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Book cover of How to Solve Your Own Murder
How to Solve Your Own MurderKristen PerrinCastle Knoll Files, book 1

Characters in How to Solve Your Own Murder

6 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Annie Adams (Castle Knoll Files)

    Aspiring mystery writer and great-niece of Frances Adams; investigates Frances's murder in present-day Castle Knoll.

Supporting characters

  • Frances Adams

    Wealthy, reclusive great-aunt whose 1965 fortune-telling prediction of her own murder comes true nearly sixty years later.

  • Emily Sparrow

    One of Frances's two teenage best friends in 1965 Castle Knoll; her decades-old disappearance is the case entwined with Frances's murder.

  • Detective Rowan Crane

    Local Castle Knoll police detective investigating Frances's murder; becomes an ally to Annie.