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Coach Driver (Dracula - Bram Stoker)
Sherlock Holmes and the Affair in Transylvania (Gerry O’Hara) 28-29, 31-34

Coach Passengers (Dracula - Bram Stoker)
Sherlock Holmes and the Affair in Transylvania (Gerry O’Hara) 29-30, 32-34

Coal Merchant (Dracula - Bram Stoker)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 185

Coatlicue (Aztec Goddess)
Gods of War (James Lovegrove) 262

Cob (The New Doctor Who Adventures: No Future - Paul Cornell)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 101, 106-107, 114, 125-127, 160, 180, 201, 205-206, 272-273, 275, 286

Cobb, Freeman (American Stagecoach Company Owner, 1830-1878)
Cobb & Co.: The Private Life of Dr Watson (Michael Hardwick) 110, 124-125, 128, 142-143; Sherlock Holmes in Australia: The Adventure of the Kidnapped Kanakas (Ken Methold) 175; "The Dirranbandi Station Mystery" (Christopher Sequeira) 269, 291

Cobb, Lee J. (American Actor, 1911-1976)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 93

Cobb, Silas T. (American Soldier, Bridge Sentry on Night of Lincoln Assassination)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 68, 150-151, 209, 258, 293, 317

Cobb, Ty (American Baseball Player, 1886-1961)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 149; The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 91

Cobleigh, Old Uncle Tom ("Widdecombe Fair" Song)
The Moor (Laurie R. King) 7, 144; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 169, 207, 223, 238

Coburn, Charles (British Music Hall Artiste, 1877-1961)
The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 234; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 171

Cocalus (Mythical King of Sicily)
The Labyrinth of Death (James Lovegrove) 172

Cocalus, Daughters of (Greek Mythology)
The Labyrinth of Death (James Lovegrove) 172

Cochefert, Armand (French Police Officer)
Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 44-49, 53-55

Cochefert's Secretary (French Police Officer)
Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 44-48

Cochenille (Tales of Hoffmann - Jules Barbier & Jacques Offenbach)
"Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 164-166, 170-172, 180

Cochise (Apache Leader, 1815-1874)
Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder (Barrie Roberts) 103-104
Cochise County: Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder (Barrie Roberts) 84-85, 95

Cochrane, Albert Paul (Brother of Nellie Bly, 1859-1926)
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 72

Cochrane, Catherine (Née Catherine Murphy, First Wife of Michael Cochrane, ?-1857)
Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 94, 371; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 330

Cochrane, Mary Jane: see Mary Jane Kennedy

Cochrane, Judge Michael (Father of Nellie Bly, 1810-1870)
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 71; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 20-21, 24, 89-90, 94-95, 103, 106, 114, 195, 207, 371; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 272, 330

Cochrane, Thomas, Lord (British Politician & Naval Commander, 1775-1860)
"The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 51

Cock, The (The House that Jack Built - Nursery Rhyme)
"The House that Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 279, 282, 291, 298

Cock Robin (Nursery Rhyme Character)
"Humpty Dumpty, Did he Fall? Or Was he Pushed?" (Victor G. Ambrus)
Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 135; "At the Sign of the Ship" (Andrew Lang) 473;  Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 177

Cocker, Edward (English Mathematician, 1631-1675)
According to Cocker: "The Matter of the Royal Varietal" (David L. Hammer) 43

Cocker, Jarvis (British Singer, 1963- )
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 182

Cockton, Henry (English Novelist, 1807-1853)
"The Man Who "Bested" Sherlock Holmes" (Joseph Baron) 3

Cocteau, Jean (French Author & Filmmaker, 1889-1963)
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 35, 92
Jean-Cocteau Euperry: Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 70, 85

Codd, Hiram (British Bottle Manufacturer, 1838-1887)
Codd's: Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 150

Codrington, Edward (British Admiral, 1770-1851)
Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 71

Coducci, Mauro (Italian Architect, 15th Century)
"The Sect of the Salamander" (Ron Weighell) 101

Cody, Kit Carson (Son of Buffalo Bill, 1870-1876)
The Raven League: Buffalo Bill Wanted (Alex Simmons & Bill McCay) 17

Cody, William "Buffalo Bill" (American Frontier Scout & Showman 1846-1917)
"The Case of the Vanished Killer" (Derrick Belanger) 242-245, 248, 251-259
Winter at Death’s Hotel (Kenneth Cameron) 2, 28, 85-86, 128, 190, 230, 290-291, 309, 325, 327, 333, 381
"Hall of Fame" (A. Bertram Chandler) 30
"The Adventure of the White City" (Bill Crider) 177-190, 193-194
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 35, 45, 48-52, 58, 112, 119-120, 122, 161, 184, 194, 240, 305, 309, 366, 420, 456
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 182, 257-258, 277, 287-302, 357, 361, 405, 416, 420-421, 424, 426, 428-429, 432-440, 442, 449-451, 454, 457, 470, 474
Expo ’98: Sherlock Holmes in Omaha (Berkley Forsyth) 130
"The Adventure of the Copper Breechloads" (Zakariah Johnson) 41, 43-45, 48-51
"The Adventure of the Diamond Stickpin" (Michael Mallory) 169-186
The Case of the Vanishing Corpse (Robert Newman) 101-102, 104, 182
Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 17, 50, 64, 113-114, 121-122, 124, 128-141, 143-146, 158, 167-168
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 31-37, 111-112, 143, 149
Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 7-8, 13, 23-25, 33, 97, 132-133, 137-141, 144, 147
The Raven League: Buffalo Bill Wanted (Alex Simmons & Bill McCay) 1, 13-25, 29-30, 34-38, 44-47, 49, 51, 53, 55-56, 58, 61-74, 76-79, 88-89, 91, 94-96, 98-99, 103-107, 109, 111-112, 116-121, 123-126, 128, 136, 160-166, 170, 176-177, 179, 184-190, 193-197, 199-201
Camera Obscura (Lavie Tidhar) 609-611, 613-615, 629
Sherlock Holmes and the Tomb of Terror (Val Andrews) 30; "Holmes and the Loss of the British Barque Sophy Anderson" (Peter Cannon) 94;"The Adventure of the Magic Alibi" (Philip J. Carraher) 73; "The Adventure of the Christmas Bear" (Bill Crider) 175-176; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 83, 94, 144, 170, 191-192, 246, 288, 347, 386, 400; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 388; The Counterfeit Detective (Stuart Douglas) 65; The Zeppelin Deception (Colleen Gleason) 176; "The Haunted Manor" (Howard Hopkins) 111, 118; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 231; Holmes on the Range (Steve Hockensmith) 121; On the Wrong Track (Steve Hockensmith) 9, 64, 188; The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 102, 104; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 28; The Stratford Conspiracy (Michael Mallory) 134; "The Color That Came To Chiswick" (William Meikle) 76; Strongwood (Larry Millett) 77; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 64; "The Private Files of Mycroft Holmes" (Kim Newman) 18; "The Flowers of Utah" (Robert Pohle) 90; "The Adventure of the Lost Specialist" (Christopher Sequeira) 284; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 267; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 308-310, 326, 515, 518, 582; Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 29; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 249; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 36, 42, 46, 48, 117; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 155; The Island of Mad Scientists (Howard Whitehouse) 122
Buffalo Bill beard: Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 173
Buffalo Billery: Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 8, 13, 147
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show

