Crimes of Passion Miscellaneous Characters

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Guy (1)
He is one of the men who exit Mammon Financial. If you choose to follow him, you find out you are wrong and have to run to catch up to the correct Craig. His character model resembles Jamie Brooks from Most Wanted, Book 1.



Craig Watersmith
He is the unfaithful husband that you follow to a strip club to find proof of his infidelity to his wife. He is 49 years old and a hedge fund manager for Mammon Financial. His character model resembles Richard Strickler from Rising Tides.



Guy (2)
He is one of the men who exit Mammon Financial. If you choose to follow him, you find out you are wrong and have to run to catch up to the correct Craig. His character model resembles Arnold Northmun from the Bloodbound series.



Guy (3)
He is one of the men who exit Mammon Financial. If you choose to follow him, you find out you are wrong and have to run to catch up to the correct Craig. His character model resembles a taxi driver from Red Carpet Diaries, Book 1.



Guy (4)
He is one of the men who exit Mammon Financial. If you choose to follow him, you find out you are wrong and have to run to catch up to the correct Craig. His character model resembles Tad Princeton from Red Carpet Diaries, Book 2.



Bouncer
He is the bouncer outside of the Tramp Stamp Gentleman's Club where your target has disappeared into. His character model resembles a fan from The Sophomore, Book 2.



Larry
Larry is the manager of the Tramp Stamp Gentleman's Club. The bouncer says he didn't mention your arrival but allows you to go inside so he won't make Larry upset.



Dancer
If you decide to approach the dancer, she tells you that she hates "Creepy Craig" and encourages you to bust him. Her character model resembles Sabrina from Rules of Engagement, Book 1.



Drunk
If you decide to sit with him, he tells you that he is going to tell you something that will change your life and says that the future is bitcoin. Then you move around him to take a picture of Craig and his dancer. His character model resembles Tucker Paisley from Red Carpet Diaries, Book 2.



Marina Dormer
Marina is your agency's new client, whose case makes you drop your tail on Craig.



Curator
To view the grounds, Trystan makes a big donation to the museum to have the curator open it for the two of you. His character model resembles Stan from Rising Tides.

Darek
The main character mentions Darek when talking to Ruby. The main character helped Ruby with this character some time before book 1.



Rahim Madani
An art dealer that had dated Sonja Dormer before she broke it off after finding out he was married. If you search his office with Trystan, you discover hints that he illegally deals in stolen art and artifacts, as well as a Three-headed Statue that Sonja has asked him to research. He believes she fell in with a weird crowd. His character model resembles Ed Farrugia from Open Heart: Second Year.



Pedestrian
If you allow Trystan to walk you home, it begins to rain and Trystan approaches the pedestrian to buy his umbrella. They haggle a couple times, and Trystan pays him $300 for his umbrella and gives it to you. His character model resembles Benji Knoll from Queen B, Book 1.

Stacy
If you go to Bartholomew's and if you say that Luke has a crush, Ruby mentions this character. Stacy is a crime scene photographer at the 43rd Precinct. Luke afterwards tells that she is not his type.



Theresa Ginovesi
In the scene at Bartholomew's, Trystan guesses that Mafalda is a cook based on Mafalda's hands. Mafalda tells that her wife is the real cook. She appears in a premium Chapter 14 scene. Her character model resembles a version of Laura from Rising Tides.



Bird
He is a Drakovian expat and drug dealer with connections to organized crime. He often deals in the street drug "Glitter". If you are successful in your interrogation, he reveals that Glitter can be used as a truth serum if a precise dose is injected just above the heart. If you had lunch with your colleagues, you discover he is doing illegal business with Russian mobsters. If you decide to chase him, he gives you his USB drive. He tells you that he met with a man at his nightclub weeks ago to sell Glitter, but says the setting was too dark for him to identify him in a police line-up. In Book 2, it is mentioned that he had quit dealing Glitter after the events of the Heartache Killer case as the whole ordeal "scared him pantsless". His character model resembles Tad Princeton from Red Carpet Diaries, Book 2.



Pavel Solonik
If you had lunch with your colleagues, you discover he purchased burner phones from Bird and is a part of the Russian mafia. In Chapter 7, he is identified as Pavel Solonik, a member of the Solonik Crime Family and twin brother of Vanya. Their major source of income is synthetic identity theft, where they steal information from many individuals to create a fictional identity. His character model resembles Vassilios Nevrakis from The Crown & The Flame, Book 2.

