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Cheapside (Doctor Dolittle series - Hugh Lofting)
Gub-Gub’s Book (Hugh Lofting) 785, 788, 792-793, 806-807, 809-810, 813-816, 843, 852

Chee-Chee (Doctor Dolittle series - Hugh Lofting)
Gub-Gub’s Book (Hugh Lofting) 789, 791, 802, 805, 807, 812-813, 829, 842, 845, 848

Cheeks, Sandy (Spongebob Squarepants - TV series)
Spongebob Detectivepants: The Case of the Missing Spatula (David Leman) 8-9

Cheeryble Brothers (Nicholas Nickleby - Charles Dickens)
Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 34

Chekhov, Anton (Russian Dramatist, 1860-1904)
"The Adventure of the Ethical Assassin" (Matthew Baugh) 235; Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 135; The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (H.G. Parry) 37; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 130

Chekov, Pavel (Star Trek - TV series)
"A Nostalgic Country of the Mind" (Dana Martin Batory) 5
"Attuclac" (David Gomm) 2, 4, 9, 15-20
Death's Angel (Kathleen Sky) 7, 9

Chelmsford, Frederick Augustus Thesiger, Lord (British Soldier - Zulu Wars, 1827-1905)
"Flashman and the Tiger" (George MacDonald Fraser) 297-298, 304, 312
Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 10-11, 14, 18-20, 22, 24, 30, 34-36, 38-41, 55-56, 84, 104-105, 128, 214, 229
The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 7; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 51; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 123; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 10-11, 218, 222, 226

Chelonians (The New Doctor Who Adventures: The Highest Science - Gareth Roberts)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 3-5

Chenery, William L. (American Editor, 1884-1974)
Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 13

Cheney, Dick (American Politician, 1941- )
And Then There Was One (Gilbert Adair) 13

Cheng Ho (Chinese Admiral, 1371-1435)
The Peranakan Princess (Don Bosco) 35; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 187, 278-279

Cheops (Pharoah (2589-2566BC))
Young Sherlock Holmes (Alan Arnold) 158; "Sherlock Holmes and the Mummy's Curse" (H. Paul Jeffers) 83; The Return of the Pharaoh (Nicholas Meyer) 61, 221; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 112, 157-158; "The Case of the Old Russian Woman" (June Thomson) 113; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 84
Khufu: The Osiris Curse (Paul Crilley) 161; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 112
Pyramid of Cheops: Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 11

Cher (American Singer, 1946- )
"The Adventure of the Speckled Bandana" (J.E. Cohen) 57

Chéret, Jules (French Poster Artist, 1836-1933)
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 384; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 197

Chernobog (Slavic Sun God)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 145

Cherrill, Frederick (Scotland Yard Chief Superintendent & Fingerprint Expert)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 14

Cherry, Bob (Billy Bunter series - Charles Hamilton)
Sherlock Holmes and the Greyfriars School Mystery (Val Andrews) 28-29, 34, 103

Cherubini, Luigi (Italian Composer, 1760-1842)
"A Game of Illusion" (Jeremy Branton Holstein) 387

Cherubino (Mozart - The Marriage of Figaro)
Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 133

Cheshire Cat (Alice In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll)
"The Case of the Detective's Smile" (Mark Bourne) 25-26
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 12, 110, 264-267, 327-332, 392
Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 55-56
"Alimentary, My Dear Watson" (Lawrence Schimel) 210-211
"The House That Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 297
"The Phantom Pistol" (Jack Adrian) 489; "The Adventure of the Heroic Tobacconist" (Derrick Belanger) 210; The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 125; Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 132, 240; Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 144; The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 27-31; Arthur and the Bellybutton Diamond (Alan Coren) 17; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 39-40, 65, 68, 92, 112, 120, 144, 155, 179; Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 55; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 77; Fire in the Blood (P.N. Elrod) 179; The Flying Scotsman (Quinn Fawcett) 72, 182; "Notes Regarding the Disappearance of Mr James Phillimore" (Lindsay Faye) 210; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 354; The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter (Theodora Goss) 368; The Case of the Maltese Treasure (Thomas Brace Haughey) 159; "A Game of Illusion" (Jeremy Branton Holstein) 392; My Hero (Tom Holt) 295; Most Baffling, Mrs. Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 156; The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 138; The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 115; Strongwood (Larry Millett) 138; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 169; "The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 207; "The Disappearance of Mr. James Phillimore" (Ellery Queen) 100; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 51-53, 82, 165; "A Most Diabolical Plot" (Tim Symonds) 308; Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 103; The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 44; Basil In Mexico (Eve Titus) 48; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 153; The Probability Pad (T.A.Waters) 99
Cheshire Bat: Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 132-135
Cheshire Cat Fashion: "Sheerluck Holmes Deduces!" (J. Raymond Elderdice) 122
Cheshire Cat Grin: The Dark Lady (Irene Adler) 96; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 158; "The Disappearance of Caroline Erskine" (Michael Mallory) 235; The Singular Case of the Duplicate Holmes (Jan Walker) 63
Cheshire Cat Smile: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 98; Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 33; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 279; "Green And Red Trappings" (Valerie J. Patterson) 97; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 65
Grin of the Cheshire Cat: The Barker Street Regulars (Susan Conant) 122
Grinning like a Cheshire Cat: "You’d Better Go In Disguise" (Alan Bradley) 8; The Improbable Prisoner (Stuart Douglas) 266; Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test (Stanley Shaw) 145; Death of a Scavenger (Keith Spore) 129
Smiled like a Cheshire Cat: Sherlock Holmes and the Sandringham House Mystery (Val Andrews) 98
Smiled wide as a Cheshire Cat: "A Scandal in Hobohemia" (Jamie Wyman) 32

Chesney, Sir George (British General & Author, 1830-1895)
The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 136, 142-160, 254-255, 282-285, 307, 314-315, 324, 332
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 232

Chess, Johnny (Timewyrm: Revelation - Paul Cornell)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 36

Chester, Samuel (American Actor)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 254

Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of (British Statesman, 1694-1773)
Chesterfield Furniture: "The Man on Westminster Bridge" (Dick Gillman) 383; "The Case of the Night Crawler" (George Mann) 144; The Will of the Dead (George Mann) 50, 204, 208; Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 80; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 62
Chesterfield Sofa: "Fade to Black" (Michael Gregorio) 508; The Legacy of Deeds (Nick Kyme) 101; The Spirit Box (George Mann) 34; "A Flash in the Pan" (William Meikle) 252; Disquiet at Albany (N.M. Scott) 8; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 213; "The Mystery of Ogham Manor" (Stan Trybulski) 22-23; "The Adventure of the Bookshop Owner" (Vincent W. Wright) 57

Chesterfield, George Stanhope, 6th Earl of (British Nobleman, 1805-1866)
Chesterfield Overcoat: Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 150

Chesterfield, Edwyn Francis Scudamore-Stanhope, 10th Earl of (English Politician, 1854-1933)
The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 80-81, 138, 142

Chesterton, Cecil (British Jouranalist, 1879-1918)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 324; "Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 223

Chesterton, Frances (British Poet, Wife of G.K.Chesterton)
Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 35-40, 48
The Martian Menace (Eric Brown) 267

Chesterton, G.K. (British Author, 1874-1936)
The Martian Menace (Eric Brown) 40-41, 50, 112, 241-242, 245-247, 254-267, 270, 274-276, 343
"By Any Other Name" (Michael Dirda) 213
Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 34-40, 48-50, 213
And Then There Was One (Gilbert Adair) 18, 192-193, 221; "The Adventure of the Elite Type" (Robert L. Fish) 192; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 264-266, 324; The Game (Laurie R. King) 43; The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 352; "Murdered at Midnight" (A.S. Noad) 3; "Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 217; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 75, 158; "The Omnibus Murder" (R.E. Swartwout) 128; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 61, 137
A.K. Chesterton: The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 172
Chestertonian: And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 144, 184, 193, 222
Gilbert K. Chestyton: "The Mystery of the Grange" (Wex Jones) 111
Mr Kay of Chesterton: "The Questionable Parentage of Basil Grant" (R. Bostoun Cromer) 59

Chevalier, Albert (British Music Hall Artiste, 1861-1923)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 170; Love Is the Winner (Janet Templeton) 45

Chevalier, Maurice (French Entertainer, 1888-1972)
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 265

Cheveley, Mrs (An Ideal Husband - Oscar Wilde)
The Spider’s Web (Philip Purser-Hallard) 95-96, 228-260, 262-266, 268-270, 273-275, 277-279

Chevrolet, Louis (Swiss Racing Driver, 1878-1941)
Chevrolet Car: Creighton's Castle (Miriam Lynch) 17, 111, 139, 174
Chevrolet Coopay: "Give Me Lib, or Give Me Death" (Rod Reed) 210
Chevrolet Station Wagon: Murder Most Irregular (H. Paul Jeffers) 123
Chevy: An East Wind Coming (Arthur Byron Cover) 108-111, 113-117, 119-121; The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death (Daniel Pinkwater) 350