Coeus (Titan)
The Labyrinth of Death (James Lovegrove) 139

Coffey, John (Deserter from the Titanic, ?-1957)
The Year of the Gun (H.B. Lyle) 3-9, 18, 238

Cogburn, Rooster (True Grit - Movie)
The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (James Anderson) 33

Coghill, Nevill (Irish Soldier at Isandlwana, 1852-1879)
Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 22-24

Coghlan, Rose (Irish Actress, 1852-1932)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 269, 329

Cogley, Samuel T. (Star Trek - TV series "Court Martial" episode)
"The Color of Death" (Dana Martin Batory) 55-59
"The Captive Bride" (Dana Martin Batory) 68

Cohen, David (Ripper Suspect)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 220

Coit, Lillie Hitchcock (American Benefactress, 1843-1929)
Holmes Coming (Kenneth Johnson) 285
Coit Tower: Holmes Coming (Kenneth Johnson) 281-282

Coke, Admiral Sir Charles Henry (British Naval Officer, 1854-1945)
Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania (Lorraine Daly) 168-169, 174-176, 182, 188

Coke, Thomas William (British Agricultural Reformer, 1752-1842)
Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (Gerald Frow) 5

Coker, Horace James (Billy Bunter series - Charles Hamilton)
Sherlock Holmes and the Greyfriars School Mystery (Val Andrews) 30

Colbert, Jean-Baptiste (French Statesman, 1619-1683)
The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 86; The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 142

Colburn, Arthur (American Busnessman, 1834-1901)
Colburn's Philadelphia Mustard: Moriarty (Anthony Horowitz) 160

Colburn, Nettie (American Medium)
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 107

Colcutt, Thomas E. (English Architect, 1840-1924)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 169

Cole, James Omar (Grandfather of Cole Porter, 1828-1923)
Island of the Mad (Laurie R. King) 253

Cole, Nat King (American Singer, 1919-1965)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 3

Cole, Otis R. (American Military Officer, 1876-1948)
“Charlie Ross Found” (G.E. Hawkins) 24

Cole, Thomas (American Artist, 1801-1848)
Moriarty (Anthony Horowitz) 118

Cole, William (Boatswain of H.M.S. Bounty, c.1751-1833?)
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 190

Cole, William (British Police Constable, Westminster Hall Bombing)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 74

Coleman, William Coffin (American Camping Equipment Manufacturer, 1870-1957)
Coleman Lantern: Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 67

Coleridge, John Duke, 1st Baron Coleridge (English Jurist & Politician, 1820-1897)
I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 58-60
The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 166; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 117

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (British Poet, 1772-1834)
“Horrible Horace, or The Great Perambulator Mystery of the ’90’s” (Anonymous) 260; The Shadow of the Rat (David Stuart Davies) 58; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 137-138, 145, 167; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 187; "The Pilot Fish" (Stuart Douglas) 274; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 73-74; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 82; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 10; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 48; European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 120, 122, 271; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 9, 93, 115; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 238; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 36; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 154; Sherlock Holmes & Mr Hyde (Christian Klaver) 125; The Bartered Brides (Mercedes Lackey) 85, 146; "The Importance of Porlock" (Amy Myers) 82; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 66; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 171; "The Adventure of 221C" (Steve Punt & Hugh Dennis) 180; The Monster of the Mere (Philip Purser-Hallard) 77, 252; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 30-31, 151; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 379; "The Case of a Boy’s Honour" (Donald Thomas) 37; "The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 167; The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 142, 307; Camera Obscura (Lavie Tidhar) 585; Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 182; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 56; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 146; "The Glennon Falls" (Sam Wiebe) 146; Sherlock Holmes in Tibet (Richard Wincor) 14-15

Coles, Frances (Possible Ripper Victim, ?-1891)
The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 155, 159-161, 164, 180
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 107, 110, 255-263, 400-402
The Baker Street Phantom (Fabrice Bourland) 137; The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 104; Sherlock Holmes & Mr Hyde (Christian Klaver) 10; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 103; "The Mystery of the Missing Heir" (Kevin P. Thornton) 255

Coli, François (French Aviator, 1881-1927)
"The Adventure of The White Bird" (C. Edward Davis) 347-349, 351, 355-357, 361, 363-365, 368-371
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 154

Coll, Sir Patrick (Irish Chief Crown Solicitor)
"The Case of the Crown Jewels" (Donald Thomas) 99-100

Collard, Edward (British Police Detective, 1846-1892)
Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J. Schaffer) 135, 137-142, 149-152, 259-263, 282-287, 290-291, 318-319

Collegno, Giacinto Provana di (Italian Patriot, 1793-1856)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W. Dillard) 212

Collette, St: see St Nicole

Colley, Sir George Pomeroy (British Colonial Administrator, 1835-1881)
Murder at Sorrow’s Crown (Steven Savile & Robert Greenberger) 61-62, 285; Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 100

Collie, J. Norman (Scottish Mountaineer, 1859-1942)
"The Adventure of the Misplaced Eyeglasses" (Robin N. Campbell) 62-66, 68, 70-71
"The Case of the Great Grey Man" (Robin N. Campbell) 152, 158

Collie, Sir John (British Physician, 1860-1935)
The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 48

Collier, George (British Coroner, Martha Tabram Inquest)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 85, 87
A Study in Darkness (Emma Jane Holloway) 42

Collier, John Payne (English Journalist & Literary Scholar, 1789-1883)
"The Adventure of the Unique Hamlet" (Vincent Starrett) 96

Collier, Peter F. (American Publisher, 1849-1909)
P.F. Collier and Sons: European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 469; The Case of the Grave Accusation (Dicky Neely) 75

Collig, Chief Ezra (Hardy Boys series - Franklin W. Dixon)
The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Franklin W. Dixon) 127

Collingwood, Cuthbert, 1st Baron (British Admiral, 1748-1810)
Collingwood Term: "The Case of a Boy’s Honour" (Donald Thomas) 53

Collingwood, Mary Lutwidge (Sister of Lewis Carroll, 1835-1911)
The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist (Roberta Rogow) 3, 8

Collingwood, Stuart (Nephew of Lewis Carroll)
"Call Me Wiggins" (Norman Schreiber) 84, 93-94

Collins, Albert (Ripper Case - Police Constable who attended the Stride Murder Site)
A Study in Darkness (Emma Jane Holloway) 426
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 196-197, 429, 436

Collins, Barnabas (Dark Shadows - TV series)
"Another Case of Identity" (R.R. Irvine) 91; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 67

Collins, Charles Allston (British Painter, 1828-1873)
"At the Sign of the Ship" (Andrew Lang) 476-477
 The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 418

Collins, Charles Stockley (British Police Officer & Fingerprints Expert)
Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow)
Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J. Trow) 486, 499-500, 553, 561
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 62, 83-85, 227, 246
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 103, 140-142, 146
Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J. Trow) 46

