Holden's academic colleague who joins him in discussing Karswell's cult and planning the examination of suspect Rand Hobart.
Kelsey is the newspaper’s janitor and a former gardener at the haunted mansion. He encourages Luther Heggs to write about it, secretly stages several supernatural effects, and later admits the deception. He helps Luther expose Nicholas Simmons’s real motive and explains the truth behind the old deaths.
The captain is associated with Griffin and Jack’s sea journey, during which the two work in the galley and earn his favor. Later, as the group returns toward San Francisco, Griffin is summoned to meet the captain. The summary does not provide further details about the captain’s role or what he wants from Griffin.
He gives Mary sleeping tablets while she is exhausted and terrified in prison.
A hunter whom Miles Gilchrist sees refusing to eat with Grant. This encounter illustrates how life and social divisions differ in Africa. The plot summary provides no further actions or relationship between Alec and the other characters.
The local priest for whom Emily works in Ballyconnen. Though reluctant, he sends her to stay with friends in Yorkshire after village women voice jealousy and forebodings about her. His decision moves Emily away from her home and into the next stage of the story.
An IRA comrade captured by British police alongside Patsy. He faces trial in Belfast and becomes a primary objective for Terry and Shinto's rescue operation.
A British traitor captured with his daughter after their aircraft is brought down. He possesses documents supporting an Axis-backed uprising in Egypt and tries to reach the underground telephone cable to warn the Germans about the British attack. An Italian patrol intercepts him, and he is killed before completing the warning.
Michael is Pegeen's father. He is away at a wake while preparations are made to send wedding gifts, then returns with news that permission from the church has arrived and expects Pegeen to marry Shawn that day. When she instead chooses Christy, Michael objects that Christy is a dangerous killer and challenges the proposed match.
Liam Redmond has 61 screen credits in a career dating back to 1946. Signature works include According to the Rules, High Treason, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
