Characters in Finders Keepers

Pete Saubers

A teenager who finds the buried trunk of notebooks and cash and uses the money to help his struggling family.

Morris Bellamy

An obsessive fan who kills reclusive author John Rothstein in 1978 to steal his unpublished notebooks, then hunts them after decades in prison.

John Rothstein

A reclusive literary giant, author of the Jimmy Gold trilogy and clearly modeled on J.D. Salinger, murdered at the start of the story.

Bill Hodges

Retired detective from Mr. Mercedes, now running a private investigation agency, who enters the case when Pete asks for help.

Also in End of Watch

Holly Gibney

Hodges's anxious but sharp business partner, who helps him piece together the Saubers case.

Also in Mr. Mercedes, End of Watch, If It Bleeds, Holly, Never Flinch

Jerome Robinson

College student and Hodges's occasional helper who helps the team reach the Saubers family.

Also in Mr. Mercedes

Andy Halliday

A book dealer in debt who learns what Pete has found and tries to profit from it.

Tina Saubers

Pete's younger sister, who suspects where the family's mysterious money is coming from.

Jimmy Gold