Marc Ruiz
He is a reporter who works for Big Apple Today. At the gala, he asks Trystan who you are. His character model resembles Mikail Greene from Perfect Match, Book 2.



Ella Grassley
She is a reporter who works for the New York News. At the gala, she asks you how you feel about dating exiled royalty. In Book 2, she is being held hostage by Ricochet and his guards. Her character model resembles Faye Devore from Mother of the Year.



Reporter
At the gala, she asks you what your stance is on the suppression of the press in Drakovia. Her character model resembles Ellen Thompson from Wishful Thinking.



Ms. Sarraf
If you believe she is the executive, you would be incorrect. Later, if you decide to dance with Trystan, you give her the opportunity to dance with Trystan so that you may dance with Nick, and ask him questions about Sonja. Her character model resembles Lina from the America's Most Eligible series.



Board Member
Her character model resembles Nicole Anderson from the Bloodbound series.



Bryce Iverson
He is Ruth's husband.



Mrs. Brigham
She is the mayor's wife who yells at him under her breath for his extramarital affairs. She is his alibi for the night of Sonja's murder. Her character model resembles Dean Lundqvist from Foreign Affairs.

Bartender
His character model resembles Krom's human form from Nightbound.

Michael Dodd
A forensic expert who works for the Albany PD. He confirms that Bethany Delgado had the same tattoo as Sonja Dormer. His character model resembles Garrett Thorne from Open Heart: Second Year.

Sofia Maldonado
She is Matty's mother. Her character model resembles Mrs. Nazario from Perfect Match, Book 2.



Niko Borodin
He is a mobster and loan shark known as "The Butcher" who forced Matty to rob your uncle's bar. Early in this chapter, Tommy tells that Jimmy and him tried to bust Niko for years. After he is arrested, he implies your father's murder was connected to "Big V", aka Viola "The Widow" Scarlotti. His character model resembles Arnold Northmun from the Bloodbound series.



Stray Dog
When you reach Niko's business, you find him chasing a dog. Since Niko treats her poorly, the dog quickly develops an affection for you. When you and Trystan are locked inside the store's freezer, she catches Matty's attention to help you escape. Matty tells you that she is actually a guard dog that Niko won in a bet. Niko however doesn't want her and doesn't name her, instead referring to her as "That Mutt". You can recruit her to your crew.



Vanya Solonik
He is the twin brother of Pavel and member of the Solonik Crime Family. His character model resembles Vassilios Nevrakis from The Crown & The Flame, Book 2.



Viola Scarlotti
The Scarlottis are old Sicilian money and big-time power players. Back in Tommy and Mafalda's day, Viola (also known as The Widow, and Big V) owned half the city. She inherited the empire after her father "went missing". Tommy isn't sure they are tied to your father's death, but is sure that V has put bodies in the ground that they don't know about. Malfada believes if the Scarlottis are talking about killing a cop loud enough that Niko heard it, it bears investigating.

Sartre
He is a hacker, who Luke takes you and Trystan to see. His character model resembles Luc from Nightbound.



Epoch
They are a hacker, who is also Luke's ex. When they help you by giving you a flash drive of the FBI documents you need, they tell him that he owes them. Their character model resembles Esme Ortega from the Open Heart series.



Receptionist
She is the receptionist at Kogarashi. Her character model resembles June from Wishful Thinking.

Cultist (Female)
After you and Trystan get dressed in robes, handcuff and blindfold each other, the two cultists check your cuffs and blindfolds and take you away.



Cultist (Male)
They lead you to a car and then drug you so you do not know where the car takes you.



Cultist (Bronze Mask)
When you and Trystan enter the bacchanalia, you two are surprised by the number of cultists wearing the same mask as the Killer.

