help out with a little surveillance.

Mrs. Bestler - Resident of Stephanie's building.

Mr. Paglionne - Resident of Stephanie's building.

Stanley Larkin - Average guy who is suspected of harboring Uncle Mo.

Mrs. Greer - Woman who stated that she had seen Uncle Mo associating with Stanley Larkin.

Elsie Farnsworth - Friend of Grandma Mazur. She saw Mo at the chicken place, buying a bucket of extra spicy

Mavis Rheinhart - Friend of Grandma Mazur. She saw Uncle Mo at Giovachinni's Market.

"Crazy" Jim Katts -man who used to live in the attic of the building across the street from Lula's place.

Gail - Woman who recently moved into the building across from Lula.

Elliot Harp - AKA Harpoon. He recently broke up with Gail. "Middle Management" in the Trenton drug scene.

Tony the Vig - Man was found hanging in his attic, making for a memorable Burg anecdote.

Earl Forster - One of Ranger's FTAs. He robbed a liquor store, shot a man in the foot, and jumped a $300,000 bond.

Bugs - The Gazarra family's pet rabbit.

Gus Balog - Eddie Gazarra's next door neighbor.

Aunt Rose - Morelli's recently deceased aunt. She left him her house.

Uncle Sallie - Aunt Rose's husband. He passed away ten years before she did.

Mary - Morelli's sister.

Arnie Rupp - Supervisor of the violent crimes squad at the Trenton police department.

Mickey Maglio - Robbery detective in the major crimes division of the Trenton police department.

Dillon Ruddick - Superintendant of Stephanie's building. All-around nice guy.

Manny Russo - Burg ruffian.

Benny - One of Ranger's associates.

Mrs. Molinowsky - Burg resident.

Joyce - Mrs. Molinowsky's niece.

Marjorie - Stephanie's cousin.

Mrs. Bartle - Woman who lives up the street from Uncle Mo.

Ernie - Service manager at Blue Ribbon Used Cars, where Stephanie bought her little blue Nissan pickup.

Slick - Mechanic at Blue Ribbon Used Cars.

Dickie Orr - Stephanie's ex-husband. Horse's ass. Lawyer at Kreiner and Kreiner.

Bucky Seidler - Excellent mechanic that Morelli and Stephanie knew in high school. Best known for setting a bunch of rats loose in the girls' locker room.

Mallory - Uniformed cop with a reputation for roughing up uncooperative suspects. His wife cheated on him with Dickie Orr.

Aunt Eleanor - Stephanie's aunt. She had a stroke and now she calls everyone Tootsie and color her hair with her lipstick.

Fred - Grandma Mazur's new boyfriend.

Mr. Wexler - Resident of Stephanie's building.

Mr. Alexander - Proprietor of a beauty parlor where Stephanie gets her hair done.

Cleo - A stylist at Mr. Alexander's beauty parlor who is wonderful with color.

Mrs. Delgado - Resident of Stepahnie's building. She owns a blue steel Glock with "sidekick" rubber grips.

Myra Balog - Went to high school with Stephanie. She went steady with Larry Skolnik.

Larry Skolnik - Went to high school with Stephanie. He was known as a major dork. Now works at his father's dry cleaning store on lower Hamilton.

Desmond - A guy known to Uncle Mo and Larry Skolnik.

Biggie Zaremba - Burg resident rumored to have had a vasectomy.

Bebe LaTouch - Actress in the adult film industry.

Jamal Brousse - Trenton drug dealer.