Major Characters
- Laura Hunt, a smart and beautiful New York advertiser whose career is thriving.
- Mark McPherson, the young homicide detective assigned to the Laura Hunt (later the Diane Redfern) murder case.
- Waldo Lydecker, an obese middle-aged writer with expensive tastes; Laura's former lover.
- Shelby Carpenter, Laura's fiance, an undistinguished philanderer.
- Diane Redfern, a struggling young model; the actual murder victim.
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