Collins, Israel (American Shipping Magnate, 1776-1831)
Collins Line: "Father of the Man" (Stephen Volk)

Collins, Jackie (British Author, 1939-2015)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 39; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 126

Collins, Jim (British Assistant To Harry Houdini)
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 74-75, 87-89, 99, 113
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 3, 80, 103-104, 109-115, 156-157, 165-166, 179, 204, 267, 276

Collins, Joan (British Actor, 1933- )
My Hero (Tom Holt) 244

Collins, Lottie (British Music Hall Artiste, 1866-1910)
Moriarty (John Gardner) 73; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 170; "The Case of the Woman in the Cellar" (Pat Mullen) 56-57; The Case of the Stolen Sparklers (Anthony Read) 21

Collins, Mabel (British Spiritualist Medium, 1851-1927)
Sherlock Holmes ~ The Way of All Flesh (Daniel Ward) 81-85, 88-89, 99, 102, 108-109

Collins, Michael (Irish Republican, 1890-1922)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 152
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 173-179, 191-192, 196, 202, 205, 221-222

Collins, Phil (British Pop Singer, 1951- )
Raiders of the Lost Car Park (Robert Rankin) 172

Collins, Sam (Irish Vocalist, 1826-1865)
Collins's Music Hall: Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 67; Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 65; The Private Life of Dr Watson (Michael Hardwick) 245, 283, 285, 290

Collins, Stanley (British Stage Magician, 1881-1966)
Sherlock Holmes and the Holborn Emporium (Val Andrews) 53-54, 56-57, 131-132

Collins, Wilkie (British Author, 1824-1889)
The Soprano’s Last Song (Irene Adler) 189-197, 203
 The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 52-423
The Dons and Mr Dickens (William J. Palmer) 1-132, 135-244
Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 86, 91-95, 97-98
Young Sherlock Holmes (Alan Arnold) 175; "Not Cricket" (L.F.E. Coombs) 210; Elementary, She Read (Vicki Delany) 151, 291; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 121; "The Adventure of the Locked Carriage" (Stuart Douglas) 205; "The Case of the Suicidal Lawyer" (Martin Edwards) 387, 396; The Scottish Ploy (Quinn Fawcett) 339; The Carnelian Crow (Colleen Gleason) 79; The Spiritglass Charade (Colleen Gleason) 108; The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 86; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 230; "Years Ago & In A Different Place" (Michael Kurland) 174; "The Adventure of the Vanished Village" (Michael Mallory) 116; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 113; Watson's Choice (Gladys Mitchell) 15; The Dragon Turn (Shane Peacock) 64; Eye of the Crow (Shane Peacock) 95;  Masters of Lies (Philip Purser-Hallard) 122;Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 189; The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist (Roberta Rogow) 277; A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 221; The Grimswell Curse (Sam Siciliano) 12, 168; The Moonstone’s Curse (Sam Siciliano) 48, 51, 91; The White Worm (Sam Siciliano) 138; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 113, 136, 410; "Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 215; The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 82; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 205; The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 790; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 151

Collins, William (English Painter, Father of Wilkie Collins, 1788-1847)
Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 94-95

Collins, William (Scottish Publisher, 1789-1853)
HarperCollins: "Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Swindle" (Len Deighton); Sherlock Holmes in Japan (Vasudev Murthy) 4, 170

Collins, William (Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 74

Collishaw, Raymond (Canadian Military Pilot, 1893-1976)
"The Stake and the Sickle" (Brian Gallagher) 105-106, 109

Colman, Jeremiah (English Businessman)
As keen as Colman's: Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 250
Colman's Mustard: The Red Ribbon (H.B. Lyle) 4; The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 421; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 159; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 47
Mr Coleman: Moriarty (John Gardner) 105

Colman, Ronald (British Actor, 1891-1958)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 70

Colnaghi, Paul (Italian Art Dealer, 1751-1833)
Colnaghi's: "The Matter of the Dangerously Generous Benefactor" (David L. Hammer) 15

Colonel's Daughter, The (The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God - J. Milton Hayes)
"The Adventure of the Six Maledictions" (Kim Newman) 218, 222-226, 277

Colossus (Marvel Comics)
Deadpool Killustrated (Cullen Bunn & Matteo Lolli) 6

Colquhoun, Patrick (Scottish Merchant, 1745-1820)
Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 26

