The Brothers Hawthorne characters

Appears from the start

The second Hawthorne brother, precise, self-contained, and used to being the one who fixes things without being asked. He carries what happened to his biological father and the family's decision to bury it, and he goes to Phoenix to make sure the family that man left behind is provided for, intending never to tell them who he is.

Appears from the start

The third Hawthorne brother, addicted to risk and to being tested, and the one member of the family who has never met his own father. When that father turns up wanting his help, Jameson takes the invitation for the same reason he takes every invitation: to find out whether he can win.

Appears from the start

The heir to the Hawthorne fortune, now in control of it and giving it away on her own terms, and Jameson's partner in whatever he decides to gamble on next.

Appears from the start

The oldest Hawthorne brother, the family's steadying influence, uninterested in the money and attached to Libby.

Appears from the start

Avery's older half-sister, who has come a long way from a diner job and a bad boyfriend and is now part of the Hawthorne household in her own right.

Also known as Xander

Appears from the start

The youngest Hawthorne brother, inventor and enthusiast, off pursuing projects of his own while his brothers are abroad and in Arizona.

First appears in chapter 5

One of Sheffield Grayson's twin daughters: disciplined, competitive, and impossible to read, holding her family together by refusing to let any strain show. She gives away nothing about her father, including how much she knows.

First appears in chapter 5

Savannah's twin, relentlessly cheerful and curious about everything, with a habit of talking her way into places she should not be. Once she starts pulling at the question of what happened to her father, she cannot leave it alone.

First appears in chapter 5

Jameson's biological father, an English charmer with expensive habits and a talent for making his own problems sound like someone else's opportunity. He needs something only a private London establishment can grant, and he needs a Hawthorne to win it for him.

First appears in chapter 8

Sheffield Grayson's wife, left with two teenage daughters, a husband who vanished without explanation, and an estate she cannot get at. She is holding a household together on appearances and dwindling resources.

First appears in chapter 15

The factotum of the Devil's Mercy, the young man who runs the club's floor on the proprietor's behalf and enjoys every part of the work. He decides who is tested for entry and how, keeps the house's secrets, and plays as hard as anyone at its tables.

First appears in chapter 15

The unseen head of the Devil's Mercy, whose identity is among the club's most closely kept secrets and whose word is its only law. What the house grants, it grants at the proprietor's discretion.