The Running Grave
Characters in The Running Grave
7 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Cormoran Strike
War veteran and private detective who takes the case of a young man inside a Norfolk religious group.
Also in The Cuckoo's Calling, The Silkworm, Career of Evil, Lethal White, Troubled Blood, The Ink Black Heart, The Hallmarked Man
Robin Ellacott
Strike's business partner, who goes undercover inside the Universal Humanitarian Church under a false identity.
Also in The Cuckoo's Calling, The Silkworm, Career of Evil, Lethal White, Troubled Blood, The Ink Black Heart, The Hallmarked Man
Antagonists
Jonathan Wace
Founder and leader of the Universal Humanitarian Church.
Supporting characters
Will Edensor
The young man living on the church's farm whom his father hires the agency to bring home.
Sir Colin Edensor
Retired civil servant who hires Strike and Robin to extract his son from the church.
Mazu Wace
Wife of the church's founder and a senior figure within it.
Becca Pirbright
High-ranking member of the church whom Robin meets while undercover.