Chewbacca (Star Wars series)
"The Adventure of the Speckled Bandana" (J.E. Cohen) 57, 66

Chhel, Mohammed (Gujarati Fakir, 1850-1925)
Murder at Sorrow’s Crown (Steven Savile & Robert Greenberger) 181

Chiaia, Ercole (Italian Psychical Researcher, ?-1905)
Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 265

Chiang Kai Shek (Chinese Statesman, 1887-1975)
Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 220; The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 133

Chiang Kai Shek, Madame (Wife of Chiang Kai Shek)
The Barker Street Regulars (Susan Conant) 98; The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 133

Chicago Bulls (American Basketball Team)
The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 87

Chicago Bulls (American Baseball Team)
The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 85-86, 88-91, 94, 104

Chicago White Sox (American Baseball Team)
The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 85

Chichele, Henry (Archbishop of Canterbury (1414-43), 1362-1443)
Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 80-81

Chichester, Dean of (Lord Arthur Savile's Crime - Oscar Wilde)
The Spider’s Web (Philip Purser-Hallard) 13-14

Chief Boatman (Dracula - Bram Stoker)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 184

Chil the Kite (The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling)
The Adventure of the Three Madmen (Philip José Farmer) 149

Chilcote, Eve (John Chilcote, M.P. - Katherine Thurston)
"At the St James’s Theatre" (Max Beerbohm) 40-43

Chilcote, John (John Chilcote, M.P. - Katherine Thurston)
"At the St James’s Theatre" (Max Beerbohm) 40-43

Child, Sir Francis (British Banker, 1642-1713)
Child & Co.: "Merridew of Abominable Memory" (Chris Roberson) 240

Child, Francis James (American Folklorist, 1825-1896)
The Monster of the Mere (Philip Purser-Hallard) 78

Child, Julia (American Cookery Writer, 1912-2004)
Bloodline (Jill Jones) 182

Childe, Harry Langdon (English Showman, 1781-1874)
Childe's Chromatrope: The Three Winter Terrors (James Lovegrove) 242

Childe Harold (Childe Harold's Pilgrimage - Lord Byron)
The White Worm (Sam Siciliano) 296

Childe Roland (Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came - Robert Browning)
"The Adventure of the Dark Tower" (Peter K. Andersson) 219, 224

Childers, Anna (Barton) (Mother of Erskine Childers)
"The Christmas Conspiracy" (Edward D. Hoch) 134

Childers, Erskine (British Novelist, 1870-1922)
"The Christmas Conspiracy" (Edward D. Hoch) 133-136, 141, 143-144
"By Any Other Name" (Michael Dirda) 213; "A Scandal in Montreal" (Edward D. Hoch) 85; The Red Ribbon (H.B. Lyle) 154; "The Adventure of the F.W.L." (Christopher Morley) 419; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 355; The Case of Emily V (Keith Oatley) 166-167; The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 379; A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 75, 221; "The Song at Twilight" (Michael Walsh) 334

Childers, Henry (Brother of Erskine Childers)
"The Christmas Conspiracy" (Edward D. Hoch) 136

Childers, Hugh (British Politician, 1827-1896)
Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 173-175, 178

Childers, Mary Osgood (Wife of Erskine Childers)
"The Christmas Conspiracy" (Edward D. Hoch) 133, 135-136

Childs, George (American Publisher, 1829-1894)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 104

Chilson, Rob (American Author, 1945- )
“Logos: My Tale Is Read” (Rob Chilson) 34-36

Chilston, Aretas Akers-Douglas, Lord (British Home Secretary (1902-05), 1851-1926)
Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 105; The Final Page of Baker Street (Daniel D. Victor) 39
The Home Secretary: "Sons of Moriarty" (Loren D. Estleman) 133, 136, 160; Sherlock Holmes and the Abbey School Mystery (John Hall) 180; "The Case of the Peasenhall Murder" (Donald Thomas) 185

Chiltern, Lady Gertrude (An Ideal Husband - Oscar Wilde)
The Spider’s Web (Philip Purser-Hallard) 58-62, 69, 73, 95-97, 151, 154-155, 234-236, 238-239, 242, 247, 258, 265
"The Adventure of the Noble Husband" (Peter Cannon) 51

Chiltern, Mabel (An Ideal Husband - Oscar Wilde)
The Spider’s Web (Philip Purser-Hallard)24-26, 29, 34, 36, 51-53, 55-57, 59-71, 73-77, 86, 88, 91, 95-97, 99, 141, 143-147, 150-163, 166, 175, 177-179, 193, 195, 217-219, 221, 230-231, 234-236, 238-243, 247, 253, 257-260, 262-264, 276-277

Chiltern, Sir Robert (An Ideal Husband - Oscar Wilde)
The Spider’s Web (Philip Purser-Hallard) 25, 36, 53, 56, 58-60, 65, 69-70, 73, 95-96, 144, 151-155, 157-158, 218, 220, 234-239, 241-243, 245, 247, 257-258, 264

Dr Chimp (Rupert the Bear series)
"Rupert and the Pharaoh’s Treasure" (Ian Robinson) 6-11, 25

Chingachgook (Last of the Mohicans - James Fenimore Cooper)
The White Worm (Sam Siciliano) 45, 95, 226, 297

Chinnamastaka (Hindu Goddess)
"The Case of the Viceroy's Assistant" (Ted Riccardi) 34

Chinstrap, Colonel (It's That Man Again - radio series)
"A Study in Scarborough" (Guy Adams) 139

Chiozza Money, Sir Leo George (British Politician, 1870-1944)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 164

Chip 'n' Dale (Disney Cartoon Characters)
The Mystery of the Missing Peanuts (Walt Disney Productions) 8-9, 14, 22, 30-39

Chippendale, Thomas (British Furniture Designer, 1718-1779)
Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 15; "The Red Planet League" (Kim Newman) 276
Chippendale Furniture: Sherlock Holmes and the Egyptian Hall Adventure (Val Andrews) 76; The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 79, 82, 87, 104, 138, 154, 156; Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 164; "The Adventure of the Remarkable Worm" (August Derleth) 165; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 204; "The Adventure of the Plated Spoon" (Loren D. Estleman) 212; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 35; The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 15; The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 315, 363, 371; "The Case of the Incumbent Invalid" (Claire Griffen) 54; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 299; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 229; The Christmas Demon (James Lovegrove) 278; "The Adventure of the Unknown Worm" (Daniel McGachey) 59; "The Adventure of the Six Maledictions" (Kim Newman) 243; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 22; "The American Ambassador" (David Scott) 8; Disquiet at Albany (N.M. Scott) 8, 89; Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 116; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J. Trow) 88
Chippendale-style: The Magic Bullet (Larry Millett) 16
Reproduction Chippendale: Elementary, She Read (Vicki Delany) 40, 65

Chipper (Goose kept by Arthur Keith at Piltdown Quarry)
Sherlock Holmes and the Skull of Death (Robert E. McClellan) 18-19, 24, 90, 105-106

Chirakee Chiefs, Seven (Native Americans Who Visited England in 1730)
The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 141

Chirgwin, G.H. (British Music Hall Entertainer, 1854-1922)
Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 12

Chitnavis Family (Family from Nagpur, India)
"The Naga Baiga of Moogli Hills" (Vithal Rajan) 103

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Ian Fleming)
Raiders of the Lost Car Park (Robert Rankin) 65

Chivers, Thomas Holley (American Physician & Poet, 1809-1858)
"The Comfort of the Seine" (Stephen Volk) 20

Chivington, John (American Soldier, 1821-1894)
Fire Storm (Andrew Lane) 244-247

Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (German Diplomat, 1819-1901)
 "The Tell-Tale Tea Leaves" (Keith Moray) 197-199

Choat, Constable (British Police Officer, Killed during Houndsditch Bank Robbery, ?-1910)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 230; "The Case of Peter the Painter" (Donald Thomas) 211, 213-214, 217
The Red Ribbon (H.B. Lyle) 276, 282, 285, 297; Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 130; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 116, 130

Choate, Joseph Hodges (American Lawyer & Diplomat, 1832-1917)
The Counterfeit Detective (Stuart Douglas) 253-254; The Case of the Grave Accusation (Dicky Neely) 70

Choekyi Gyaltsen Kundeling (Tibetan Regent to the 13th Dalai Lama)
The Travels of Sherlock Holmes (John Hall) 100-102, 106, 141, 145, 183, 185-187
Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent Miller) 27-30, 35
The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 146, 162

Chopfyt (The Tin Woodman of Oz - L. Frank Baum)
Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 22-23, 25-26, 124

