Bag of Bones
Characters in Bag of Bones
8 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Mike Noonan
A bestselling novelist and the book's narrator, blocked for years after his wife's sudden death, who retreats to his lake house in western Maine.
Antagonists
Max Devore
An elderly, immensely wealthy man with the town in his pocket, who wants custody of his granddaughter Kyra.
Rogette Whitmore
Max Devore's personal assistant, who carries out his side of the fight over Kyra.
Supporting characters
Mattie Devore
A young widow and mother of three-year-old Kyra, whom Mike befriends while she fights her wealthy father-in-law for custody.
Jo Noonan
Mike's wife, whose sudden death opens the story and leaves him unable to write; her absence shapes everything he does at the lake.
Kyra Devore
Mattie's three-year-old daughter, the child at the centre of the custody fight with her grandfather.
Sara Tidwell
A blues singer from the town's past whose ghost haunts Mike's lake house, called Sara Laughs.
John Storrow
The custody lawyer Mike hires to represent Mattie against Max Devore.