Cultists
As you and Trystan work your way through the crowd of partygoers, you learn more about the cult. Gold masks are reserved for the higher ranked members including the Druids, Devona and Vosegus. Silver masks are for the ordinary members. Bronze masks are for security, who do the Druids' dirty work. You and Trystan speak to various party groups and determine that the security members monitoring each group have voices too high or too deep to be the killer's. Among the cultists are Drunk Cultist, Rude Cultist, Silver Guard, Bronze Guard, Chatty Cultist, Curious Cultist, Quiet Cultist, Excited Player, Competitive Player, Confident Player, Host, Lustful Cultist, Winded Cultist, Aphrodite, Stern Cultist, and Wasted Cultist. 3 other characters were titled Cultist. 2 of them appear in a premium scene early in chapter; one wore a silver mask, and the other wore a gold mask. The 3rd was with the players and wore a bronze mask.



Police Officer
She is one of two officers that help raid the party, and later arrest you and Trystan. Her character model resembles Minako from Perfect Match, Book 2.

Lawyer
She is Nick Bastion's lawyer, arguing that he is a model citizen at the police station. Her character model resembles Piper from the America's Most Eligible series.



Father
He is Chet Masters's father. His character model resembles Bernard Sayre from Wolf Bride.



Killed Family
Tommy tells of a case where a husband and two kids were killed.



Wife
She was suspected in that triple homicide. Jimmy believed that she did not do it. She gets arrested after Jimmy is thrown off the case. She is eventually cleared based on a DNA match Jimmy found.



Deli Owner
This character is assaulted about six months after the wife is locked up.



Actual Killer
This character was the one who killed the family. This character was caught assaulting that deli owner.



Vendor
She is the vendor who sells you and Trystan bagels. Later, you can ask her if she knows of any Drakovian food vendors around. Her character model resembles the female version of Tak Yakone from Shipwrecked.



Drakovian Vendor
Like other Drakovians except for Marguerite, he is suspicious when you ask him if he's Drakovian. When he recognizes Trystan, he asks for a selfie with the exiled prince/ss and tells Trystan that he is also in exile and doesn't trust what the government says. He says fellow exiled people should stick together. His character model resembles a version of Martin Silva from the High School Story: Class Act series.

College Guy
When you and Trystan enter the party looking for Soo-jin, he wonders why Trystan Thorne would be there. His character model resembles Garrett from Nightbound.



College Girl
Her character model resembles Tasha Euphraim from Queen B, Book 1.



Sorority Girl
Her character model resembles Lauren Young from My Two First Loves.



Undergrad
He is among the group of students playing "Would you rather...?" and tells you that Soo-jin doesn't seem to want to let people know that she's at the party. His character model resembles Mack from Wake the Dead.



Lit Bro
At the college party, he asks if you think Pokémon supports a settler colonialist ethos. His character model resembles Henri Garnier from Foreign Affairs.



Freshman
During the game, she asks the TA if he would rather meet aliens and never be able to return to Earth, or be stuck in his house forever. Her character model resembles Brooklynne Shao-Oakley from the Big Sky Country series.



TA
He tells the freshman that he'd choose the first option. His character model resembles Jayden from With Every Heartbeat.



Sophomore
His character model resembles Carter Jackson from the Queen B series.



Pledge
She tells you that Soo-jin has been high-strung lately. Her character model resembles Keiki Lahela from the Open Heart series.



Soo-Jin Cho
She is one of Professor Reese's TAs and your contact in the college. She agrees to give you Reese's file if you help her investigate her girlfriend Anna, who she suspects is cheating on her. Although she is at the college party, parties aren't really her scene. Her character model resembles Jenny from Save the Date.



Anna
She is Soo-Jin's girlfriend who Soo-Jin suspects is cheating on her. If you take the premium option to investigate her, you find that Soo-Jin's suspicions are true. Her character model resembles a version of Best Friend from My Two First Loves.



Jess
She is the one Anna is cheating on Soo-jin with for a year. If you help Soo-jin, you learn that Anna told Jess they would be exclusive. Her character model resembles Navya Patil from the Baby Bump series.

EMT
She is the EMT that responds to your 911 call and takes Trystan to the hospital. Her character model resembles Rafael's supervisor from Open Heart: Second Year.



Nurse
He is a nurse at the hospital that Trystan is taken to. You can choose to tell him that you are either Trystan's partner or spouse so that he lets you through, but he says that they will take good care of him/her, and in order to do that, you need to get out of the way. When you return later to the hospital, he tells you that Trystan checked him/herself out. In Chapter 17, he checks your vitals when you're admitted to the hospital yourself. His character model resembles Ronnie from Open Heart: Third Year.