Chopin, Frederic (Polish-French Composer, 1810-1849)
"Sherlock Holmes and Brigadier Gerard" (Anonymous) 62; “The Worcestershire Mystery” (Anonymous) 3; The Women of Baker Street (Michelle Birkby) 130; Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 28; "The Coole Park Problem" (Michéal & Clare Breathnach) 168; "The Case of Vamberry, The Wine Merchant" (Ian Charnock) 59; The Veiled Detective (David Stuart Davies) 124; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 250; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 197; "The Case of the Musical Butler" (Martin Edwards) 136, 145, 152; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 64-65, 99, 127; The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 28; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Letter (Barry Grant) 154; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 241; Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 324; A Study in Silks (Emma Jane Holloway) 4, 414; An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 63; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 37; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 22, 185; Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 14; "Inga Sigerson Weds" (Richard A. Lupoff) 21; "A Triumph of Logic" (Gayle Lynds & John Sheldon) 196; The Rainbow Affair (David McDaniel) 108; Sherlock Holmes in Japan (Vasudev Murthy) 143; Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 221; Vanishing Girl (Shane Peacock) 131; "A Death in Venice" (Ted Riccardi) 128; The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 25; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 44, 175; Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 175; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 1-2; The Grimswell Curse (Sam Siciliano) 288-289; Disquiet at Albany (N.M. Scott) 70; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 125; The Case of the Left-Handed Lady (Nancy Springer) 87; "The Case of the Sporting Major" (Donald Thomas) 134, 136; "The Case of the Tell-Tale Hands" (Donald Thomas) 5; "A Study In Lavender Lace" (Larry Townsend) 52; The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 84

Chopin, Kate (American Author, 1851-1904)
The Case of Emily V (Keith Oatley) 364-366

Chopin, Jim (Kate Shugak series - Dana Stabenow)
"The Eyak Interpreter" (Dana Stabenow) 305, 311

Chorazos Cult (Cthulhu Mythos)
Sherlock Holmes & Mr Hyde (Christian Klaver) 194

Chorley, Henry F. (British Music Critic, 1808-1872)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 33, 54, 192

Chotek, Countess Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg (Wife of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, 1868-1914)
The Case of the Second Séance (Sam McCarver) 57; Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 149

Chow, Michael (Chinese-British-American Restaurateur, 1939- )
Mr Chow's: "A Study in Harlots" (Fran Lebowitz) 155

Chown, Dr Bruce (Canadian Scientist, 1893-1986)
The Baker Street Phantom (Patrice Bourland) 4, 6-7

Christ, Jay Finlay (American Sherlockian, 1884-1963)
Jay Finlay Smith: The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 26

Christensen, Lars (Norwegian Shipowner, ?-1965)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 126, 214

Christian (The Pilgrim's Progress - John Bunyan)
The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 186

Christian IX (King of Denmark (1863-1906), 1818-1906)
Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 130, 132-133, 138, 140, 142, 144-145, 149, 159
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 289; The Spiritglass Charade (Colleen Gleason) 17; The Raven League: Buffalo Bill Wanted (Alex Simmons & Bill McCay) 199

Christian X (King of Denmark (1912-47), 1870-1947)
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 261

Christian, Ewan (British Architect, 1814-1895)
Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J. Schaffer) 242; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 166

Christian, Fletcher (British Sailor, HMS Bounty, 1764-1793)
Aunt Edna’s Guide to Paradise (Keith Sharp) 37-45, 49, 51, 63-64, 69, 73, 95, 119-120, 122, 124, 131-132, 137-138, 140, 150

Christian, William: see Illiam Dhone

Christie, Agatha (British Author, 1890-1976)
"The Omnibus Murder" (R.E. Swartwout) 127
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 161, 190, 192
Agatha Miller: The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J. Trow) 184-185
Mary Westmacott: The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 268-269
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 90, 93-97, 104, 112, 117, 128, 136, 175, 207, 253-254, 256; "A Study in Scarborough" (Guy Adams) 138-139; "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen" (Nathan M. Adams) 96; The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (James Anderson) 3; " "M Is for Mystery" (Anonymous) 132; The Ultimate Crime" (Isaac Asimov) 340; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 157; Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 198; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 134; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 34, 106; My Hero (Tom Holt) 209, 215, 220-221; Murder Most Irregular (H. Paul Jeffers) 76, 131; Castle Shade (Laurie R. King) 85;  Island of the Mad (Laurie R. King) 43; "Bottom Line" (D.P. Lyle) 155; Holmes Entangled (Gordon McAlpine) 56; The Holmes Affair (Graham Moore) 68, 163, 200; The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (H.G. Parry) 452; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 31, 33-34, 101; Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 1-2
Agatha Christieish: And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 98-99
cod-Christiana: And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 128
Tabitha Grisley: "Give Me Lib, or Give Me Death" (Rod Reed) 208

Christie, Archibald (British Aviator, Husband of Agatha Christie, 1889-1962)
The Holmes Affair (Graham Moore) 163

Christie, James (British Auctioneer, 1730-1803)
Christie & Manson: A Puzzle for Sherlock Holmes (Robert Newman) 64-66, 114, 119-120, 124-125; "The Case of the Smith-Mortimer Succession" (June Thomson) 166
Christie, Manson & Woods: Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J. Trow) 493, 496, 500-501
Christie's: "Art in the Blood" (Laura Caldwell) 116; "Sherlock Holmes and 'The Woman' (Michael Harrison) 119; Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 128, 130, 202, 217; The Notched Hairpin (H.F. Heard) 137; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 72; The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 295-296; The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 64, 88; "The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 140-141, 145; "The Case of the Vatican Cameos" (June Thomson) 133, 135, 161; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J. Trow) 499, 501

Christie, John Reginald Halliday (British Murderer, 1899-1953)
Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 12; Sherlock Holmes in Tibet (Richard Wincor) 4

Christie, Linford (British Athlete, 1960- )
Stanley Bagshaw and the Frantic Film Fiasco (Bob Wilson)

Christie, Sir William (English Astronomer, 1845-1922)
"The Adventure of the Counterfeit Martian" (Ralph Vaughan) 158

Christoffel, Elsa (Swiss Governess, Witness in the Carew Murder Case)
"The Case of the Yokohama Club" (Donald Thomas) 287, 302-303, 308

Christopher, Jimmy (Secret Service Operator #5 series)
"Confidence Game" (Jim Harmon) 131

Christopher, Milbourne (American Magician, 1914-1984)
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 81-82
The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man (Daniel Stashower) 15

Christopher, St. (Patron Saint of Travellers, ?-250)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon) 16; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 113; "The Weeping Masks" (James Lowder) 101, 103, 109; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 233; Shadowblood (Tracy Revels) 159; The Book of the Dead (Robert Richardson) 10; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 148
By Christopher: "The Murder of Conan Doyle" (Ray Russell) 267
Sao Cristovao Derby Club: A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 204
St. Christopher (town): The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 37
St. Christopher-le-Stocks Church: Sherlock Holmes and the Strange Events at the Bank of England (Graham Avery) 12, 83
St. Christopher Medallion: The Red Ribbon (H.B. Lyle) 5, 60, 90, 92; "The Mile End Mynah Bird" (Mark Mower) 512; "The Case of the Vanishing Barque" (June Thomson) 151, 157, 166
St Christopher's Church: Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 18, 76, 90, 164, 168, 207, 215, 279
St. Christopher's Hospital: Murder by Decree (Robert Weverka) 108, 112-113, 119-120, 123
St. Christopher's House: "The Case of the Cardinal's Corpse" (June Thomson) 95-97, 118

Christopher Robin (Winnie The Pooh Stories - A.A.Milne)
The Probability Pad (T.A.Waters) 50-51, 60-61, 63-64

Christy Minstrels (American Minstrel Troupe)
"The Mystery of the Acetylene Lamp" (Anonymous) 95

Chrysler, Walter (American Car Manufacturer, 1875-1940)
Chrysler Car: Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 389-390, 393; Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 176; The Ritual (J.N. Williamson) 56

Chu Shih-Chieh (Chinese Mathematician, 13th Century)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 68

Chu Yüan-chang (First Ming Emperor of China (1368-98), 1328-1398)
Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 255

Chuang (Chinese Prince, Boxer Leader)
"The Adventure of the Celestial Snows" (George Alec Effinger) 336

