Everyone on the Doyle family tree
| Portrait | Person | In the story | Life | On the chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HD | Howard DoyleThe patriarch | Chapters 1 to 27 | Hundreds of years old, he lives on through the gloom. | Find on the chart |
| AD | Agnes DoyleFirst wife of Howard | Dies before chapter 1 | Her body lies at the heart of the gloom. | Find on the chart |
| AD | Alice DoyleSecond wife of Howard | Dies before chapter 1 | Agnes’s sister and the mother of Ruth and Virgil, shot by Ruth. Sources5 | Find on the chart |
| LD | Leland DoyleBrother of Howard | Dies before chapter 1 | He built High Place with Howard and was shot by Ruth. Sources5 | Find on the chart |
| DD | Dorothy DoyleWife of Leland | Dies before chapter 1 | Mother of Michael and Florence, shot by Ruth. Sources5 | Find on the chart |
| RD | Ruth DoyleDaughter of Howard | Dies before chapter 1 | She shot her family before her wedding and then herself. | Find on the chart |
| MD | Michael DoyleSon of Leland, Ruth’s fiancé | Dies before chapter 1 | Ruth’s cousin, shot a week before the wedding. Sources5 | Find on the chart |
| VD | Virgil DoyleSon of Howard | Chapters 1 to 27 | Catalina’s husband, who presses unwanted attention on Noemí. | Find on the chart |
| V | Virgil’s first wifeDaughter of Dr Cummins | Named in chapter 15 | She fell ill at High Place and left after miscarriages. | Find on the chart |
| C | CatalinaWife of Virgil, cousin of Noemí | Chapters 1 to 27 | Her letter brings Noemí to High Place. | Find on the chart |
| FD | Florence DoyleNiece of Howard | Chapters 1 to 27 | She runs the household and is shot during the ceremony. | Find on the chart |
| R | RichardHusband of Florence | Dies before chapter 1 | Found dead in a ravine after the house drove him mad. | Find on the chart |
| FD | Francis DoyleSon of Florence | Chapters 1 to 27 | Chosen for Howard’s next body, he escapes with Noemí. | Find on the chart |
| NT | Noemí TaboadaCousin of Catalina | Chapters 1 to 27 | A young woman of Mexico City who comes to help her cousin. | Find on the chart |
| LT | Leocadio TaboadaFather of Noemí | Chapter 1 | He suspects that Virgil married Catalina for money. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
| DA | Dr Arthur CumminsFamily doctor | Chapters 1 to 27 | The only doctor the Doyles allow, and a distant relative. | Find on the chart |
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The novel is under copyright, so this page quotes none of it and shows no pictures. The chapter numbers follow the 27 chapters of the 2020 text. Leland, Dorothy and Michael, the year of Howard’s second marriage and most chapter numbers rest on one chapter summary, The Bibliofile, because the study guides that were opened leave them out. The summaries also differ on who strikes Howard in the last chapters, so the page does not say. A Hulu series was announced in 2020, and Wikipedia reports that Hulu dropped it in April 2024.[^wiki-novel]
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