| Name | Seen First In: | Who s/he is |
| Bamba, Dominic (Nick) | Brahms | Engineer at the prison who first opens an inn with his wife Lori, then quits his job at the prison to manage the new Cold Turkey Farm |
| Bamba, Lori | Brahms | Wife of Nick. Formerly postmistress in Mooseville. Quits there to become Qwill's part-time secretary. Then she runs the Domino Inn with Nick. Presently she owns and runs a business called The Spoonery on Stables Row. Lori is Qwill's "cat guru." Lori and Nick have many kids and cats. |
| Barter, George | Mountain | attorney with Hasselrich, Bennett, and Barter. Handles some sensitive issues for Qwill. |
| Bates, Harold | Backwards | Managing editor for the Daily Fluxion. Known as Percy because of his excessive (and annoying) use of "per se." |
| * Beadle, Harriet | Breakfast | Runs Harriet's Family Café. Island native. Spent high school years on the mainland and then returned to live and operate her restaurant on the island. |
| * Beechum, Chrysalis | Mountain | Weaver on Little Potato. Dewey Beechum's daughter. |
| * Beechum, Dewey | Mountain | Builds a gazebo for Qwill - forgets to make a door! Chrysalis' father. |
| * Beechum, Forest | Mountain | Artist accused of killing J.J. Hawkinfield on Father's Day. |
| * Beechum, "Ma" | Mountain | Weaver on Little Potato. Doesn't speak. Has "healing hands." |
| * Benno | Whistle | a.k.a. James Henry Ducker |
| Berry, Inga | Red | Pottery Dept. head at Penniman School of Fine Art. Qwill consults her about art, artists, and the pottery making process. |
| * Bessinger, Dianne | High | Part owner of Bessinger-Todd art gallery. Murdered at the Casablanca. Was married to her gallery partner, Jerome Todd. |
| * Betty | Closet | Manages the Park of Pink Sunsets with Claude. Was seen in Pickax at the premiere of the Big Burning. |
| Blythe, Gregory | Post Office | Former high school principal. Currently Pickax City mayor and investment counselor. |
| * Bolton, Butchy | Backwards | Sculpts in welded metal. Teaches this art at the Penniman School of Fine Art. |
| * Boswell, Verona | Ghosts | Lives with Vince Boswell and masquerades as his wife. Her real name is Verona Whitmoor, and she has a young child named Baby. |
| * Boswell, Vince | Ghosts | 2nd cousin to Susan Exbridge and Larry Lanspeak. Catalogues antique printing presses. Qwill avoids him as much as possible because of his loud, piercing voice. Real name: Vince Bosworth. |
| *Boulanger, Jacques | Danish | alias: Jack Baker. Runs Sorbonne Studio. Jack/Jacques pretends to be French, and his clients pretend not to know he's not French. |
| Breze, George | Closet | "One-man conglomerate." Once ran for mayor (platform was keeping the streets clean). Was interviewed by Qwill at campaign time and looked foolish. His campaign got him only two votes. |
| Brodie, Andrew | Post Office | Pickax police chief. Father to Francesca. One of Qwill's good friends - shares Qwill's Scottish heritage. Often comes over for a drink and shared privileged infomation with Qwill, and Qwill provides clues that he and the cats have sniffed out. |
| Brodie, Francesca | Post Office | Daughter to the police cheif. Assistant to Amanda Goodwinter. Much involved in the Theatre Club. |
| Bruno | Backwards | Press Club bartender. Also an artist (works on collages) and collects swizzle sticks. |
| * Buchwalters, The | Danish | Sadie always speaks for Franz, her husband. Franz teachs at the Penniman School and does watercolors. Sadie is a social worker. |
| Bunsen, Odd | Backwards | Photographer for the Daily Fluxion. He's loud and obnoxious... you just have to love him. He lives in Happy View Woods with his wife and his "five..no, six" kids. |
| Bushland, John | Underground | Known as Bushy as a joke about his thinning hairline. Photographer with a studio in Lockmaster until Vicki divorces him. Currently he has a studio in Pickax and does photos for the Moose County Something. |
| Bushland, Vicki | Underground | John's wife until she divorces him to open a catering business with an officer of the riding club who's interest in Vicki isn't just professional. |