Chuang Tzu: see Zhuangzi

Chubb, Jeremiah (1793-?) & Charles (1779-1846) (British Locksmiths)
Chubb: he Magic Bullet (Larry Millett) 105, 241; "Sherlock Holmes and the Trophy Room" (Roy Templeman) 153; "The Case of the Ghosts at Bly" (Donald Thomas) 252
Chubb & Sons: Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 315
Chubb Key: Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 212-213
Chubb Lock: The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 81-82; Moriarty (Anthony Horowitz) 69, 78, 85; Gods of War (James Lovegrove) 117; The Three Locks (Bonnie MacBird) 73; Sherlock Holmes in Australia: The Adventure of the Kidnapped Kanakas (Ken Methold) 8; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 40; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 542; The Grimswell Curse (Sam Siciliano) 153; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 82
Chubb Safe: The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes (Leonard Goldberg) 60, 85, 204, 243, 288; Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 66, 211
Chubb's: The Three Locks (Bonnie MacBird) 174, 191, 195, 201
Mr Chubb: "The Sulky Pony" (Alan Stockwell) 40, 52

Chuku (Ibo God)
"The Adventure of the Six Maledictions" (Kim Newman) 221

Chulalongkorn (King of Siam (1868-1910), 1853-1910)
The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 131, 224-231, 233, 236-237, 249-251, 253-255, 257, 271-272, 281, 286, 288-289, 293, 295, 300-301, 327, 333, 340, 351, 353, 363, 366-367, 371-373, 382-384, 395, 410, 412, 416, 465, 469-473, 483-484, 486, 506, 528, 563, 573, 602
"Sherlock Holmes And The King of Siam" (Ronald C. Weyman) 96-102, 104-111
King Chula: Sherlock Holmes and the King’s Governess (Barrie Roberts) 5-6, 14, 35, 88, 101-102, 122-123, 151-159, 168-171
"Water from the Moon" (Carolyn Wheat) 37-38, 42-43

Chun, Prince: see Yixuan

Chung Koon (Chinese Restaurateur)
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 125-127, 133

Chung Ling Soo: see Robinson, William

Church, Frederick E. (American Artist, 1826-1900)
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 26, 29-30, 32, 34, 37, 39-43, 55, 121, 144, 209, 212, 216
Allan Quatermain at the Dawn of Time  (Thos. Kent Miller) xxxvii, cxxxix

Church, Louis (Son of Frederick Church)
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 26, 29, 31-32, 39

Church, Sam (British Airship Crewman, 1904-1930)
"The Adventure of the Orkney Shark" (Simon Bestwick) 291-292, 299-300, 304, 312, 314-315, 317, 319-321, 324

Churchill, Adelaide (Neighbour of Lizzie Borden, 1850-1926)
Sherlock Holmes and the Fall River Tragedy (Owen Haskell) 51, 113, 146-147, 151-152, 163, 170-171
"Sherlock Holmes and the Lizzie Borden Connection" (William Schley-Ulrich) I: 12-13
"The Adventure of the Stainless Spinster" (Dixie J. Whitted) 117

Churchill, Clementine (Wife of Winston Churchill, 1885-1977)
A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 235, 249
"The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 160
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 117
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 8, 12, 23; The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 128; Island of the Mad (Laurie R. King) 175; The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 137, 149; Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 287, 387; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 71, 146

Churchill, James (English Blacksmith, c1832-?)
"The Strange Affair at Glastonbury" (Eddie Maguire) 10

Churchill, Lady Jennie (Mother of Winston Churchill, 1854-1921)
"The Adventure of Vanderbilt and the Yeggman" (Roberta Rogow) 235-238
Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 45, 84-90
Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 95-97, 279-280
The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 147; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 24, 51, 55; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 96; The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 28; Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 125; "The Victory Match" (Barry Perowne) 2, 9; The Problem of the Missing Miss (Roberta Rogow) 52, 229, 254; Brigade (M.J. Trow) 318

Churchill, Lord Randolph (British Politician, 1849-1894)
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 91-98, 225-234, 238, 286, 327-328, 337, 349-353;
Wolf Shield: "A Study In Orange" (Peter Tremayne) 254, 271-273, 275-277
Murder, Mrs. Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 8, 19-20; Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 125; "The Victory Match" (Barry Perowne) 2, 9; "The Case of the Murdering Saint" (Vithal Rajan) 10; "The Adventure of Vanderbilt and the Yeggman" (Roberta Rogow) 237; The Problem of the Missing Miss (Roberta Rogow) 52, 254; "The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 175; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 316, 318; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 86, 88-89; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J. Trow) 511; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 10, 30

Churchill, Robert (British Gunsmith & Forensics Expert)
"The Case of the Missing Rifleman" (Donald Thomas) 268-271
Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 199-201, 205, 219
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 191-193
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 64-66, 125, 128, 207
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 75, 108; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 140, 197, 214

Churchill, Winston (British Prime Minister (1940-45, 1951-55), 1874-1965)
"The Adventure of the Eyrie Cliff" (Rick Boyer) 144, 161-164
The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 84
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 5-23, 25-26, 38, 40, 42-47, 67, 84-86, 109, 120, 127, 132, 146, 158, 197-198, 200, 217, 252, 266, 270, 277, 291, 294-297, 299, 301, 303-304
Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania (Lorraine Daly) 4, 69, 71, 184
"The Case of the Secret Assassin" (David Stuart Davies) 297-298, 307-309, 311-315
Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 166-171, 174
The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 6-18, 20, 26, 39, 41, 43-44, 46-50, 52, 56, 59-60, 62, 64-65, 80-82, 84-85, 91-95, 106, 110, 112, 116-117, 119-128, 138-139, 141-144, 147-148, 151, 160-161, 168, 173-174, 181, 183, 187, 190-193, 212, 217, 219, 221-222, 224-225, 233, 236, 240, 246-247, 260-264, 270, 272-273, 293, 305-308
The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 8, 13, 19, 21-30, 32, 50-52, 54-55, 60, 62, 64-66, 69-70, 73, 75-77, 79-83, 97-98, 100-101, 103, 109, 112-114, 123, 125-128, 131-132, 143, 148-149, 152-155, 183-184, 186, 201-204, 215, 245, 250-251, 257, 259, 261, 266, 273-274, 292, 296, 308-310, 312, 319-321, 332, 340-342, 344-346
Cry of Thunder (Joe Gentile, Andy Bennett & Carlos Magno) 65, 90
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 96
Murder, Mrs. Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 3-4, 6-22, 30, 36, 39, 46, 48-56, 59-61, 69-70, 95-99, 101, 104, 106, 110-111, 115-116, 131, 162-163, 182-184, 187, 192-194, 205-210
"Dunkirk" (John Lescroart) 121-122, 124, 127, 143, 158
The Irregular (H.B. Lyle) 12, 32-33, 108, 196-197, 231, 257, 263-264, 274-276
The Red Ribbon (H.B. Lyle) 44, 47, 49-52, 74, 94-98, 115-116, 121-122, 133, 164, 188, 198-200, 239, 248, 250, 268, 271, 275, 277, 293, 299, 304, 307, 309, 335
"Be Seeing You!" (Xavier Mauméjean) 122-125
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 80, 127
Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 115-120, 125-129, 137, 145, 149-153, 156, 158, 160-161
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 20, 28-31, 318-319, 332-333, 351
"The Private Files of Mycroft Holmes" (Kim Newman) 15-16
The Firebird Mystery (Darrell Pitt) 92, 186-190, 192-195, 197-199, 201, 207-211, 213, 215-222, 224-225, 242-244, 246-247, 249, 262-263, 314-316
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 134, 137-157, 170, 227, 243
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 231-232, 235
The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 66, 72-74, 78-86, 91-96, 109, 112-113, 116-117, 129-131, 136, 143, 155, 158-163, 195, 198, 203, 222-223, 238, 284, 286, 296-303, 312, 328, 336, 344, 361, 365, 376-377, 380, 400, 402, 432, 449-450
Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 62-63, 113, 115, 132, 134, 136-137, 141, 145-148, 155, 158, 160, 202, 204, 245, 283-291, 298-299, 304, 308, 317-318, 320, 379, 383-388, 395, 421, 443, 454, 464
The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 102, 145, 224, 274, 340, 354-358
A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 12-13, 21, 72, 97, 233-239, 249-251, 254, 277, 408-409
Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 15, 133
Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 310
"The Case of Peter the Painter" (Donald Thomas) 230-231, 234, 239-247, 249-250, 260-266
"The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 160, 163, 165-166
Sherlock Holmes and the Zombie Problem (Nick S. Thomas) 48-49, 55, 61-64
Brigade (M.J.Trow) 314-318, 408
Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 506, 511-514, 547-549, 563, 585-586, 598
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 116-117, 126, 128-133, 135-136, 138-139, 150, 158-159, 188, 191, 196
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 18, 148, 152
Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 10-31, 44, 54-55, 58, 64, 73, 85, 93-97, 105, 172, 200, 230, 261-271, 273-275, 279-280, 285, 295-296, 307-311
The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 8-9, 13-14, 20
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 193; The Case That Time Forgot (Tracy Barrett) 131; Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R.Bensen) 15; "The Adventure of the Mooning Sentry" (Jon L. Breen) 58; The Martian Menace (Eric Brown) 246; Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) xiii; The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 130; A Study in Charlotte (Brittany Cavallaro) 317; A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 196; Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 242; "Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Swindle" (Len Deighton); The Case of the Blackmail Boys (Terrance Dicks) 73; The Book of Changes (R.H.W. Dillard) 76; "Sons of Moriarty" (Loren D. Estleman) 134; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 98; "The Stake and the Sickle" (Brian Gallagher) 95, 103; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 27; "The Ghost of Sherlock Holmes" (Leslie Halliwell) 245; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 96; A Study in Crimson (Robert J. Harris) 43-44, 137, 169, 176, 243, 300; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 15; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 98, 104; Murder Most Irregular (H. Paul Jeffers) 99; Castle Shade (Laurie R. King) 27; The God of the Hive (Laurie R. King) 27; Island of the Mad (Laurie R. King) 45, 141, 175, 215; Pirate King (Laurie R. King) 16, 34; "The Walk-In" (Harley Jane Kozak) 28, 31; "The Beast of Guangming Peak" (Michael Mallory) 7; The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 27-28; Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 235, 333; Baskerville (John O'Connell) 63; "The Case of the Murdering Saint" (Vithal Rajan) 10; The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 21; Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 136, 138, 153; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 81; The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 83; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 97; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 34, 63, 131, 146, 176; Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 39-40; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 45, 84-86, 89-90; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 199; The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 84
Churchillian: Murder, Mrs Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 16, 39; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 373

