Rose Miller - Garner's girlfriend. A bubbly, bright and unpretentious woman who is blessed with charm, genuine likability and extraordinary good luck. Unfortunately, she is also cursed with a family history of mental illness.
Barney Milford - A good man going through bad times. He worked hard to build a respectable life only to have it taken away when young Garner Bullis pulls his first major con.
Maria Theresa Diaz - An intelligence and ambitious Mexican American woman who worked hard to overcome the injustices of her youth only to find that there were yet even greater injustices in the world that people rarely talk about.
Professor Wentworth - A professor of information systems at Foggy Bottom University. He specializes in computer crime, but occassionally does ordinary detective work.
Gita Ramana - Wentworth's parter when he works for the Intercontinental Detective Agency. Ramana specializes in con schemes and is a master of martial arts.
Bartholomew Vanderburgh - Runs the Last Chance Mission in Indianapolis. Helps Barney Milford get back on his feet.
Anjali Chakravarthy - One of Wentworth's teaching assistants. "Angel" provides technical assistance on computer crimes.
Sonia Chakravarthy - Angel's mother who get drawn into Bullis' Internet con scheme and comes to Wentworth for help.
Jacksonville, Florida - At age 13 Garner pulls his first slip and fall at the Jacksonville Publix, ruining Barney Milford's chances for promotion and causing him to run away to avoid responsibility.
San Antonio, Texas - At age 21 Garner moves to San Antonio to pull of the biggest con of his life. He does a slip and fall at the Bandera Road HEB and is awarded a huge sum in settlement.
Indianapolis, Indiana - While Garner is living high off his settlement from HEB, Barney Milford wakes up in jail where he meets Bartholomew Vanderburgh who helps him turn his life around.