Calina Navarro
Mentioned in Tony Kowalski's dossier, she is a counselor in MYU who examined Tony when he was found to be skipping classes. At first she thought that he had a difficult upbringing, but then she realised that he suffers from psychiatric illness beyond the scope of her training, including rage issues and an obsession with violent occult symbology relating to his studies under Professor Reese. She then referred him to more specialized care and ceased their sessions. After that, she discovered that Tony was stalking her, and therefore filed a restraining order and alerted campus security. Not long after her dog went missing, and she believed Tony was involved, so she endorsed the recommendation of the Student Disciplinary Committee to expel him.



SWAT Officer
He is the SWAT Officer that Maria Thompson calls to assist you to arrest Tony. His character model resembles Jackson Walker from The Royal Heir series.



Lia Ginovesi
She is a daughter of Mafalda. In the premium scene at the end of this chapter, she asks if Trystan is the prince/princess. Trystan tells her that he/she is a prince/princess. Her character model resembles Steffi from The Nanny Affair, Book 2.



Cici Ginovesi
She is a daughter of Mafalda. In the premium scene at the Ginovesi home, she tells that her friends would not believe that Trystan came there for dinner. Her character model resembles Jade Ali from the High School Story series.



Gabriella Ginovesi
She is a daughter of Mafalda. In response to Cici's comment, she tells that they will when she takes a pic. Mafalda tells no phones at dinner. Her character model resembles Nehal Mistry from The Elementalists series.

Matthus Blake
He was the founder and leader of the original Hand of Mahra and Eleanor's father. During one night while they were attempting to sacrifice a victim, the victim managed to free herself, stab Matthus, and set the mansion on fire. Matthus died later either from the fire or from his wounds. His character model resembles Ellis Knight from Platinum.



Cynthia Blake
She was Eleanor's mother who saved her from the fire by locking her in the bomb shelter. Her character model resembles one version of Vivian Dalton from The Nanny Affair series.



Victim
She was the Blakes' latest victim who stabbed Matthus and burned down their mansion. Eleanor later saw her perish in the fire.



Cultist (1)
She was one of the original members of the Hand of Mahra who presumably died in the fire.



Cultist (2)
He was one of the original members of the Hand of Mahra who presumably died in the fire.

Grieving Father
If you manage to acquire Eleanor's diary, his daughter's name was found among the names of people that Eleanor killed. He thanks you for what you did, and for giving him and his wife closure after so many years. His character model resembles Gerald Montjoy from A Very Scandalous Proposal.



Crew Member
She is the airplane's crew member who tells Trystan that they're scheduled to depart. Her character model resembles Whisper from The Heist: Monaco.



Mysterious Figure
The mysterious figure works for (or uses a room in) the Drakovian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He/she speaks to an unknown person on the phone and reassures him/her that the past will remain in the past.

In Book 2, Chapter 1, it appears Juliana knows him/her, as she was familiar with the bird call he/she uses to get Juliana's attention after he/she boarded the yacht.



Phone
If you collect all clues, this person appears in the bonus scene and talks about Trystan not coming back to Drakovia and about Juliana. He/she says that the past must remain in the past, and the same with the secrets that are buried with Juliana. At the end of the call, the mysterious figure refers to them as "Your Majesty".

Amalas
She is mentioned several times in this chapter and in the next chapter. Her jewels were stolen some time before this chapter and recovered in Chapter 2. For more information on Amalas, click here.



Fence
He owns a pawn shop in Little Paris that has a reputation for dealing in shadily procured high-end jewelry. You and Trystan go undercover and pretend you're getting married though he eventually recognizes you. If you successfully fool him, he admits that he's a fan ever since you took down the Heartache Killer. His character model resembles Sergei from Wolf Bride.



Roger Dupont
A jewel thief known as "Ricochet", he pulled off several jewel heists across Europe using a bug to hack security systems. He was arrested while trying to rob the Met and served 15 years in prison. He was released 6 months prior to the start of the book and went back to his life of crime, such as stealing the Crown Jewels of Monterisso.

In Chapter 2, you go undercover as a jewel buyer to get close to him and free his hostage. Depending on your choices, you take him down with minimal injury and he is arrested. His character model resembles the male version of Dale from Save the Date.



Hostess
She is the hostess of Sensation En Bouche, and Trystan's target while you borrow her tablet to find Roger's address. Her character model resembles Tina from the Rules of Engagement series.