Churchill Family, The
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 137, 149; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 112

Chuzzlewit, Martin (The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit - Charles Dickens)
"Mr Homes Makes a Sensational Exit" (John Kendrick Bangs) 15

Ciasca, Agostino (Italian Cardinal, 1835-1902)
Sherlock Holmes The Missing Years: Timbuktu (Vasudev Murthy) 43-53, 141, 144, 253-254, 256-260, 263-265, 267-268, 270-278, 280

Cibber, Colly (British Playwright, 1671-1757)
The Scottish Ploy (Quinn Fawcett) 261

Cicero, Marcus Tullius (Roman Statesman & Orator, 106-43BC)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 62; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 375, 377; "Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Hamlet" (Emanuel E. Garcia) 27; The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter (Theodora Goss) 236; The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 90; Holmes Entangled (Gordon McAlpine) 60; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 309; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 242; "The Case of a Boy’s Honour" (Donald Thomas) 15; "The Case Of the Greek Key" (Donald Thomas) 97, 138; "The Case of the Friesland Outrage" (June Thomson) 155; "Exit Centre Stage" (M.J.Trow) 242, Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 311; "The Glennon Falls" (Sam Wiebe) 146
a cicerone: Pirate King (Laurie R. King) 63; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 109; "The House that Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 279
Ciceronian: The Case of the Left-Handed Lady (Nancy Springer) 16, 198
Ciceroning: "The Italian Sherlock Holmes" (Reginald Hill) 236

Cigarette (Under Two Flags - Ouida)
Love Is the Winner (Janet Templeton) 126

Cigarette Smoking Man, The (The X-Files - TV series)
"Celeste" (Neil Jackson) 164

Cilea, Francesco (Italian Composer, 1866-1950)
"The Case of the Two Bohmes" (Ted Riccardi) 176, 179

Cincinatti Reds (American Baseball Team)
Deadly Season (Tim Champlin) 22; The Ritual (J.N. Williamson) 215; The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 63

Cinderella (Fairy Story Character)
Sophie's World (Jostein Gaarder) 454
"The Case of the Glass Slipper" (Stoddard Hayes) 78-82
"The Case of the Glass Slipper" (Ian Watson) 192-197
The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (James Anderson) 34; Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 250; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 197; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 67, 163, 252; "Dracula on the Rocks" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 11, 32; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 251, 268, 273; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 166; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 172, 176, 373, 393; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 272; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 58, 103, 108, 217-218, 314; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 69, 229, 306, 353, 384, 409; "Honey: Stalking Jack the Ripper" (Kelly Garrett & Tom Garst) 111; European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 596; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 2, 6, 15, 32, 34-35, 118, 193-194; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 56; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 226; The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 168, 177; Castle Shade (Laurie R. King) 144, 151; Island of the Mad (Laurie R. King) 216; O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 298; Who Thinks Evil (Michael Kurland) 265; The Devil’s Due (Bonnie MacBird) 176; Watson's Choice (Gladys Mitchell) 10; Raiders of the Lost Car Park (Robert Rankin) 181; The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist (Roberta Rogow) 255; "The Dilemma of the Distressed Savoyard" (Crighton Sellars) 452; "The Case of Vittoria the Circus Belle" (Jay Sheckley) 349; The Devil and the Four (Sam Siciliano) 203; "The Adventure of the Willow Pool" (Denis O. Smith) 337; Murder by Decree (Robert Weverka) 172; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 323

Cinderella's Fairy Godmother (Fairy Story Character)
"The Case of the Glass Slipper" (Ian Watson) 193-197
The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (James Anderson) 34; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 251, 404; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 409
See also: Fairy Godmother

Cinderella's King (Fairy Story Character)
"The Case of the Glass Slipper" (Stoddard Hayes) 78-79

Cinderella's Prince (Fairy Story Character)
"The Case of the Glass Slipper" (Stoddard Hayes) 78, 81-82
"The Case of the Glass Slipper" (Ian Watson) 191-197
The Devil and the Four (Sam Siciliano) 203

Cinderella's Queen (Fairy Story Character)
"The Case of the Glass Slipper" (Stoddard Hayes) 78, 81

Cinderella's Stepmother (Fairy Story Character)
"The Case of the Glass Slipper" (Stoddard Hayes) 80; The Devil and the Four (Sam Siciliano) 203; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 323

Cinderella's Stepsisters (Fairy Story Characters)
Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 281; Who Thinks Evil (Michael Kurland) 265; "The Case of the Glass Slipper" (Stoddard Hayes) 80; Castle Shade (Laurie R. King) 144; The Devil and the Four (Sam Siciliano) 203; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 323

Cinquevalli, Paul (Polish Juggler, 1859-1918)
Moriarty (John Gardner) 183

Cio Cio San (Madam Butterfly - Puccini)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 21

Circe (Sorceress in Greek Mythology)
Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 82-83, 120-123, 126, 149-152, 158-159, 176-178, 194-195, 197, 202, 205, 207, 213, 224, 227-228, 230-243, 251-252, 264, 270, 273-276, 278-291, 298, 305, 307-311, 313-314, 316-322, 324, 343-346, 349-350, 352, 354-358, 372-373, 375-383, 409-410, 413, 420-421, 431-432, 434-448, 450-451, 454-460, 463-465, 468, 473, 477-480, 482-496, 498-501
"The Strange Case of the Tongue-Tied Tenor" (Carole Buggé) 337; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 83; Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 380-382; The Web Weaver (Sam Siciliano) 236; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 161; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 146, 222; "The House that Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 291
Circe-like: The Web Weaver (Sam Siciliano) 108
Local Circes: The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 218
NOTE: The character Lilah is identified as Circe on pages 380-382 of Tom Holland's Supping with Panthers

Cirnoc, The Great (American Magician)
Al Fateel / Albert Fatelli: The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 11, 15, 28, 32, 50, 55, 74, 76, 84, 92-93, 100-101, 137-140, 143, 146-147, 157, 204, 209, 211, 215, 224-225, 229-231, 248-249, 265, 269-270, 272, 274-276, 278-279, 281
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 77

Citroën, André (French Industrialist, 1878-1935)
Citroen Car: "A Triumph of Logic" (Gayle Lynds & John Sheldon) 203

Cixi: see Tzu Hsi

Claflin, Tennessee (American Journalist & Social Reformer, 1846-1923)
"The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 184, 192

Clairin, Georges (French Artist, 1843-1919)
The Private Life of Dr Watson (Michael Hardwick) 197

Clairmont, Claire (Stepsister of Mary Shelley, 1798-1879)
The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter (Theodora Goss) 397-398

Clancy, James (American Warden of Sing Sing Prison)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 49

Clancy, Tom (American Author, 1947-2013)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 200

Clanton Gang, The (Gunfight at the OK Corral)
The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 155; They Might Be Giants (James Goldman) 69; "The Forlorn Death of Sally at the Crossroads" (Dennis O’Neil) 35, 48

Clapton, Eric (British Rock Musician, 1945- )
Dead Man's Confession (Cass Lewis) 106

Clare, Anthony (Irish Psychatrist, 1942-2007)
Aunt Edna’s Guide to Paradise (Keith Sharp) 7

