Finders Keepers characters

Appears from the start

A celebrated but reclusive novelist whose best-known creation is the rebellious Jimmy Gold. In 1978, long after withdrawing from publication, he is confronted at home by masked intruders who believe he has betrayed that character and who want the unpublished notebooks kept in his safe.

Appears from the start

A young reader consumed by John Rothstein's Jimmy Gold novels. In 1978 he leads a burglary at the writer's home, driven as much by rage over the fictional character's later life as by the money in Rothstein's safe. His willingness to kill makes him the immediate threat behind the robbery.

Also known as Pete

First appears in chapter 2

The teenage son of Tom and Linda Saubers. Intelligent, protective of his younger sister, and sensitive to his family's financial strain, he lives near the site where Morris Bellamy once concealed the proceeds of the Rothstein robbery.

First appears in chapter 2

Pete and Tina's father. He suffers serious injuries at the City Center job fair when Brady Hartsfield drives a car into the waiting crowd. His pain, unemployment, and medical expenses place the Saubers family under severe pressure.

First appears in chapter 2

Pete and Tina's mother, struggling with her husband Tom's injuries and the family's loss of financial security. The strain on her marriage and household helps explain Pete's determination to find a way to help without adding to his parents' burdens.

First appears in chapter 2

Pete's younger sister. She worries about the conflict and secrecy within the Saubers household and becomes an important link between her brother's troubles and people able to investigate them.

Also known as Andy

First appears in chapter 3

An acquaintance of Morris Bellamy who shares his knowledge of John Rothstein's work and has experience dealing in collectible books. His interest in rare literary material gives Morris a possible route into the market for Rothstein's papers.

Also known as Kermit William Hodges

First appears in chapter 10

A retired police detective who now runs a small investigative business called Finders Keepers with Holly Gibney. Having survived Brady Hartsfield's campaign of murder, he remains alert to the damage radiating from the City Center massacre.

First appears in chapter 10

Bill Hodges's investigative partner at Finders Keepers. Careful, persistent, and skilled at tracing facts other people overlook, she has grown more independent since helping Hodges stop Brady Hartsfield.

First appears in chapter 10

A college student and close friend of Bill Hodges. He helped Hodges confront Brady Hartsfield and still assists with Finders Keepers when home, while his younger sister Barbara knows Tina Saubers.

First appears in chapter 11

Jerome's younger sister and Tina Saubers's friend. Tina trusts her enough to share concerns about Pete, giving Barbara a reason to seek help from Hodges and Holly.

First appears in chapter 12

The hospitalized mass murderer whose attack at City Center injured Tom Saubers and whose later plot brought Bill Hodges, Holly Gibney, and Jerome Robinson together. He appears unresponsive after the severe head injury Holly inflicted while stopping him.