Characters in In the Woods

Rob Ryan

Narrator and Dublin Murder Squad detective, born Adam Ryan, the sole survivor of a 1984 incident in the Knocknaree woods that he cannot remember. He investigates a new murder at the same site.

Cassie Maddox

Rob Ryan's partner and closest friend on the Murder Squad, a former psychology student who works as the squad's profiler.

Also in The Likeness

Sam O'Neill

A veteran Murder Squad detective of several years' standing, with influential political connections, who works the Knocknaree case alongside Ryan and Maddox.

Also in The Likeness

Katy Devlin

Twelve-year-old ballet student from Knocknaree whose murder at the archaeological dig site opens the investigation.

Jessica Devlin

Katy's shy twin sister, a member of the Devlin family the detectives interview as they probe the victim's home life.

Rosalind Devlin

The Devlins' oldest daughter, a teenager the detectives find guarded and manipulative.

Jonathan Devlin

Katy's father, a bank teller who organizes the local campaign against the motorway that threatens the dig site.

Margaret Devlin

Katy's mother, whose family the detectives question in the course of the murder inquiry.

Detective Quigley

Also in Broken Harbor

Superintendent O'Kelly

Also in Broken Harbor

Peter Savage (In the Woods)

Ryan's childhood best friend, one of the two children who vanished in the Knocknaree woods in 1984.

Jamie Rowan (In the Woods)

Ryan's other childhood friend, who disappeared in the Knocknaree woods in 1984 alongside Peter Savage.