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In My Dreams I Hold a Knife

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In My Dreams I Hold a KnifeAshley Winstead

Characters in In My Dreams I Hold a Knife

7 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Jessica Miller

    The narrator: a ruthlessly ambitious alumna picking at the gaps in her own memory of the night Heather died.

Supporting characters

  • Heather Shelby

    The wealthy, magnetic member of the East House Seven whose unsolved murder in senior year drives both timelines.

  • Caroline Rodriguez

    Called Caro. Jessica's loyal college best friend, who wants nothing more than to belong.

  • Mark Minter

    Called Mint. The golden prince of campus and Jessica's college boyfriend.

  • Brandon Cooper

    Called Coop. The group's resident bad boy and Jessica's former lover.

  • Francis Kekoa

    Called Frankie. Duquette's football star, carrying the weight of his family's expectations.

  • Jack Carroll

    Heather's boyfriend, an Eagle Scout with devoutly religious parents, and the one the others blamed for her death.

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