Cast of Characters
Brogan Cole —CEO of Brinell Steel. Daughter of Rory Rossum Cole, legendary rock star.
Lucien Sutter —Artisan and local furniture maker, an all-around handyman.
Rory Rossum Cole —Brogan’s rock star father, frontman and singer for the band Indigo. Rory was murdered in his studio while he worked on new material.
Graeme Sutter —Father of Lucien, lead guitarist for the band Indigo.
Big Jack Milliken —Was head of security for Rory Rossum Cole and the band Indigo. Now owns a security company in Los Angeles.
Maeve Calico —Rory’s long-time housekeeper and Brogan’s surrogate mother. Left Pelican Pointe to live with her former lover Jack Milliken.
Austin Stratton —A veterinarian graduate student at UC Davis who is struggling financially. As part of their extended family, Brogan and Lucien pay for his education.
Nigel Brighton —Drummer for the band Indigo.
Gordon Mayer —Keyboard player for the band Indigo.
Sloane Cole —Rory’s fifth wife. Brogan’s stepmother. Murder victim.
Milo Lomax —Sloane’s son from a previous marriage. Brogan’s stepbrother.
Felicia Watts —Graeme’s Irish cook. Lucien’s surrogate mother and Maeve’s younger sister.
Kate Ashcroft —Lucien’s society-driven mother.
Cordelia Brinell Gregson —Brogan’s grandmother, Delia, lives in Connecticut.
Beckett Callahan —Ex-Navy SEAL, co-owner of Terra Search & Recovery.
Colleen “Kelly” Ecklund —Former professor of biology at Redwood State University. When she’s not working to preserve Sandpiper Marsh and Smuggler’s Bay, she’s helping Beckett at Terra Search & Recovery.
Birch “Birk” Callahan —Ex-Navy SEAL, brother to Beckett, co-owner of Terra Search & Recovery.
Jade Weingarten —True-crime blogger, Birk’s girlfriend from Santa Cruz, now lives in Pelican Pointe.
Ewan Campbell —Pilot at Flying High, a charter air service.
Blake Hartnett —Co-pilot at Flying High.
Abby Bonner —Owner of the Snip N Curl.
Tess Knightley —Stylist at the Snip N Curl.
Brent Cody —Chief of Police.
Eastlyn Parker —Pelican Pointe PD.
Colt Del Rio —Pelican Pointe PD.
Cooper Jennings Richmond —Owner of Layne’s Trains and Eastlyn’s husband.
Patrick Murphy —Mayor of Pelican Pointe, owner of Murphy’s Market.
Paula Bretton —Owner of The Perky Pelican, a coffee shop next door to the bookstore.
Daniel Cardiff —Owner of an ice cream parlor called Vanilla Bean Machine.
Seth Larrabee —New minister at the Community Church.
Ophelia Moore —Daycare director at the Community Church, wife of Seth.
Theo Woodsong —New cop from Seattle who joins the Pelican Pointe PD.
Carla Vargas —Social worker, longtime girlfriend of Patrick Murphy.
Debbie Bronski —Cashier at Murphy’s Market.
Trish Vosberg —Works for the Sheriff’s Department
Savannah Quinn —New resident in Pelican Pointe