Jacqueline Kirby - Characteres
Jacqueline Kirby -
Jake (never Jackie) is not your stereotypical librarian*. An intelligent, glamorous, and
flambouyant woman of mystery (whatever did happen to Mr. Kirby, and where are her
children?) whose passion for reference work (finding the answers to seemingly unanswerable
questions) and natural talent combine to make her an excellent detective. No matter what
the situation, she always gets her man.
Frank Acton - Fiancee of Elizabeth Ponsonby-Jones, in the
Ricardian society he plays the role of Edward of Lancaster. [Murders of Richard III]
Thomas Carter - Professorial friend of Jacqueline's, who
teaches at a university in Britain. In the Ricardian society founded by Weldon, he plays
Duke of Clarence, brother to King Richard II. [Murders of Richard III]
Jack Carter - Author of spy/thriller novels. [Naked Once
More]
Michael Casey - Artist studing at the Institute of Art and
Archaeology in Rome. (Seventh Sinner)
Ronald Craig
(Sr., Jr., III) - Attorney(s) in Pine Grove who handled Kathleen Darcy's estate.
Jr. considers himself a bit of a ladies man. [Naked Once More]
Lady Isobel Crawford - Author of The Gallant Young King, a
novel about Richard III, in the Ricardian society she plays Elizabeth Woodville. [Murders
of Richard III]
Dubretta Dubrenstein - Acid tongued and poisoned penned columnist
for the Daily Blank. [Die for Love]
Mrs. Darcy -
Kathleen Darcy's selfish, and seemingly slightly derranged mother. [Naked Once More]
Kathleen Darcy - Author of Naked in
the Ice, who disappeared under mysterious circumstances, and was declared dead after
she had been missing for seven years. [Naked Once More]
St. John Darcy - Kathleen Darcy's half
brother and former business manager, who has the unfortunate fate of resembling a toad. [Naked
Once More] Sherri Darcy - Kathleen Darcy's younger sister, who resents the fact
that Kathleen left. [Naked Once More]
Christopher Dawley - One of Jacqueline's
literary agents, a "quiet man of conservative habits and attire." [Naked Once
More]
Donald Ellis - Pastor in the Church of
England, in the Ricardian society he plays the role of Edward IV. [Murders of Richard
III]
Hattie Foster - Aunt Hattie (as she
likes to call herself) is an agent representing the three top selling romance writers,
Valerie Valentine, Valerie Vanderbilt, and Victor von Damm. With "the motherly
instincts of a black widow spider," her business tactics are questionable at best. [Die
for Love]
Lieutenant Guido Di Cavallo - An agente
of the Questura in Rome. Handsome, suave, and distinguished, with wide-set dark
eyes, dark hair streaked with silver near the temples, and a profile suited to classical
Roman statuary. (Seven Sinners)
Albert Gebara - Historian studying
Christian Saints at the Institute for Art and Architechture in Rome. (Seventh Sinner)
Bill Hoggenboom - Former sherrif and
current town gossip of Pine Grove. [Naked Once More]
Brunnhilde Karlsdottir - Author of
romance novels set in the Bronze, Iron, and Dark ages. [Naked Once More]
Major General Sir Archibald Kent -
Former military man, in the Ricardian society he plays the Role of the Duke of Buckingham.
Of all the members of the society, he alone claims that Richard did murder his nephews as
a strategic policy to prevent rebellion. [Murders of Richard III]
Mollie and Tom Kyle - Proprieter and
chef at the Mountain Laurel Inn in Pine Grove.
Lucifer - Large, bushy, black tomcat
with an attitude. [Naked Once More]
Susan Moberly - Sixth-grade
schoolteacher and novice romance writer who has just finished her first novel, Dark
Night of Loving. [Die for Love]
Patrick O'Brien - Homocide detective
with the New York Police Force. (Die for Love and Naked Once More)
O'Hagan/Nigel Strangeways - Member of an
American Ricardian society, infiltrating Weldon's society under false pretences. [Murders
of Richard III]
Mrs. Ponsonby-Jones - Cousin of Sir
Richard Weldon, mother of Percy Ponsonby-Jones and Elizabeth Ponsonby-Jones. In the
Ricardian society, she plays the role of Queen Anne. [Murders of Richard III]
Elizabeth Ponsonby-Jones - An attractive
young woman who plays the role of Elizabeth of York in the Ricardian society. [Murders
of Richard III]
Percival Ponsonby-Jones - An offensive,
precocious brat of a boy, who plays the role of Edward V in the Ricardian Society. [Murders
of Richard III]
John Rawdon - A doctor with a likeness
to Abraham Lincoln and a penchant for natural foods, in the Ricadian society he plays King
Henry IV. [Murders of Richard III]
Phillip Rohan - Professional actor, in
the Ricardian society he plays the role of Hastings. [Murders of Richard III]
Laurie Schellhammer - A troubled teen
whose weight problem is the least of her worries. [Die for Love]
Andy and Ann Scoville - Brother and
Sister studying at the Institute of Art and Archaeology in Rome. Andy is studying
archaeology while Ann is a sculptor. Their father is the famous archaeologist Samuel
Scoville. (Seventh Sinner)
Sarah Saunders - Assistant to literary
agent Booton Stokes. [Naked Once More]
Laurie Smith - Emotionally needy sister
of Kathleen Darcy. [Naked Once More]
Paul Spencer - Former boyfriend of
Kathleen Darcy. [Naked Once More]
Booton Stokes - Literary agent
responsible for locating an author to write the sequel to the popular Naked in the Ice.
[Naked Once More]
Jean Suttman - Student of medieval art
history, working on her thesis at the Institute or Art and Archaeology in Rome. (Seventh
Sinner)
Mrs. Swenson - A rather deaf elderly
lady who visits Pine Grove (hometown of Kathleen Darcy) on a regular basis. Or is she? [Naked
Once More]
Valerie Valentine - Known to her fans as
"The Queen of Love." Exteremly popular and beautiful romance writer. But can
someone so self-absorbed really be the author of those wonderful romance novels? [Die
for Love]
Valerie Vanderbilt - Also known as Jean
Frascatti - mild mannered professor of English by day, author of torrid romance novels by
night. [Die for Love]
Victor von Damm - Also known as Joe
Kirby (no relation to Jacqueline). Hunky romance writer over whom many gray-haired laidies
swoon. But does he really write the novels, or are they ghost written by bored Brooklyn
housewives? [Die for Love]
Sir Richard Weldon - Founder and
president of a Ricardian society. He claims to be descended from one of Richard III's
illegitimate children. [Murders of Richard III]
James Whittier - Professor of English,
and head of the English Department at Whittier College, on of Jacqueline's romantic
interests. [Die for Love]
Jan Wilson - Proprietier of Betty's
Books in Pine Grove. A huge fan of Kathleen Darcy, she decided to settle in Pine Grove
after she was injured in a horrific automobile accident. [Naked Once More]
Padre Jose Ximenez - Jesuit Priest
studying stained glass design at the Institute of Art and Archaelology in Rome. (Seventh
Sinner)
Ted - Isreali student of archaeology at
the Institute for Art and Archaeology in Rome. (Seventh Sinner)
Dana - English student at the Institute
for Art and Arcaheology in Rome. (Seventh Sinner)
* I am allowed to say this, being a library professional and perfectly aware of
how much we all hate the stereotype.

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