Colt, Samuel (American Inventor, 1814-1862)
Sherlock Holmes and the Queen of Diamonds (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 67; Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 421; "The Hound of the D’Urbervilles" (Kim Newman) 167; The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 132; Camera Obscura (Lavie Tidhar) 606
.44 Calibre Colt: The Magic Bullet (Larry Millett) 15, 75, 109; Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 58, 110
Colt: Deadly Season (Tim Champlin) 58, 74, 177, 205, 220, 223, 227, 229; The Year of the Gun (H.B. Lyle) 5; The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 192; Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 266
Colt .32: "Murder Games" (Michael Kurland) 21; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 43, 45, 71, 78, 123, 133, 194, 251, 327, 334, 343
Colt .38: The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 30, 182-183, 185
Colt .41: Holmes on the Range (Steve Hockensmith) 131
Colt .44-40: Holmes on the Range (Steve Hockensmith) 88
Colt .45: Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 6, 9; "The Locked Cell Murder" (Ron Fortier) 167-168; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 59; Sherlock Holmes and the Queen of Diamonds (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 14, 34, 161-162, 164, 175, 182, 184-185, 192-193, 202, 218; My Hero (Tom Holt) 54; "The Murder of the Enigmatic Husband" (Ned Hubbell) 204-205, 219, 229; Son of Holmes (John T. Lescroart) 159; Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 179; Art in the Blood (Bonnie MacBird) 277; The Magic Bullet (Larry Millett) 118; "The Hound of the D’Urbervilles" (Kim Newman) 186; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 45; "The Mountain of Fear" (Ted Riccardi) 301; Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 176, 246-247, 256, 436, 447; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 109; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 555; The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 131; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 250
Colt Army Model: "The Case of the Vanished Killer" (Derrick Belanger) 254; Red Leech (Andrew Lane) 69; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 12
Colt Automatic: The Magic Bullet (Larry Millett) 184, 186; Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 119-121, 123-124; Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 199, 203, 219
Colt Cap-and-Ball Pistol: Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder (Barrie Roberts) 31, 63
Colt Derringer: "The Adventure of the Second Round" (Mark Wardecker) 57
Colt Dragoon: Red Leech (Andrew Lane) 69
Colt Frontier: Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 168
Colt Lightning: Deadly Season (Tim Champlin) 7, 13, 68, 70, 72, 112, 123, 136
Colt M1907: Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 261-262, 265
Colt Model 1873: The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 106
Colt "Peacemaker": The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 106, 154; Sherlock Holmes and the Queen of Diamonds (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 67; My Hero (Tom Holt) 218-219; "The Giant Rat of Sumatra" (Orville Horwitz & H.A. Schroeder) 24; "The Adventure of the Six Maledictions" (Kim Newman) 269; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 87; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 12; The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 135; Camera Obscura (Lavie Tidhar) 332, 494
Colt Pistol: The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 176; "The Adventure of the Lustrous Pearl" (Christian Klaver) 23, 27, 47, 51; Sherlock Holmes & Dracula (Christian Klaver) 248, 254; Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 431; Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (Larry Millett) 174, 194; "The Ignoble Sportsmen" (Josh Reynolds) 132; The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 344, 431; The Raven League: Buffalo Bill Wanted (Alex Simmons & Bill McCay) 20, 177
Colt Police Special: The Magic Bullet (Larry Millett) 307, 312, 317
Colt Revolver: Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 85-86; "Cutting for Sign" (Rhys Bowen) 245; Winter at Death’s Hotel (Kenneth Cameron) 148; The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 186; Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 127, 133, 165, 170, 191; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 139; Fire in the Blood (P.N. Elrod) 180; The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 57, 84, 105, 113, 139; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 251, 339, 370-374, 389-390, 410, 415; "The Adventure of the Diamond Pins" (Charles Hamilton) 11; "The Very First Affair" (Johan Heliot) 269, 271, 275; Holmes on the Range (Steve Hockensmith) 17, 49; On the Wrong Track (Steve Hockensmith) 20, 78, 91, 94, 105, 142, 168, 179, 193, 196, 236, 238, 240, 257-258, 269, 275; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 227; My Hero (Tom Holt) 43, 158-159, 314; The Game (Laurie R. King) 345; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 23; O Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 16; Sherlock Holmes in Australia: The Adventure of the Kidnapped Kanakas (Ken Methold) 92; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 93; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 203; Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 246, 264; Strongwood (Larry Millett) 80; "Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 162, 174; "A Volume in Vermilion" (Kim Newman) 93; "The Startling Events in the Electrified City" (Thomas Perry) 125; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 272; Shadowblood (Tracy Revels) 230; "The Stagecoach Detective" (Linda Robertson) 307; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 94; Sherlock Holmes and the Masquerade Murders (Frank Thomas) 39, 43; The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 65, 128, 236; "The Case of the Harley Street Specialist" (June Thomson) 107; "The Case of the Millionaire’s Persecution" (June Thomson) 17; The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 846; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J. Trow) 100, 110, 230; "The Mystery of Ogham Manor" (Stan Trybulski) 32
Colt Single Action: "The Reluctant Assassin" (Peter Tremayne) 237
Double-Action Colt Lightning: Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 188, 206, 208, 213
Navy Colt: "Flashman and the Tiger" (George MacDonald Fraser) 329; Sherlock Holmes and the Queen of Diamonds (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 188, 190; My Hero (Tom Holt) 306; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 303, 311; The Bughouse Affair (Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini) 12, 39, 43, 63, 145, 178, 183, 185, 204, 207; "The Bughouse Caper" (Bill Pronzini) 133, 136, 165, 177-178, 181-182, 186-187; The Venerable Tiger (Sam Siciliano) 112, 165, 216, 283; "The Seven Walnuts" (Daniel Stashower) 230, 238, 244, 248; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J. Trow) 84

Columba, St. (Irish Missionary, c.521-597)
"The Adventure of the Coptic Patriarch" (Séamus Duffy) 112; The Waters of Death (Kel Richards) 42
St Columba's Cemetery: The God of the Hive (Laurie R. King) 144

Columbine (Commedia dell'Arte Character)
"The Case of the Vanishing Stars" (Deanna Baran) 190; The Veiled Detective (David Stuart Davies) 120; The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 414; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 124, 132; "The Dollmaker of Marigold Walk" (Barbara Hambly) 34, 37; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 229; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 168; The Problem of the Missing Miss (Roberta Rogow) 33; "The Case of the Matinee Idol" (Donald Thomas) 360; "A Study In Lavender Lace" (Larry Townsend) 51
Columbines: The Private Life of Dr Watson (Michael Hardwick) 201

Columbo (Columbo - TV series)
The Strange Case of the End of Civilisation as we Know It (John Cleese, Jack Hobbs & Joe McGrath) 87-88
The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 1; The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 170

Columbus, Christopher (Italian Explorer, 1451-1506)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 124-126
"The Ripe Moment" (John Ball) 134; Winter at Death’s Hotel (Kenneth Cameron) 230; "A Full Account of Ricoletti of the Club Foot & His Abominable Wife" (Ian Charnock) 151; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 41; "The Case of the Lost Soul" (Paul Kane) 344; Pirate King (Laurie R. King) 123; Son of Holmes (John T. Lescroart) 36; Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 191; The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 181; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 24; Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 8, 84; Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 147; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 307, 589; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 116; "The Adventure of the Rounded Ocelot" (Larry D. Sweazy) 195; Basil and the Pygmy Cats (Eve Titus) 62; The Ritual (J.N. Williamson) 200; Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 43
Columbia: The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 75, 151
Columbian Exposition: Holmes on the Range (Steve Hockensmith) 108; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 218, 283, 289, 292, 307, 318, 325, 422, 448, 452, 455, 470, 496, 515, 564-565, 568, 579, 600, 616
Columbus Avenue: The Bughouse Affair (Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini) 103, 167
Columbus Circle: The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 267, 293, 323; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 268; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 58
Columbus Day: "Sons of Moriarty" (Loren D. Estleman) 166
Columbus Experience: My Hero (Tom Holt) 192
Columbus Street: Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 340
Pre-Columbian: My Hero (Tom Holt) 192, 284

Colvin, Sir Auckland (British Colonial Administrator, 1838-1908)
"Art, Crime, and Enlightenment" (Vithal Rajan) 165
"Kim and Kim Again" (Vithal Rajan) 137-138, 143

Colvin, Lady Charlotte (Wife of Sir Auckland Colvin, ?-1865)
"Art, Crime, and Enlightenment" (Vithal Rajan) 165; "Kim and Kim Again" (Vithal Rajan) 137-138, 142-143

Colvin, Sir Sidney (British Critic, 1845-1927)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 87

Combermere, Sir Stephen Cotton, Lord (British Governor of Barbados, ?-1891)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 87
Lord Camembert: "Lord Camembert Smudged?" (Earle Ennis) 126

Commodus (Roman Emperor (177-192), 161-192)
"Peter Sims" (Maurice Baring) 180

Communards, The (French Revolutionaries, 1871)
The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 144-145; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 42, 45-46; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 198-199; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 143; "The Comfort of the Seine" (Stephen Volk)

Comnena, Anna (Byzantine Princess & Historian, 1083-1148)
The Notched Hairpin (H.F. Heard) 189

Comnenus (Byzantine Ruling Dynasty)
Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 222

Comoy, François (French Pipe Manufacturer)
Comoy's Pipe: Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 226

Compton, Denis (English Cricketer, 1918-1997)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 118

Compton, Edward (British Actor)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 228, 397

Comstock, Anthony (American Anti-Vice Campaigner, 1844-1915)
Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 364; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 28

Comstock, Henry Thomas Paige (American Prospector, 1820-1870)
Comstock Lode: Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 102; The Bughouse Affair (Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini) 96, 100

Comte, Auguste (French Philosopher, 1798-1857)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 24

Comus (Comus - John Milton)
Comus Ball: "The Strange Case of the Voodoo Priestess" (Carole Buggé) 283, 286

