Catherine Ravenscroft

Catherine is the protagonist of the book. She is an award-winning documentary film maker with a husband and son. She is also the first person to find and read The Perfect Stranger and victim to Stephen's plot.

Catherine is driven professionally and very successful. While her professional life is successful, her personal life is not quite as happy. Her relationship with her son has always been strained and her marriage to Robert has been growing increasingly distance. These personal problems are due to an incident in Spain 20 years ago, later revealed to be Catherine being raped by a stranger who then dies saving Nicholas from drowning the following day. Catherine is very smart but paralyzed by fear for much of the book.

Robert Ravenscroft

Robert is Catherine's husband. He is a lawyer who previously had aspirations of becoming a member of parliament, a dream which never panned...