Clarence, Albert Edward "Eddy", Duke of (Son of Edward VII, 1864-1892)
The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 144-145, 160, 162-163, 168-171, 177, 195
Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 40, 43-44, 56, 65, 72, 133, 214, 223, 230-231, 240, 252, 271-273, 275-280, 301, 321-322, 324, 328
The Ripper Legacy (David Stuart Davies) 67, 69-72, 79, 99
The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 224, 304-305, 348-351, 354, 356, 358-359, 363, 368, 371-372, 381, 389-390
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 117, 120, 124
"The World Is Full of Obvious Things" (Jon Courtenay Grimwood) 229, 239-242
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 208-213, 216-218, 220, 239-243, 245, 248-249, 251, 254, 265-268, 274-281, 284-285, 292-293, 329-332, 340, 342-350, 353
Bloodline (Jill Jones) 20-308
Who Thinks Evil (Michael Kurland) 9-15, 17, 39, 76-79, 82-88, 90-92, 95, 99, 103-104, 112-116, 125-126, 129-133, 152-153, 155-156, 158-159, 161-167, 173, 182, 214-215, 219, 225, 227-229, 237, 243, 259, 262, 270-271, 273-275, 279
"The Adventure of the Missing Detective" (Gary Lovisi) 305, 311, 313-314, 318, 320-323, 329, 335
"The Adventure of the Empty Throne" (Brad Mengel) 88, 92-93, 97
 "The Strange Case of the Queen’s Pupils" (Charles O’Hegarty, Michel Choquette & Frank Springer) 53-54, 58
"The Bite Worse Than Death" (Vithal Rajan) 60, 67, 69, 72-78, 81, 83-85, 87-90, 92-93, 95
"The Adventure of the Other Detective" (Bradley H. Sinor) 54-62
"The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 160-161, 170, 174, 176-179, 182, 184, 195
Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 79, 120-123, 129-130, 132, 222, 224, 226-233, 238, 251, 275, 287-288
"The Mystery of the Missing Heir" (Kevin P. Thornton) 252-261
The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 108-109, 111-119, 124
Murder by Decree (Robert Weverka) 107-108, 112, 120-121, 124-126, 129-132, 143, 172-173, 176, 178-179
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 113-114; The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 118, 200; The Abduction of Pretty Penny (Leonard Goldberg) 241; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 12-13; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 103-104, 106, 243, 409; Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 231-232; "Sherlock Holmes and the Autumn of Terror" (J.G. Grimmer) 43; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 89; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 93; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 237, 243; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 137; "Behind the Mask of the Ripper" (Jean-Marc Mouiller) 171; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 131, 346; "A Volume in Vermilion" (Kim Newman) 71; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 104, 115-116; Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J. Schaffer) 283; A Three-Pipe Problem (Julian Symons) 96-97; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 291-292, 296, 307; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 177, 179-180; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 19-20, 200; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 30; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 35, 57; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 160; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 235-236, 238-239, 257, 268-271, 273, 287; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 9; Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 94
King Victor: The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 12-13, 18-19, 49, 77-78, 113, 149, 161, 187-188

Clarence, Duke of (Richard III - William Shakespeare)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 298; A Taste for Honey (H.F.Heard) 81; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 160

Clarendon, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of (English Statesman & Historian, 1609-1674)
"The North Walk Mystery" (Denis O. Smith) 273

Clarendon, George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of (English Politician, 1800-1870)
The Clarendon Commission: Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 63

Claretie, Jules Arsène (French Writer & Theatrical Director, 1840-1913)
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 57, 60

Claridge, Mr & Mrs (19th Century British Hoteliers)
Claridge's: The Soprano’s Last Song (Irene Adler) 45, 63, 74, 107, 141, 156, 174, 181, 199; The House at Baker Street (Michelle Birkby) 277; Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania (Lorraine Daly) 5; "Sons of Moriarty" (Loren D. Estleman) 138; Moriarty (John Gardner) 250; The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 324; The Strange Return of Sherlock Holmes (Barry Grant) 51, 54, 56, 66, 80; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 137; "The Matter of the Pigeons-Blood Ruby" (David L. Hammer) 66; Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 122; The Return of the Pharaoh (Nicholas Meyer) 36; "A Volume in Vermilion" (Kim Newman) 66, 97; The Case of the Vanishing Corpse (Robert Newman) 33, 48; The Spider’s Web (Philip Purser-Hallard) 272, 274; The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 129; "The Adventure of the Fourth Glove" (Denis O. Smith) 174; "The Case of the Maplestead Magpie" (June Thomson) 70, 72-73, 77, 79, 83; "The Case of the Vatican Cameos" (June Thomson) 132, 152

Clarinda: see Agnes McLehose

Clark, Adam (Scottish Engineer, 1811-1866)
The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 215

Clark, Bobby (Kate Shugak series - Dana Stabenow)
"The Eyak Interpreter" (Dana Stabenow) 292-293, 301, 304, 306, 311

Clark, Cyrus (English Shoemaker, 1801-1866)
Clark Brothers Shoe Factory: "The Strange Affair at Glastonbury" (Eddie Maguire) 6, 11

Clark, E.S. (American Attorney General)
"The Lost Democratic Majority" (Dr H.A.E. Watson) 307

Clark, Sir James (British Physician, 1788-1870)
Mycroft Holmes (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 55-57
Mycroft & Sherlock (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 177, 179

Clark, Katya (Kate Shugak series - Dana Stabenow)
"The Eyak Interpreter" (Dana Stabenow) 293, 301, 309

Clark, Lillian (H.P.Lovecraft's Aunt, ?-1932)
"The Adventure of the Ancient Gods" (Ralph Vaughan) 17
Pulptime (P.H. Cannon) 25; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 103, 238

Clark, Marguerite (American Actress, 1883-1940)
Creighton's Castle (Miriam Lynch) 25

Clark, P.C. (British Police Officer, 1884 Scotland Yard Bombing)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 73

Clark, Petula (British Singer, 1932- )
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 138

Clark, William (American Explorer, 1770-1838)
"Sons of Moriarty" (Loren D. Estleman) 141-142; Holmes on the Range (Steve Hockensmith) 41; Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities (James Lovegrove)

Clark, William Tierney (British Civil Engineer, 1783-1852)
Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 94

Clarke, Creston (Son of John Sleeper Clarke, 1865-1910)
"The Ghost of Lincoln" (Geri Schear) 215, 221

Clarke, Sir Edward (British Solicitor General, 1841-1931)
"A Matter of Murder In Hampstead" (David L. Hammer) 36
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 91-92, 180, 247
"The Case of the Peasenhall Murder" (Donald Thomas) 180-181, 186-187
Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 25-29, 32-34, 36, 39-47, 49, 52-55, 83-84, 96-97
The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 43

Clarke, George (Owner of Clarke's Yard, Rose Mylett Murder Case)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 103

Clarke, Chief Inspector George (Metropolitan Police, De Goncourt Affair)
The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 185-188
"The Case of the Racing Certainty" (Donald Thomas) 35-39, 42, 57, 88-89
"The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 289-290

Clarke, Sir George Sydenham (British Colonial Administrator, 1848-1933)
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 209-210, 214, 217, 225, 229, 233, 235-236

Clarke, Henry (Leicester Gunsmith, Witness in the Green Bicycle Case)
"The Case of the Missing Rifleman" (Donald Thomas) 270

Clarke, James Freeman (American Cleric, 1810-1888)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 276

Clarke, John Sleeper (American Comedian & Actor, 1833-1899)
"The Ghost of Lincoln" (Geri Schear) 211-224
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 35

Clarke, Lillian (Daughter of John Sleeper Clarke, 1865-1910)
"The Ghost of Lincoln" (Geri Schear) 215, 221

Clarke, Mary Jane (British Suffragette, 1862-1910)
The Red Ribbon (H.B. Lyle) 264

Clarke, Micah (Micah Clarke - Arthur Conan Doyle)
"How Sir Arthur Passed into the World He Created" (Dean Collins) 189
Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 131-132

Clarke, Reginald (The House of the Vampire - George Sylvestre Viereck)
The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 88

Clarkson, Willy (British Costume Designer, 1861-1934)
Clarkson's: "The Procurator of Justice" (Stephen Barr) 118

Clary, Julian (British Entertainer, 1959- )
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 16

Claudius (Roman Emperor (AD41-54), 10BC-AD54)
"Pain, Locks and Romans" (Len Bailey) 104; "Run for Your Life" (Len Bailey) 193, 197; "Who’s Your Mama?" (Len Bailey) 175; Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 59, 61, 89; "The Abernetty Mystery" (Paul D. Gilbert) 74; An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 104; The Firland Saga (Norman S. Power) 6; Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 232