Conan, Michael (British Journalist)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 8

Conan The Barbarian (Conan series - Robert E. Howard)
East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 146; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J. Trow) 129

Conary Mor (Legendary High King of Ireland)
The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 108

Concierge, The New (Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux)
The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 124, 126, 131, 134
The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 97-99, 178

Concierge's Husband, The New (Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux)
The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 126

Condon, James J. "Jimmy the Priest" (American Bartender)
Jimmy the Priest's: The Year of the Gun (H.B. Lyle) 166, 177-178, 191-192, 197, 217

Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine Nicholas de Caritat, Marquis de (French Philosopher & Mathematician, 1743-1794)
"Three Cases of Good Intentions" (Colin Bruce) 270

Conductor, American Train (Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 116-118

Conductor, Indian Train (Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 42

Condy, Henry Bollmann (British Chemist)
Condy's Crystals: Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 91
Condy's Fluid: "The Adventure of the Tomato on the Wall" (Ka) 15

Confessor, The (The Confessor's Tale - Sarah Pinborough)
Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell (Paul Kane) 262

Confucius (Chinese Philosopher, 551-479)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 7, 14-15, 24-25, 42, 183
Sherlock Holmes and the Egyptian Hall Adventure (Val Andrews) 81; The Immortal Nightingale (Don Bosco) 28-29; The Peranakan Princess (Don Bosco) 8; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 29; "The Adventure of the Celestial Snows" (George Alec Effinger) 314; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 56; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 97; The Case of theSecond Séance (Sam McCarver) 72; "The Adventure of la Soupe Chinoise" (MacLean O’Spelin) 87-88; The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 104; "Give Me Lib, or Give Me Death" (Rod Reed) 207; "The Case of Vittoria The Circus Belle" (Jay Sheckley) 341; "The Adventure of the Unique Hamlet" (Vincent Starrett) 96; Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 176; The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 77-78; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 128; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 133; "The Colonial Adventures of Shamrock Holes" (Dr Watson)
Confucian: Mycroft & Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 275; The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 111
Confucianism: The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 92; Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 139; Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent Miller) 58; Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 34
Confucianist: The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 200

Conger, Everton (American Army Officer, Pusued John Wilkes Booth,1834-1918)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 169, 171-172

Congo Bill (DC Comics Character - Whitney Ellsworth & George Papp)
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 24

Congreve, William (English Dramatist & Poet, 1670-1729)
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 318; "The Rummy Affair of Young Charlie" (P.H. Cannon) 56; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 207

Congreve, Sir William (British Artilleryman, Developed rockets for use in warfare (c.1790))
Congreve Gun: The Irregular (H.B. Lyle) 102
Congreve Rockets: From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 24
Congreve Shell: The Red Ribbon (H.B. Lyle) 176

Conklin, Colonel (American Soldier)
Colonel Cronklin: The Crimes of Dr Watson (Duane Swierczynski) 22

Conkling, Roscoe (American Politician, 1829-1888)
The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 132

Conlon, Thomas Charles (Irish-American Tailor, 1864-1933)
"Sherlock Holmes Outwitted: The Adventure of the 'Hot Feet'" (Armistead M. Dobie) 329

Connal, Corporal (The Knees of the Gods - E.W. Hornung)
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 89

Connally, John (American Politician, Shot During JFK Assassination, 1917-1993)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 64-67, 154, 165-166, 168, 180-182, 196, 207-209

Connally, Nellie (Wife of John Connally, 1919-2006)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 168, 196

Connelly, Mary Ann "Pearly Poll" (Witness in the Martha Tabram Murder Investigation)
Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 34, 36, 46, 187-188, 192
The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 196; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 42-43

Connery, Sean (Scottish Actor, 1930-2020)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 222, 243; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 140; Allan Quatermain at the Dawn of Time  (Thos. Kent Miller) xxxvii

Connolly, Baboon (New York Gangster, Member of the Whyos)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 44, 223, 241

Connolly, Slops (New York Gangster, Member of the Whyos)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 223, 241

Connolly, Dr. James (British Mental Health Pioneer)
The Dark Water (David Pirie) 200-201

Connors, Brian (Darby O'Gill and the Little People - 1959 Movie)
"The Adventure of the Six Maledictions" (Kim Newman) 246

Conopios, Nathaniel (Greek Student who introduced Coffee to England, Mentioned in John Evelyn's Diary (1637))
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 80

Conover, Giles (The Pearl of Death - 1944 Movie)
"The Adventure of the Six Maledictions" (Kim Newman) 226-228

Conover, Sanford (Conspired against Jefferson Davis)
Sempford Candover: Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 11-14, 25, 36, 51, 69, 71-72, 74, 76, 78-80, 114-116, 119-121

Conquest, Owen: see Hamilton, Charles

Conrad (The Corsair - Byron)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 77-80, 85, 152, 179, 181, 185
Pirate King (Laurie R. King) 233, 300

Conrad (Struwwelpeter - Heinrich Hoffman)
The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 128-129, 135, 195

Conrad, Joseph (Polish-British Novelist, 1857-1924)
Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 350
Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 190-191
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 240; The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 185; The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 22; The Martian Menace (Eric Brown) 112; Pulptime (P.H.Cannon) 71; The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 202; "The Riddle of the Golden Monkeys" (Loren D. Estleman) 140; "Sons of Moriarty" (Loren D. Estleman) 165; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 264; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon) 52; Holmes Coming (Kenneth Johnson) 123; The Irregular (H.B. Lyle) 207; The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 43-44; Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 173; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 227-228; A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 221; "The Case of Peter the Painter" (Donald Thomas) 256
Lord Conrad: The Book of Changes (R.H.W. Dillard) 65

Conseil (20,000 Leagues Under The Sea - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 10, 109-111

Constable, Archibald (Scottish Publisher, 1774-1827)
Constable & Co.: Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 26, 30, 75-77, 80-84, 101, 151, 162, 181-182, 188; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 148

Constable, John (British Artist, 1776-1837)
"The Conk-Singleton Affair" (Clive Brooks) 167, 173, 181-183
The Case of the Missing Masterpiece (Terrance Dicks) 26, 126
 "The Adventure of the Verger's Thumb" (Basil Copper) 6; "The Case of the Secret Assassin" (David Stuart Davies) 310; The Devil’s Promise (David Stuart Davies) 55; Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 88; The Strange Doings of J. Leslie Ryder (Daniel Gracely) 61, 112; The Notched Hairpin (H.F. Heard) 34; The House of Silk (Anthony Horowitz) 13, 20, 23, 26, 31, 55, 172; Elementary, Mrs Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 13; The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 204; Castle Shade (Laurie R. King) 54; Garment of Shadows (Laurie R. King) 155; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 67, 239; The Back to Front Murder (Tim Major) 46; The Stratford Conspiracy (Michael Mallory) 122; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 273; "The Case of the Substitute Strangler" (Douglas Moreton) 44; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 15; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman)168; A Puzzle for Sherlock Holmes (Robert Newman) 65, 114, 122; Vanishing Girl (Shane Peacock) 269; Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 92; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 190; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 186; Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 31; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 57, 146; Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 36; "The Case of the Conk-Singleton Forgery" (June Thomson) 17, 27, 35; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 115; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 234
Constable John: Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J. Trow) 115

