Characters in The Searcher

Cal Hooper

A retired Chicago police detective who moves to a small village in the west of Ireland hoping for a quiet retirement, until a young neighbor draws him into investigating a disappearance.

Also in The Hunter, The Keeper

Trey Reddy

A local teenager from the Reddy family who persuades Cal to investigate the disappearance of an older brother, Brendan, and who Cal takes under his wing.

Also in The Hunter, The Keeper

Brendan Reddy

Trey's older brother, a teenager who has vanished from the village before the novel begins; his disappearance sets Cal's investigation in motion.

Mart Lavin

Cal's talkative, sharp-eyed neighbor in Ardnakelty, who knows the village's history and its unspoken rules better than anyone.

Lena Dunne

A fiercely independent widow, Noreen's sister, who keeps the books for a local stable and becomes Cal's closest confidante in the village.

Also in The Hunter

Sheila Reddy

Trey and Brendan's mother, worn down by poverty and years of local gossip, guarded around outsiders but protective of her children.