Chastain used to be an uncommon name in literature--if not completely absent. That seems to have changed in recent years, perhaps due to Stephen King’s Misery Chastain, who appeared in 1987, and to Brandi Chastain, who made the name more familiar in 1999.
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Index of Prominent Characters
Among prominent Chastain characters you will encounter:
- Two district attorneys (Laura and Pat)
- Two police detectives (John and Marc)
- A sheriff (Jim)
- A football player (Zack Chasteen)
- An heiress to a kingdom (Chataine Deidre)
- A woman captured by western Indians (Adrianne)
- A casino owner on another planet (Nick)
- A southern belle (Lucy)
- And a fictional character created by a fictional character (Misery)
There is also a fictional town (Chastain, South Carolina). For even more Chastains, see secondary and minor characters.
Prominent Characters
Abby Chastain, Portrait Photographer
by Lisa Jackson
1. Shiver, April, 2006
NEW!
Adrianne Chastain, Western woman captured by Indians
by Cynthia Haseloff
1. Satanta’s Woman, 1998
2. The Kiowa Verdict, 1998
Cara Chastain, Spanish Mustang Savior
by Marcia Martin
1. Southern Storms, 1992
NEW!
Major Chastain Neff, Body Guard
by Charlotte Boyett-Compo
1. Secrets of the Wind (#2 of 3 stories in Ellora's Cave-Fated Mates), 2005
NEW!
Chataine Deirdre, Heir to a small, but important kingdom
by Robin Hardy
1. The Chataine’s Guardian, 1984
Gwen Chastain, Stamp Store Manager
by Kristin Hardy
1. Certified Male, June, 2005
NEW!
Grace Chastain, Ship Captain's Prisoner
by Kat Martin
1. The Devil's Necklace, August, 2005
NEW!
Jake Chastain, Available Bachelor
by Paige Phillips
1. A Strangers Wife, February, 1999
NEW!
Jim Chastain, Sheriff
by Robert J. Conley
1. A Cold Hard Trail, 2001
John “Sustain” Chastain, Internal Affairs Detective (Detective Harry Bosch Mysteries)
by Michael Connelly
1. Trunk Music, 1998
2. Angel’s Flight, 2001
3. Black Ice, 2003
Laura Chastain, Atlanta Assistant District Attorney
by Lelia Kelly
1. Presumption of Guilt, 1998
2. False Witness, 2000
3. Officer of the Court, 2001
Lily Chastain and her brother, Pursued Father's Murderer
Sharon Gillenwater
1. Standing Tall, 2005
NEW!
Lucy Bondurant Chastain Venable, Southern woman,
and Red Chastain, Lucy Venable’s lover
by Anne Rivers Siddons
1. Peachtree Road, 1988
Marc Chastain, New Orleans Police Detective
by Linda Howard
1. Kill and Tell, 2002
Marcy Chastain, Southern Belle
Mignon G. Eberhart
1. The Bayou Road, 1979
NEW!
Misery Chastain, Character invented by a character in a book
by Stephen King
1. Misery, 1987
Nancy Chastain, Writer and others (Sam and Lot)
by Howard Owen
1. Fat Lightning, 1994
NEW!
Nick Chastain, Casino owner on a distant Earth colony (Space Chastains!)
by Jayne Castle
1. Amaryllis, 1996
2. Zinnia, 1997
3. Orchid, 1998
Pat Chastain, District Attorney
by Sandra Brown
1. Best Kept Secrets, 1989
Zack Chasteen, Former Dolphins linebacker, imprisoned on false charges for two years
by Bob Morris
1. Bahamarama, September, 2004
2. Jamaica Me Dead, September, 2005
3. Bermuda Schwartz, February, 2007
NEW!
Chastain, South Carolina, setting for murder mysteries (some Chastain characters)
by G. Carolyn Hart
1. Southern Ghost, 1993
2. Yankee Doodle Dead, 1999
3. White Elephant Dead, 2000
4. Sugarplum Dead, 2001
5. A Design for Murder, 2004 (hardback date)
6. Her Good Name (A story in the collection: Sara Paretsky, A Woman’s Eye), Dell, 1992
Secondary and Minor Characters
Arthur Chastain, Defense Secretary of USA
by Dale Brown
1. Dale Brown’s Dreamland: Strike Zone, 2003
Casey Chastain, Try-out for a minor league baseball team
by Marshall J. Cook
1. Off Season: A Novel of Love, Faith and Minor League Baseball, 2002
Chastain, Police detective
by Molly Cochran
1. The Forever King, 1993
Chastain, Man in handcuffs who shot another man
by Michael Connelly
1. Lost Lights, 2003
Chasteen, Rebel singer and a Texian lawyer from Goliad
by Harold Keith
1. Rifles for Watie, 1987
Mr. Chastain of Chastain’s Restaurant
by Rebecca Wells
1. Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood, 1997
Mr. Chastain, Man in Old West
by Mark L. Redmond
1. Arty Goes West, 1999
NEW!
Ms. Chastain, House mother in the 23rd Century
by J. Gregory Keyes
1. Deadly Relations: Best Ascendant, 1999
Miss Chastain, School Teacher (brief)
by Howard Bahr
1. The Black Flower: A Novel of the Civil War, 2000
2. The Year of Jubilo, 2001
Dan Chastain, Chairman
by Mark Childress
1. Tender, 1998
Dr. Daniel Chastain, Child psychologist
by Carole Lawrence
1. Looking for Mary Gabriel, 2002
Darryl Louise Chastain,
and Moody Chastain, her father
by Thomas Pynchon
1. Vineland, 1997
Dennis Chastain, Kansas City defense attorney
Deborah Raney
1. Beneath a Southern Sky, 2001
2. After the Rains, 2002
Dorothy Chastain, Eye witness
by Barbara Parker
1. Suspicion of Vengeance, 2001
Doug Chastain, Client
by Terri Blackstock
1. Evidence of Mercy, 1995
J. P. Chastine, Sheriff
by Charles F. Price
1. Freedom’s Altar, 2002
Jake Chastaine, Suitor of China Sullivan (he may be main character)
by Jo Beverley
1. Something Wicked, 1997
Lily Chastain, One of three friends
by Deborah Morgan
1. Death is a Cabaret, 2001
Lord and Lady Chastain, Lord Chastain is a member of Parliament
by Jill Jones
1. Bloodline, 2000
Marguerite Chastain, Mentioned
by Tananarive Due
1. The Between, 1996
Mike Chastain, Rude quarterback
Lousie Bagshawe
1. The Devil You Know, 2003
Mike Chastain, Poker player
by James Reasoner
1. Battle Lines, 2001
Miles Chastain, Captain of the UNN Starship, Edward J. Zwick
by Jack McDevitt
1. Deepsix, 2001
Moody Chastain, see Darryl Louise Chastain
Tiffany Chastain, Murder victim, 12 years old
by Martha Powers
1. Sunflower, 2000
Castine Murphy, Old student acquaintance
by Anne George
1. Murder Runs in the Family, 1997
Chastain Hill, A location
by Danny Boyd
1. The Old Place, 2003
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