Constantine (Roman Emperor (306-337), 285-337)
"The Adventure of the Amateur Mendicant Society" (John Betancourt) 111; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 410; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 342; The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 171; Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 118; "The Stolen Relic" (David Marcum) 97; The Holmes Affair (Graham Moore) 281; Shadowblood (Tracy Revels) 41; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 87; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 164; "Sherlock Holmes and the Analytical Engine" (Bruno B. Wolff, Jr) 156
Arch of Constantine: Moriarty (John Gardner) 71
Constantine's Arch: Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 82
Constantinian: The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 109

Constantine (Austrian Prince)
Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 307

Constantine I (Duke of Sparta, King of Greece (1913-17, 1920-22), 1868-1923)
The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 24; Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 130

Constantine, Sergius: see Ivan Dragomiloff

Constantine, Storm (English Author, 1956- )
My Hero (Tom Holt) 22

Cont, Nicolas-Jacques (Fench Painter, 1755-1805)
Conté Crayon: The Adventure of the Deadly Dimensions (Lois H. Gresh) 292, 294

Conte, Richard (American Actor, 1910-1975)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 70

Continental Detective Agency (Continental Op series - Dashiell Hammett)
"Red Sunset" (Bob Madison) 255

Continental Op, The (Continental Op series - Dashiell Hammett)
The Universal Op: An East Wind Coming (Arthur Byron Cover) 16-17, 24, 33-39, 41-42, 54-59, 62-63, 66-67, 74, 87-91, 122-124, 127, 135-136, 138, 141-142, 145, 147, 150, 179-208, 214, 219, 231, 236, 239, 246-253, 255-256, 258, 288, 291, 303, 333-338, 350, 353-354
Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 349

Control (George Smiley series - John le Carré)
"Be Seeing You!" (Xavier Mauméjean) 123; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 221

Conway, Hugh (Frederick John Fargus, English Author, 1847-1885)
"The Case of the Suicidal Lawyer" (Martin Edwards) 397

Conway, Hugh (Lost Horizon - James Hilton)
"A Christmas Episode" (Charles Fisher) 64

Conway, Thomas (Kate Eddowes's Partner)
Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 143

Cook, Major Edwin Adolphus (Soldier at Balaclava, 1842-1872)
Brigade (M.J.Trow) 203-204, 211, 355

Cook, Elisha, Jr (American Actor, 1903(?)-1999)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 86-91, 103
Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 182

Cook, Florrie (British Medium, 1854-?)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 77-78

Cook, Captain James (British Explorer, 1728-1779)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 172-174, 178, 180
Mycroft & Sherlock (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 232; The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 31, 34; Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 191; Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 341; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 54, 67, 80; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 163; Aunt Edna’s Guide to Paradise (Keith Sharp) 33-35; "The Lunacy of Celestine Blot" (Stephen Volk) 409
Cook Islands: A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 211-213

Cook, John Mason (British Travel Agent, Son of Thomas Cook, 1834-1899)
Sherlock Holmes in Australia: The Adventure of the Kidnapped Kanakas (Ken Methold) 34-35
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 96, 131

Cook, John Ramsey (American Hotelier)
Cook House: Strongwood (Larry Millett) 71, 100, 104, 181

Cook, John Williston (American Educator, 1844-1922)
"The Adventure of the Yellow Stain" (Donald McMurry) 144-148

Cook, Lydia Spofford (Wife of John Williston Cook, 1846-1939)
"The Adventure of the Yellow Stain" (Donald McMurry) 146

Cook, Thomas (British Travel Agent, 1808-1892)
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 275; Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 96, 131; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 266; Sherlock Holmes in Australia: The Adventure of the Kidnapped Kanakas (Ken Methold) 31, 34; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 37; "Our American Cousins" (Roberta Rogow) 389; Love Is the Winner (Janet Templeton) 136
Cook & Son: The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 20
Cook Trippers: "The Resuscitation of Sherlock Holmes" (James MacArthur) 85
Cook's: "Attuclac" (David Gomm) 13; Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 18; Castle Shade (Laurie R. King) 10; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 310; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 153-154
Cook's Tours: The Scroll of the Dead (David Stuart Davies) 83, 86; Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 60; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 62; Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 140; Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 45
Thomas Cook & Co: Island of the Mad (Laurie R. King) 126
Thomas Cook & Son: The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 16; Sherlock Holmes in Australia: The Adventure of the Kidnapped Kanakas (Ken Methold) 32, 36, 82, 161, 194; The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 95, 130
Thomas Cook's: The Instrument of Death (David Stuart Davies) 33; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 244; Dreaming Spies (Laurie R. King) 125, 189, 237; The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 7, 345; The Irregular (H.B. Lyle) 170; The Red Ribbon (H.B. Lyle) 154; The Return of the Pharaoh (Nicholas Meyer) 14; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 96; "The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 170

Cooke, Agnes (Wife of Robert Duins Cooke)
The Case of the Grave Accusation (Dicky Neely) 69

Cooke, George Alfred (Partner of J.N.Maskelyne, 1825-1905)
Sherlock Holmes and the Egyptian Hall Adventure (Val Andrews) 7, 19, 40, 42; Moriarty (John Gardner) 42; "The Stolen March" (R.C. Lehmann) 44; The Devil’s Dust (James Lovegrove) 193; The Case of the Vanishing Corpse (Robert Newman) 151; "The Adventure of the Medium" (Tony Reynolds) 78; "The Case of the Yokohama Club" (Donald Thomas) 296

Cooke, Robert Duins (English Clergyman)
The Case of the Grave Accusation (Dicky Neely) 69

Cookie Monster (Sesame Street - TV series)
Sherlock Hemlock and the Creatures from Outer Space (Ray Sipherd) 5, 23
A Bird’s Best Friend (Tish Sommers) 23-24

Cookson (Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 207

Cookson, Catherine (English Novelist)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 321

Cookson, Elisabeth (Dutch Courtesan)
"A Case of Royal Blood" (Steven-Elliot Altman) 79, 83-86, 89-91

Cooley, A.J. (Writer on Make-up)
Moriarty (John Gardner) 56; The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 106

Cooney (Casey at the Bat - Ernest Lawrence Thayer)
Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 87

Cooper, Anthony Ashley, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury: see Shaftesbury, Lord

Cooper, Antony Francis Ashley (Brother of Lord Shaftesbury, 1810-1825)
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 46

Cooper, Diana (Wife of Duff Cooper, 1892-1986)
Island of the Mad (Laurie R. King) 172, 175

Cooper, Duff (British Statesman, 1890-1954)
"The Adventure of the Illustrious Impostor" (Anthony Boucher) 87; Island of the Mad (Laurie R. King) 172, 175

Cooper, Francis Thomas (English Retailer, 1811-1862)
Cooper's Marmalade: Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 149; A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 49

Cooper, Gary (American Actor, 1901-1961)
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 57; Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 14, 57; The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 137