Ricochet's Guard
His character model resembles Hugo Lawson from A Very Scandalous Proposal.



Hugo
He is one of Ricochet's guards, who brings you the crown jewels to inspect. Ricochet reveals his name before the crown jewels are brought. His character model resembles Tad Princeton from Red Carpet Diaries, Book 2.



Rouven Velasci / Maggan Higgs
If "I'd have hated it if you'd gone" is picked, Trystan says that you would have found another prince/princess in no time. When you express doubt as to how many other charming young European royals are out there, Trystan mentions Rouven Velasci of Maltza and Maggan Higgs of Zouchenstein.



Hooded Figure
The hooded figure is one of the Drakovian special agents sent to bring Trystan home. They are led by the Captain of the Royal Guard, Lydea, Trystan's sister.

Colette Cadieux
She is a Major in the Royal Guard and Lydea's loyal second-in-command. In Chapter 5, Lydea reveals that she and Colette were having dinner together an hour before Nadja's murder. Her character model resembles Miranda Moreau from The Heist: Monaco.



Dunstan the Terrible
If you let Trystan give you a tour of Drakovia's royal palace, he/she shows you Dunstan's war helmet and explains he began construction on the palace in 1307. He never set foot inside it, however, due to financial difficulties that led to construction being suspended for fifty-nine years.



Elaryan the Ruthless
Dunstan's great-granddaughter Elaryan completed the palace. It became the permanent residence of Drakovia's royal family in 1532.



Madame Tippytoes
She was a dog that lived in Drakovia's royal palace. A picture of her is shown during Trystan's tour. If the stray dog is adopted in book 1, she imitates the pose of this dog.



Catalina
Madame Tippytoes lived during her reign. She reigned Drakovia during the last two decades of the 1800s.



Jean-Luc Everheart
He is Trystan's defense attorney, whom they don't meet until the morning of the trial. Marguerite says he's a highly sought-after lawyer, but his defense of Trystan is notably poor. Due to his lackadaisical attitude, you determine that he is being bribed to throw the case. In Chapter 4, after you discover evidence of Trystan's confession being doctored, Marguerite fires Everheart and takes over as defense attorney with you as co-counsel. His character model resembles Mac Hornby, a character from Veil of Secrets.



Noemi Georgescu
She is one of Juliana's mothers. During the trial, she reads a recently-recovered letter in which Juliana attempted to end the unwanted romantic advances she was receiving from the letter's intended recipient. Nadja states the letter was addressed to Trystan, but you theorize it was meant for someone else entirely since Juliana made no mention of Trystan's name. Her character model resembles Loretta Crandall from High School Story: Class Act series.

Dmitri Omakoff
He is the officer who interrogated Trystan after Juliana's death, though you and Luke think the recording of his interrogation sounds odd. It is revealed that after he interrogated Trystan, he called someone and told them he'd doctor the recording to make Trystan sound guilty. As he's being arrested, he claims that someone forced him to tamper with the evidence. His character model resembles Chadley Fortnum from Red Carpet Diaries series.



Eloise Georgescu
She is one of Juliana's mothers. She is also the one who came with the letter and the recording to Nadja Zoric and who hired her to take Juliana's case against Trystan. When Nadja withdraws the case, she lets out a sob and runs out of courtroom. Her character model resembles Margaret Montjoy from A Very Scandalous Proposal.



Stephani
She is a royal assistant who summons Trystan to a family meeting. Her character model resembles June Price from My Two First Loves.

Gregor Pavensky
He was Astrid's boyfriend until Queen Viktoria sent Lydea to break them up. King Maksim describes him as "socially unbearable" and says he has "risky" political leanings. His character model resembles Chadley Fortnum from Red Carpet Diaries.



Understudy
Lydea sent Gregor's understudy to make it look like Astrid was cheating on Gregor. His character model resembles Aditya Bharad from The Nanny Affair.

Priest
His character model resembles Bishop Monroe from Desire & Decorum.



Princess Jia
She is a suitor for Trystan. Her character model resembles Serafine Dupont from Bloodbound.



King Aleksandr
He was the one who decreed that the Drakovian monarch must hand over the throne to the heir upon turning 65, so that Drakovia would never be weakened by a monarch past their prime.