Unless otherwise noted, and excepting our hero, R.M.,
these characters reside at The Prospect on Prospect Condominiums

R.M., a k.a.”Realtor®Man”, a Realtor®
specializing in the downtown condo market

R.T. James, a retiree and one of the first buyers
at The Prospect on Prospect,
a condominium nicknamed the “POPS”,
and Mrs. Ivy James, association Secretary

Michelle and Sheldon,
nick-named ‘the He-shell and the She-shell’,
a couple in the market for a downtown condo

Gervase Richard, concierge at the POPS

Rosie, a Sheltie living
with Jack and Shirley Pardoe

Hans Knopupik, freelance journalist,
newly elected association Treasurer

Earnest Arbuthnot, British national, museum curator,
newly elected association President

Jack Pardoe, association Past-President

Kitty Doyle, motivational speaker

Dr. Cal Thorne, Mrs. Thorne, and Keki, their grandson,
who rent across the street from the POPS

Peter Pentalent, ex-boyfriend and ex-room-mate of Hans

Cathy and John Cabot, owners of Cathay Imports

Morris “Morrie” Mangold, patriarch,
and owner of Wrested Development,
a downtown development firm.
He doesn’t live at the POPS

Rusty Mangold, his nephew,
member of the family firm.
He doesn’t live at the POPS

Poppy and Pansy,

eight-and-three-quarter year old Mendel daughters

Greg Mendel, professional hockey coach

Mullins, Ivy James’ cat

Guy Karon, Lake Michigan ferry service owner

Leith “Lee” Karon, sixteen year-old daughter of Guy,
with their cats Sticks and Oblio

Georgia Mendel, x-wife of Greg,
and mother of Poppy and Pansy.
She doesn’t live at the POPS

Gina, Georgia’s sister
and Poppy and Pansy’s aunt.
She doesn’t live at the POPS

Maxine and Nathan Benjamin,
co-owners of Max and Nate’s Deli

Bert Steinhardt, philanthropist
and penthouse owner

Gertie Steinhardt, Bert’s daughter
and their dog, Pocano

Lori and Fred Hazell
Lori is an Alchemy committee member

Sebastian Cabot, younger son of John and Cathy Cabot

Martin and Martinelli, police detectives investigating events at the POPS

Matthew Cabot, older brother of Sebastian Cabot

Carrie Karon, Guy’s sister, Lee’s aunt, and owner of Pluto’s Spa

Seth Hough, POP’s association attorney,
with the law firm Horton,Hearst, and Hough.
He doesn’t live at the POPS.
‘Hough’ rhymes with ‘who’

Perry Frazing, Morrie Mangold’s attorney.
He doesn’t live at the POPS

The Minosa Family. Pastor Herb, his wife Myrtle,
their elder son Linwood ‘Woody’ and their younger son Timothy ‘Moth’.
They don’t live at the POPS

Rod A. (Amen) Thuss, penthouse resident and preacher