Into the Water
Into the WaterPaula Hawkins
Characters in Into the Water
7 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Jules Abbott
Nel's estranged sister, who returns to Beckford after the death, fears the water and doubts it was suicide.
Supporting characters
Nel Abbott
The single mother found drowned in the Beckford pool, whose death starts the story.
Lena Abbott
Nel's fifteen-year-old daughter, left in Jules's care after her mother's death.
Erin Morgan
A detective sergeant, transferred from London, who investigates the deaths in the pool.
Sean Townsend
A detective inspector who co-leads the investigation and has a tangled personal history with the town.
Helen Townsend
Sean Townsend's wife, whose own point of view is one of the many voices in the novel.
Mark Henderson
A teacher at Lena's school, connected to the earlier death of a teenage girl in the pool.