Claudius (Hamlet - William Shakespeare)
"The Case of the Danish Prince" (Miles Kington) 134-137
"The Curse of Edwin Booth" (Carole Buggé) 192, 200; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 78, 127, 157, 168, 170-174; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 23, 26, 234, 320-321, 381; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 172; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 411; "Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Hamlet" (Emanuel E. Garcia) 35, 41, 43-47, 52-55, 63; My Hero (Tom Holt) 13, 60; "The Strange Death of Matthew Tidmore" (Ned Hubbell) 113; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 43; Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 173, Baskerville (John O’Connell) 158; The Devil and the Four (Sam Siciliano) 212; Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 245, 280; "The Case of the Matinee Idol" (Donald Thomas) 293, 298-299, 301-302, 307-310, 328, 345, 351; "Sherlock Holmes: The Actor" (Donald Thomas) 281; "The Case of the Stray Chicken" (June Thomson) 47

Claus, Mrs (Wife of Santa Claus)
"The Lost Claus" (B. Uhlenhake) 26, 28-31

Clausewitz, Carl Von (Prussian Soldier, 1780-1831)
"Three Cases of Relative Honor" (Colin Bruce) 194; Winter at Death’s Hotel (Kenneth Cameron) 271; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 178-179; From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 82; Moriarty (John Gardner) 52; Black Ice (Andrew Lane) 154; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 250; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 243; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 257; "The Case of the Ghosts at Bly" (Donald Thomas) 172; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 159; The Probability Pad (T.A.Waters) 70
Von Clausewitzian: The Probability Pad (T.A.Waters) 113

Clavering, Phyllis (Bulldog Drummond series - Sapper)
 "The Last Detective Story in the World" (Maurice Richardson) 65

Clay, Colonel (An African Millionaire - Grant Allen)
"The Greek Invertebrate" (Kim Newman) 354; "The Problem of the Final Adventure" (Kim Newman) 392

Clay, Richard (British Printer)
"The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 185

Clay, Robert (Soldiers of Fortune - Richard Harding Davis)
"Gossip" (Anonymous) 318

Clayton, Alice (Tarzan of the Apes - Edgar Rice Burroughs)
"The Shades of Pemberley" (Win Scott Eckert) 16; The Adventure of the Peerless Peer (Philip José Farmer) 72, 75-77, 98-99, 124; "The Case of the Doctor Who Had No Business" (Richard A. Lupoff) 73-75

Clayton, Jesse, 4th Duke of Greystoke (Tarzan Alive - Philip José Farmer)
The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 191, 199

Clayton, Joane (Tarzan Alive - Philip José Farmer)
The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 191

Clayton, John, Lord Greystoke (Tarzan of the Apes - Edgar Rice Burroughs)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 21
"The Shades of Pemberley" (Win Scott Eckert) 16; The Adventure of the Peerless Peer (Philip José Farmer) 72, 75-77, 98-99; The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 65, 124-125, 191; "The Case of the Doctor Who Had No Business" (Richard A. Lupoff) 73-75

Clayton, John, 5th Duke of Greystoke (Tarzan Alive - Philip José Farmer)
The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 65, 124

Clayton, Miss (Sister of Matilda Roberts)
"The Mysterious Drowning at St Kilda" (Steve Cameron) 194, 211

Clayton, Sir William (Tarzan Alive - Philip José Farmer)
The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 91, 98, 122

Clayton, Sir William Cecil, 7th Duke of Greystoke (Tarzan of the Apes - Edgar Rice Burroughs)
"The Shades of Pemberley" (Win Scott Eckert) 15
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 23-25, 27, 30-32
"The Adventure of the Fallen Stone" (Win Scott Eckert) 73-74; The Adventure of the Peerless Peer (Philip José Farmer) 76-77, 99-100, 102; The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 27, 30, 71-73, 111, 119, 121, 123-124, 133-134, 138, 141-142; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 21

Clayton, Sir William Cecil Fitzwilliam, 6th Duke of Greystoke (Tarzan Alive - Philip José Farmer)
The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 26-27, 30, 63-65, 71-72, 77-78, 90-91, 111, 115, 118-119, 121-122, 124, 140-142, 183, 191-193
"The Adventure of the Fallen Stone" (Win Scott Eckert) 73

Cleeve, Dr. Chalmers (The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu - Sax Rohmer)
Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 5, 13

Clegg, Jonathan (American Shopkeeper)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Lizzie Borden Connection" (William Schley-Ulrich) I: 12

Cleland, John (British Writer, 1709-1789)
The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 97

Clemenceau, Georges (French Statesman, 1841-1929)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 87, 127, 140
Castle Shade (Laurie R. King) 27; The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 19, 50, 59; Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 29; "The Case of the Hygienic Husband" (Donald Thomas) 198; "The Case of the Unseen Hand" (Donald Thomas) 144; "The Queen of the Night" (Donald Thomas) 298; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 211

Clemens, Clara Langdon (Daughter of Mark Twain, 1874-1962)
The Guilty Abroad (Peter J. Heck) 1-295
"The Adventure of the Stomach Club Papers" (Bill Peschel) 312, 316
"The Adventure of the Jersey Girl" (Bill Peschel) 357-359, 380; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 218, 220, 233-234, 241, 256, 334

Clemens, (Jean) Jane Lampton (Daughter of Mark Twain, 1880-1909)
The Guilty Abroad (Peter J. Heck) 1-295
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 218, 220, 233-234, 241, 256

Clemens, John Marshall (Father of Mark Twain, 1798-1847)
"My Silk Umbrella" (Darryl Brock) 37

Clemens, Olivia Langdon (Wife of Mark Twain, 1845-1904)
"My Silk Umbrella" (Darryl Brock) 34, 36
The Guilty Abroad (Peter J. Heck) 1-295
"The Adventure of the Jersey Girl" (Bill Peschel) 357-359, 371-373, 380, 386-388
"The Adventure of the Stomach Club Papers" (Bill Peschel) 312-316, 319, 322, 324, 338
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 218, 220,-222, 232-236, 241, 243, 245-247, 256, 507, 510
The Punjat's Ruby (Marian J.A.Jackson) 81

Clemens, Susy (Daughter of Mark Twain, 1872-1896)
The Guilty Abroad (Peter J. Heck) 1-295
"The Adventure of the Stomach Club Papers" (Bill Peschel) 312, 316
The Punjat's Ruby (Marian J.A.Jackson) 81; "The Adventure of the Jersey Girl" (Bill Peschel) 357-359, 380; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 218, 220, 233-234, 241, 255-256

Clement, St. (Roman Bishop, Pope Clement I, ?-AD100)
St. Clement Danes: The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 82; "The Haunted House" (Watkin Jones) 18; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J. Trow) 61-65, 67, 93, 97, 99, 239
The Clementinium: "The Adventure of the Lost Theorem" (Julie Novakova) 337
St Clement's: "The Adventure of the Beggar's Head" (Michael Mallory) 194
St Clement's Bells: "The Case of Vittoria the Circus Belle" (Jay Sheckley) 306
St Clement's Church: "The Case of the King’s Evil" (Donald Thomas) 78, 96-97, 99, 111
St Clement's Hospital: "The Case of the Missing Belle Fille" (June Thomson) 184, 187, 198

Clement IV (Pope (1265-68), 1190-1268)
Sherlock Holmes The Missing Years: Timbuktu (Vasudev Murthy) 42

Clement V (Pope (1305-14), c.1264-1314)
Sherlock’s Logic (William Neblett) 26, 35-36

Clement VII (Pope (1523-34), 1478-1534)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 117

Clement of Alexandria, Saint (Greek Theologian, 150-215)
Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 65

Clementine (Clementine - folk song)
Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 139, 141, 216; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 217