Coote, George (British Lawyer)
William Coote: "The Case of the Naked Bicyclists" (Donald Thomas) 91-98, 100-104, 106-107

Coppélia (Coppélia - Leo Delibes)
Castle Shade (Laurie R. King) 213

Copper, Detective-Sergeant (British Police Officer who brought Francis Shackleton back from prison in Loanda)
"The Case of the Crown Jewels" (Donald Thomas) 103

Cooper, Eliza (Ripper Case Witness)
Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 47

Cooper, Gary (American Actor, 1901-1961)
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 57; My Hero (Tom Holt) 53; The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 137

Cooper, Dame Gladys (British Actress, 1888-1971)
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 170-171, 173-175, 177-183, 185-187
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 190

Cooper, Henry (British Boxer, 1934- )
Henry Brute: Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 13, 19-23, 25, 34, 38, 106, 118, 128
PC Henry "Steamhammer" Cooper: Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 57

Cooper, James Fenimore (American Author, 1789-1851)
"The Adventure of the Arsenic Dumplings" (Bob Byrne) 228; The Adventure of the Three Madmen (Philip José Farmer) 149; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 215; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 81; The White Worm (Sam Siciliano) 95

Cooper, Jilly (English Author, 1937- )
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon) 213; Raiders of the Lost Car Park (Robert Rankin) 157-158

Cooper, Joe (British Writer on the Paranormal)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon) 89

Cooper, John (British Car Maker, 1923-2000)
Mini Cooper: Sherlock Holmes and Frankenstein’s Diary (Barry Grant) 32, 43

Cooper, Peter (American Inventor & Philanthropist, 1791-1883)
Cooper Union: Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 72

Cooper, Samuel (British Artist, 1608-1672)
"The Case of the Maplestead Magpie" (June Thomson) 67, 72, 75, 77, 79, 82, 86

Cooper, Tommy (British Comedian, 1921-1984)
Raiders of the Lost Car Park (Robert Rankin) 157-158

Cooper, W.B. (Canadian Businessman & Spiritualist)
The Baker Street Phantom (Patrice Bourland) 4

Coote, Rosa (Bride of the Birch - Anonymous)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 33-34, 36-38, 43-44

Copeland, Royal Samuel (American Senator, 1868-1938)
Copeland-Bloom Bill: Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 104, 106

Copeland, William Taylor (English Businessman & Politician, 1797-1868)
Copeland Vase: Murder Most Irregular (H. Paul Jeffers) 132

Copenhagen (The Duke of Wellington's Horse)
The Secret Fiend (Shane Peacock) 140

Copernicus, Nicholas (Polish Astronomer, 1473-1543)
"The Case of the Lost Worlds" (Colin Bruce) 242; "The Case of the Scientific Aristocrat" (Colin Bruce) 9-10; "The Riddle of the Golden Monkeys" (Loren D. Estleman) 150; Allan Quatermain at the Dawn of Time  (Thos. Kent Miller) cxx; "The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 151; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 56; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 21; Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel Vampire (Dean P. Turnbloom) 220; "The Adventure of the Counterfeit Martian" (Ralph Vaughan) 158; "The Angel of Truth" (I.A. Watson) 143
Coepernica Theory: W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 276
Copernican: The Crack in the Lens (Darlene A. Cypser) 89; The Dons and Mr Dickens (William J. Palmer) 40; "Dynamics of a Hanging" (Tony Pi) 333-335; "The Angel of Truth" (I.A. Watson) 132, 146
Copernican Theory: "Everything Comes In Circles" (Dana Martin Batory) 16; "The Case of the Scientific Aristocrat" (Colin Bruce) 14; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 55; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 48
Order of Copernicus: "Dynamics of a Hanging" (Tony Pi) 333

Cophetua, Queen (Queen Cophetua - Robert Edward Francillon)
Winter at Death’s Hotel (Kenneth Cameron) 135

Coplan, Francis / FX-18 (FX-18 series - Paul Kenny)
"The Eye of Oran" (Win Scott Eckert) 27

Copland, Aaron (American Composer, 1900-1990)
Copeland: "The Adventure of Black, Peter" (Robert L. Fish) 178

Copley, Sir Godfrey (English Landowner, c.1653-1709)
Copley Medal: "The Red Planet League" (Kim Newman) 276

Copperfield, David (David Copperfield - Charles Dickens)
The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (H.G. Parry) 1, 7, 92, 122, 143-146, 151, 165-166, 192, 204, 228-229, 233, 301, 309, 311, 316-317, 320, 329, 372, 387-389, 396, 398, 400-401, 403-404, 407, 409, 411, 425-426, 441, 452
"A Study in Fiction" (M.C. Stretch) 1
"Holmes on the Range" (John Connolly) 381; "The Legacy of Rachel Howells" (Michael Doyle) 404; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 27, 80-82; The Strange Return of Sherlock Holmes (Barry Grant) 165; The Murder of Mary Russell (Laurie R. King) 306; "A Unique Collection" (Coggeshall Macy) 283; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 69

Copperfield, David (American Illusionist, 1956- )
Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 122

Copperfield, David's Brother (David Copperfield - Charles Dickens)
The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (H.G. Parry) 400

Coppélius (Tales of Hoffmann - Jules Barbier & Jacques Offenbach)
"Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 159, 163, 166, 169, 180

Coppin, Francis (British Doctor's Assistant)
"The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 277

Coquelin, Benoit (French Actor, 1841-1909)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 356-357

Cora, Belle (American Madame)
"The Bughouse Caper" (Bill Pronzini) 202

Corbeck, Eugene (The Jewel of Seven Stars - Bram Stoker)
The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 114, 116, 147, 295

Corbett, "Gentleman" Jim (American Boxer, 1866-1933)
The Adventure of the Dead Rabbits Society (Philip J. Carraher) 71-72; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 59, 196; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 268; Gods of War (James Lovegrove) 207; Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 28

Corbett, Thomas "Boston" (American Frontiersman, 1832-?)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 69, 172
Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (Larry Millett) 55-57, 59, 68-69, 71, 83, 89, 110, 147-153, 155-156, 177-178, 181-183, 186-188, 190, 192-193, 195-197, 280, 284, 300

Corbett, Tom (Tom Corbett: Space Cadet series - Carey Rockwell)
The Mystery Surrounding Watson’s Lost Dispatch Box (Gary Lovisi) 77

Corchen (Irish Goddess)
The White Worm (Sam Siciliano) 203

Corcoran, Captain (HMS Pinafore - Gilbert & Sullivan)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 58-61, 87, 101

Corcoran, Googy (New York Gangster, Member of the Whyos)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 44, 223, 241

Corday, Charlotte (French Patriot, Assassinated Marat, 1768-1793)
A Puzzle for Sherlock Holmes (Robert Newman) 136

Cordelia (King Lear - William Shakespeare)
Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 181; "The Adventure of the Locked Carriage" (Stuart Douglas) 206; The Flying Scotsman (Quinn Fawcett) 64; European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 24; My Hero (Tom Holt) 59; The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 96; "The Adventure of the Pallid Mask" (Daniel McGachey) 235; Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 48; The Stratford Conspiracy (Michael Mallory) 252; Call the Turn (Zeke Masters) 128; "The Adventure of the Witanhurst Ghost" (Peter Swanson) 159, 162, 173

