Characters in Snuff

Sam Vimes

On holiday against his will, and discovering that a policeman who is truly committed to justice has no off switch.

Also in Guards! Guards!, Theatre of Cruelty, Men at Arms, Feet of Clay, Jingo, The Fifth Elephant, Night Watch, Thud!, Where's My Cow?, The Last Hero

Lady Sybil Vimes

Sam's wife — her knowledge of the country and its gentry proves essential, and her patience with Sam's inability to relax is considerable.

Also in Guards! Guards!, Men at Arms, Feet of Clay, Jingo, The Fifth Elephant, Night Watch, Raising Steam

Willikins

The Vimes family butler — who turns out to have a considerably more violent past than his position suggests.

Havelock Vetinari

The Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, who sends Vimes off on the countryside holiday.

Also in Guards! Guards!, Men at Arms, Feet of Clay, Jingo, Sourcery, The Fifth Elephant, Night Watch, Thud!, Where's My Cow?, Moving Pictures

Feeney Upshot

The young local chief constable of the Shires who arrests Vimes, then investigates alongside him.

Jethro Jefferson

A local blacksmith who clashes with Vimes and whose disappearance sets the investigation moving.

Felicity Beedle

A children's author living in the Shires who teaches goblin girls to read.

Rust

A nobleman of the Shires who warns Vimes that he has no authority outside Ankh-Morpork.