Cleopatra (Queen of Egypt, (51-30BC), c.69-30BC)
"Mr. Homes Solves A Question of Authorship" (John Kendrick Bangs) 208
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 59-65, 71-72, 89-92, 97-104, 139-140, 146-147, 152, 155, 159, 167-171, 189-190, 193, 196-197, 199
Young Sherlock Holmes (Alan Arnold) 134; "Pain, Locks and Romans" (Len Bailey) 103; "The Case That Time Forgot (Tracy Barrett) 64; The Adventure of the Brimstone Chalice" (Dr. Hill Barton) 285; The House of Smoke (Sam Christer) 452; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 237; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 185; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 38, 42, 64; The Disappearing Diplomat (Terrance Dicks) 73; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 162; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 366; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 437; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 309; "The Deadly Sin of Sherlock Holmes" (Tom English) 65; The Clockwork Scarab (Colleen Gleason) 215; The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 113-114, 146, 165, 167, 324, 331; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Letter (Barry Grant) 161; Dragons on the Town (Thorarinn Gunnarsson) 70; "Confidence Game" (Jim Harmon) 138-139; A Study in Crimson (Robert J. Harris) 76; The Notched Hairpin (H.F. Heard) 123; A Taste for Honey (H.F. Heard) 168; Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell (Paul Kane) 261; The Game (Laurie R. King) 49; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 315, 322; The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 319; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 204; Who Thinks Evil (Michael Kurland) 138; A Scandal in Battersea (Mercedes Lackey) 263; "The Disappearance of Caroline Erskine" (Michael Mallory) 228-232; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 281; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 170; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 103; The Venerable Tiger (Sam Siciliano) 95; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 610; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 125-126; Camera Obscura (Lavie Tidhar) 346, 350, 496-497, 501-502, 546, 562, 603, 609-610, 612-616, 631-632, 635, 640-641, 649, 651, 653, 658-659, 666; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 201; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 209-211, 216; Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel Vampire (Dean P. Turnbloom) 218
Cleopatra (ship): "Celeste" (Neil Jackson) 143
Cleopatra of Crime: The Spider’s Web (Philip Purser-Hallard) 256
Cleopatra's Needle: "Dead Man Walking" (Len Bailey) 147; The Case That Time Forgot (Tracy Barrett) 64, 66-69, 75; Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 111; Arthur and the Purple Panic (Alan Coren) 21; The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 120; "The Adventure of the Swaddled Railwayman" (Richard Dinnick) 246; The Crusader’s Curse (Stuart Douglas) 63; "Notes upon the Diadem Club Affair" (Lindsay Faye) 341-342, 345; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 386; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 267; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 262; "Moriarty’s Fiendish Plan" (Roger Jaynes) 281; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 165; The God of the Hive (Laurie R. King) 337; The Murder of Mary Russell (Laurie R. King) 281; "The Disappearance of Caroline Erskine" (Michael Mallory) 228-229; The Firebird Mystery (Darrell Pitt) 311, 314The Spider’s Web (Philip Purser-Hallard) 9; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 53; The Mystery of the Yellow Hands (Jake & Luke Thoene) 61; The Thundering Underground (Jake & Luke Thoene) 34
Cleopatra-wigged: "The Adventure of the Six Maledictions" (Kim Newman) 259
"This Irish Cleopatra": Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 70

Cleopatra V (Queen of Egypt, ?-c.68 or 57BC)
The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 146

Cleopatra the Alchemist (3rd Century Greek-Egyptian Alchemist)
Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell (Paul Kane) 261

Clerval, Henry (Frankenstein - Mary Shelley)
Sherlock Holmes The Adventure of the Frankenstein Monster (Don W. Baranowski) 8, 11-25, 27-30, 33, 41-42, 47-49, 51-52, 55-56, 76, 80, 114-115, 117-118, 157, 162

Clery, M.J. (Irish Businessman, ?-1896)
Clery's Department Store: The Year of the Gun (H.B. Lyle) 82-83

Clésinger, Jean-Baptiste (French Sculptor, 1814-1883)
"Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 155

Cleveland, Frances Folsom (Wife of Grover Cleveland, 1864-1947)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 72, 191-194, 290-293, 354-355
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 410, 451-452; The Crimes of Dr Watson (Duane Swierczynski) 22

Cleveland, Grover (US President (1885-89, 1893-97), 1837-1908)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 51-52, 64, 74, 109, 149, 174, 273, 280-284, 286-291, 325, 382, 392, 410, 422, 447-448, 451-455, 472, 474, 494, 499-501, 503, 514, 519, 521-522, 524, 527-528, 531, 533, 554, 562, 566, 579, 585-593, 595, 600
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 51-52, 68-74, 86, 96, 99, 114-115, 122, 128, 156, 158-160, 163-165, 174-179, 182, 191-194, 223, 245-246, 253-255, 258, 272-273, 281, 290-294, 296-297, 300-301, 305, 307-308, 311-313, 315, 334, 354-355
"Time Patrol" (Poul Anderson) 24; The Adventure of the Dead Rabbits Society (Philip J. Carraher) 9; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 420; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 110-111, 173; Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance (Larry Millett) 254; The Shadow of Evil (Tim Pigott-Smith) 145, 330; The Problem of the Missing Miss (Roberta Rogow) 251; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 88; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 88
A new American President: "The Adventure of the Missing Detective" (Gary Lovisi) 335
The President: "Kim and Kim Again" (Vithal Rajan) 161; Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Nine (Barrie Roberts) 258

Cleveland, Oscar Folsom (Illegitimate Son of Grover Cleveland)
Jeanne-Marie Langtry: Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 72, 114, 176, 192-194, 246, 257-258, 305, 207-314, 332-333, 345, 351-352, 354-355
The Problem of the Missing Miss (Roberta Rogow) 251

Cleveland, Rose (Sister of Grover Cleveland, 1846-1918)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 392, 451-452

Clicquot-Muiron, Philippe (French Champagne Maker)
Veuve-Clicquot: And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 103; "Notes upon the Diadem Club Affair" (Lindsay Faye) 344; Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 69; The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 71-72

Clifden, Nellie (Irish Actress, Mistress of Edward VII)
Moriarty (John Gardner) 259; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 124; "The Pale Reflection" (L.C. Tyler) 259, 261

Cliff, Clarice (English Ceramics Designer, 1899-1972)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 14

Clifford, Camille (Danish-British Actress, 1885-1971)
The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 158

Clifford, George, 3rd Earl of Cumberland (English Naval Commander, 1558-1605)
The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 73-74

Clifford, Henry, 5th Earl of Cumberland (English Politician, 1591-1643)
Clifford's Tower: Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J. Trow) 91

Clifford, Sir Henry (British Military Leader, 1826-1883)
The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 46

Clifford, Sir Hugh (British Colonial Administrator, 1866-1941)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 158

Clifford, Lucy (Wife of William Kingdon Clifford, 1846-1929)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 86-87

Clifford, Martin: see Hamilton, Charles

Clifford, Nina (American Madam)
The Magic Bullet (Larry Millett) 78; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 28

Clifford, William Kingdon (British Philosopher, 1845-1879)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 86-87; "Sherlock Holmes and Certain Critics" (Ellis G. Roberts) 105

Clifton, Harry (British Music Hall Entertainer, 1832-1872)
Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (Gerald Frow) 58

Clinker, Humphry (The Expedition of Humphry Clinker - Tobias Smollett)
Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 297

Clinton, DeWitt (American Politician, 1769-1828)
Castle Clinton: Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 208; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 33

Clio (Muse of History)
The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 240; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 50

Cliquot-Muiron, Philippe (French Champagne Maker)
Veuve-Cliquot: Elementary, She Read (Vicki Delany) 122; Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 235

Clive, Robert (British Soldier & Statesman, 1725-1774)
Sherlock Holmes on the Western Front (Val Andrews) 11; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 85; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 59; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 92; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 12; The Irregular (H.B. Lyle) 33; "Art, Crime, and Enlightenment" (Vithal Rajan) 178; The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 221

Clodion, Michel (French Sculptor, 1738-1814)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 66

Cloncurry & Straffan, Duke of (Irish Peer)
"The Affray at the Kildare Street Club" (Peter Tremayne) 33-42
"A Study In Orange" (Peter Tremayne) 254

Clonmell, Lord (Irish Peer)
"The Affray at the Kildare Street Club" (Peter Tremayne) 33

Clooney, Rosemary (American Singer, 1928-2002)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 106

Close, Major C.F. (British Surveyor)
Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 54

Clotaire I (King of the Franks, Husband of St Rhadegund, (558-561), 497-561)
Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 80

Clough, Arthur Hugh (English Poet, 1819-1861)
Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania (Lorraine Daly) 71

Clouseau, Inspector Jacques (Pink Panther series)
From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 118
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 176; The Cop Catchers (Terrance Dicks) 57; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 132; Bloodline (Jill Jones) 282
Clouzot: The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 136

Clovelly, Felix (Something New - P.G. Wodehouse)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W. Dillard) 90, 111, 136

Clover, Matilda (English Murder Victim, ?-1891)
"The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 237-239, 242, 251-253, 259, 266-272, 274-281, 283, 290, 293, 295-299, 301-302, 323-324, 327-330

Clovis (The Unrest-Cure - Saki)
The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 91

Clovis II (King of Neustria & Burgundy (639-655), 637-655?)
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 265

Clown (Punch & Judy Show)
The Case of the Baffled Policeman (Allen Sharp) 65

Clunk, Mr (Mr Clunk series - H.C. Bailey)
"The Last Detective Story in the World" (Maurice Richardson) 67

Clutching Hand, The (The Clutching Hand - Arthur B. Reeve)
 "The Last Detective Story in the World" (Maurice Richardson) 66

Clyde (Pac-Man Video Game Character)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 198

Clynes, J.R. (British Politician, 1869-1949)
The Home Secretary: The Baker Street Phantom (Patrice Bourland) 23

Clytemnestra (Wife of Agamemnon in Greek Mythology)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 31; "The Case of the Incumbent Invalid" (Claire Griffen) 54; A Taste for Honey (H.F.Heard) 119; Gods of War (James Lovegrove) 252; "The Two Failures of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 6