Character List

Main Characters within the book.

The Poet by Michael Connelly characters

Jack McEvoy - Reporter and Narrator
Sean - Denver PD - Jack’s twin brother
Harold Wexler - Denver PD
Theresa Lofton - Murdered and studied to become a teacher
Sarah - Jack McEvoy’s sister slipped thru ice
Ray St. Louis - Big Dog
Riley - Sean’s wife
Iggy Gomez - Photographer from the Rocky
Van Jackson - Cop shop reporter
Laura Fitzgibbons - University Beat Reporter
Greg Glenn - City Editor
Detective Robert Scalari - Head of Investigation
William Gladden - Took pictures of children on carousel
Laurie Prine - Computer national statistics on occurrences
Skipper - Cop shop source
Captain Forest Grolon - Black Man Patrol Sergeant
Stephen Pena - Park Ranger witness
Dr. Colin Dorschner - Therapist
Dr. Armand Griggs - Psychological Consultant
Rachel Walling - FBI profiler
Rusher - Person Reporting info on Terri at Stanley
Harold Brisbane (Gladden) - Alabama license identified himself
Horace - Taught him at Raiford
Detective Constance Delpy - Exploited Child Unit
Detective Ron Sweetzer - Exploited Child Unit
Arthur Krasner - Bail fee
Mr. Pederson - Caller referred to Krasner
Nathan Ford - FBI director
John Brooks - Chicago Police Detective
Bobby Smathers - 12 year old boy
Dr. Ronald Cantor - Therapy sessions
Lawrence Washington - Detective
Roderick Usher - Edgar Allan Poe’s story
Edgar Allan Poe - Fall of the House of Usher
Doug Pacquin - Boss
Parks - Reported that Sean was dead
Harold Nyberg - Santa Monica municipal judge
Tamara Feinstock - Debuty district attorney
Larry Barnard - Friend who just landed a job at Tribune
Edna - Jack McEvoy’s first girlfriend
Evangeline Crowder - Housekeeper
Mr. Barrs - Manager of housekeeping
Michael Warren - Journalist
Oline Fredrick - Mid-twenties journalist
Bob Backus - FBI Bureau
Bob Backus Sr. - Dad
Hinckley - Shot Reagan
Morris Kotite - Albuquerque detective
Garland Perry - Dallas detective
Clifford Beltran - Sarasota county sheriff’s department
John P. McCafferty - Baltimore police homicide detective
Richard Kidwell - LA Mail Drop
Miguel Arax - 7 year old
Darlene Kugel - Porno movie
Daniel Bledsoe - Baltimore police detective
Susan - McCafferty’s wife
Jerry Liebling - Bledsoe’s fellow detective and defense representative
Polly Amherst - First grade teacher of Hopkins School
The Poet - Serial Killer
Gordon Thorson - Agent involved - Rachel Walling’s husband
Brass - Collating hard copy reports
Bradley Hazelton - Brad - Why The Poet chose Edgar Allan Poe’s poems - Father of Detective Fiction - Mystery Puzzler
Brasilia Doren - Brass - Victim coordinator/profiler
Chuck Smith - Smitty - Agent heading to Dallas
Secondary Victimology - Preliminary
1. Gabriel Ortiz - Sarasota Fl student
2 . Robert Smathers - Chicago student
3. Althea Granadine - Dallas student
4. Manuela Cortez - Albuquerque NM housekeeper
5. Theresa Lofton - Denver CO student
6. Polly Amherst - Teacher
7. Joaquin - 8 year old boy abducted
Bryce Kidder - William Gladden pedophile
Ed Thomas - Found Gladden fingerprints
Charles Hounchell - Hillsborough County prosecutor
Donel Forks - Pillow-case rapist of Orlando
Alan Jannine - Miami surfing champion
Horace Gombel - Las Vegas stage hypnotist
Raymond Gomez - 5 year old son molested by William Gladden
Thompson - Forensic Specialist
Bundy and Mansion - Rachel interviewed them
Matuzak and Mize - FBI agents in Phoenix
William Orsulak - Homicide cop murdered in Phoenix
Jamie Fox - Quntico FBI
Grayson - In charge of Phoenix’s investigation
Jim Beam - Beamer - Orsulak’s partner
Vince Pool - SAC Phoenix
Ted, Steve - Sarasota FL- Beltran’s shot with a rifle - pedophile
Shiela - Baltimore molester of children - Roderick Usher
Thorson and Carter - Little Joaquin case
Mr. Adkins - Watching trailer park kids
Brown and Bayer - Newspaper Rim Rats
Olin Coombs - DigiShot
Mr. Wilton Childs - Paid cash for Camera in full (William Gladden)
Don Sample - Critical Team Leader
Don Clearmountain - Computer Agent
Davis Smith - False Name (William Gladden)
Dante Sherwood - Download Photograph
Joe Perez - Other Computer Agent
Sheedy - Up and Coming Reporter
Harvey Walling - Rachel’s dad
Mo Friedman - Knew that Harvey got what he deserved.
Cooper and Kelley - Held Jack in the room for five hours.

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