Corder, Rosa (British Artist)
"The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 141, 145, 186

Corder, William (Murderer of Maria Marten, ?-1828)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 138; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 105

Cordier, Simon (Diary of a Madman - Movie)
"Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 158, 173

Cording, Wilfred Cecil (The Lizard - C.J. Cutcliffe Hyne)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 54

Cordings, J.C. (British Tailor)
Cordings: Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 290

Corelli, Arcangelo (Italian Composer, 1653-1713)
Winter at Death’s Hotel (Kenneth Cameron) 76; The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 63; Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test (Stanley Shaw) 47; Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 134

Corelli, Marie (British Novelist, 1855-1924)
Winter at Death’s Hotel (Kenneth Cameron) 2-3, 28-30, 55, 75-78, 130, 145-148, 209, 236, 314, 322-324, 332-333, 343-349, 355, 362-363, 365-371, 374-376, 381-382, 384-385
"By Any Other Name" (Michael Dirda) 210
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 186, 207, 217-220, 223
"Introducing Mr. Raffles Holmes" (John Kendrick Bangs) 7; "Mr. Homes Solves A Question of Authorship" (John Kendrick Bangs) 210; "Shady Sinners of the Styx" (Lawrence Daniel Fogg) 9, 11-13; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 6; Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 315; The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 25-26; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 413; The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist (Roberta Rogow) 199; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 12; "The Case of the Yokohama Club" (Donald Thomas) 315; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 85, 97, 215; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 83; Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 17; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 26, 72

Coriolanus, Gaius Marcus (Roman General, 5th Century BC)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 549

Corleone, Don (The Godfather - Mario Puzo)
My Godfather, Donald Corleone: Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 161

Corlett, John (British Newspaper Editor)
"The Case of the Camden Town Murder" (Donald Thomas) 227

Corneille, Pierre (French Playwright, 1606-1684)
 "Peter Sims" (Maurice Baring) 182; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 87, 89; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 62; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 130

Corneille, Thomas (French Playwright, 1625-1709)
 "Peter Sims" (Maurice Baring) 182

Cornelia (Giulio Cesare - George Frideric Handel)
Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove)

Cornelius, Jerry (Jerry Cornelius series - Michael Moorcock)
Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 222

Cornell, Ezra (Ausinessman, 1807-1874)
Cornell University: Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 90

Cornforth, Fannie (Wife of 'Pen' Browning, c.1835-c.1906)
"The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 147-149, 152, 154, 157, 188-189
The Baker Street Phantom (Patrice Bourland) 158

Cornu, Paul (French Inventor, 1881-1944)
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 191

Cornwallis, Charles (British General, 1738-1805)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 246; The Adventure of the Three Dragons (Luke Steven Fullenkamp) 18, 28
Cornwallis Street: The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 13

Cornwallis, Sir William (British Admiral, 1744-1819)
"The Adventure of the Millford Silkworms" (Lavie Tidhar) 12-13

Cornwallis-West, Constance: see Constance Lewis

Cornwallis-West, Daisy: see Daisy, Princess of Pless

Cornwallis-West, George (Husband of Jennie Churchill, 1874-1951)
Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 95-97, 279
The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 28; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J. Trow) 88

Cornwallis-West, Mary "Patsy" (Wife of William Cornwallis West, 1856-1920)
"Sherlock Holmes & 'The Woman'" (Michael Harrison) 124; "The Adventure of the Millford Silkworms" (Lavie Tidhar) 14, 21-22; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 93

Cornwallis-West, William (British Colonel, later Lord Lascelles, 1835-1917)
"Sherlock Holmes & 'The Woman'" (Michael Harrison) 124; "The Adventure of the Millford Silkworms" (Lavie Tidhar) 12, 14-17, 21-22, 24

Cornwell, Patricia (American Author, 1956- )
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 105

Coroner (The Man with the Watches - Arthur Conan Doyle)
"The Girl and the Gold Watches" (Robert Ryan) 431

Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (French Artist, 1796-1875)
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 29, 31-32, 36, 38, 50, 53-54
A Three-Pipe Problem (Julian Symons) 128-130, 134; Love Is the Winner (Janet Templeton) 76; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 300

Correggio, Antonio de (Italian Artist, 1489-1534)
Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 69; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 118

Correira, Jose (Portuguese Murderer)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Lizzie Borden Connection" (William Schley-Ulrich) II: 11

Corsican Brothers, The (The Corsican Brothers - Alexandre Dumas)
"Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 170

Corso, Lee (American Football Coach, 1935- )
The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 200

Corson (Demon)
Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 125

Cortelyou, George B. (American Presidential Cabinet Secretary, 1862-1940)
"The Startling Events in the Electrified City" (Thomas Perry) 115, 119, 133-134

Cortès, Edouard (French Artist, 1882-1969)
"Art in the Blood" (Laura Caldwell) 111

Cortés, Hernando / Hernan (Spanish Explorer & Conquistador, 1485-1574)
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 448; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 84; Shadowblood (Tracy Revels) 264; "The Adventure of the Extraterrestrial" (Mack Reynolds) 183

Cortona, Pietro da (Italian Artist, c.1596-1669)
The Art of Deception (Leonard Goldberg) 17

Corwin, Mr (American Hotelier mentioned in Robert Louis Stevenson's The Silverado Squatters)
"The Stagecoach Detective" (Linda Robertson) 304-305, 307, 309-311, 314

Corwin, Mrs (Wife of Mr Corwin)
"The Stagecoach Detective" (Linda Robertson) 304

Corydon (Shepherd in Greek Mythology)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 15

Cos, Martin Perfecto de (Mexican General, 1800-1854)
The Quest for Bowie's Blade (J.T. Edson) 2-3, 15

Cosa Nostra, The (Italian Criminal Secret Society)
"The Missing Don Giovanni" (Paul D. Gilbert) 91-92

Cosmos, The (Le Docteur Oméga - Arnould Galopin)
"The Dynamics of an Asteroid" (John Peel) 177-182, 184-193

Costello, Dolores (American Actress, 1903-1979)
"The Case of the November Sun-Tan" (Alastair Cooke) 182-183

Costello, Lou (American Actor, 1906-1959)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 104

Costello, Maurice (American Actor, 1877-1950)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 243

Coster Joe (Fred Russell's Ventriloquist's Dummy)
The Vanishing Man (Philip Purser-Hallard) 169

Costigan, Stephen (Skullface series - Robert E. Howard)
"God of the Naked Unicorn" (Richard Lupoff) 306

Costner, Kevin (American Actor, 1955- )
My Hero (Tom Holt) 222; Raiders of the Lost Car Park (Robert Rankin) 70

Cosway, Richard (English Artist, 1742-1821)
"The Case of the Maplestead Magpie" (June Thomson) 67

Côte, Mademoiselle (French Prisoner at the Battle of the Marne)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W. Dillard) 81-82

Cotford, Inspector (Dracula (working notes for) - Bram Stoker)
Betrayal in Blood (Mark A. Latham) 17-18, 21-29, 31, 36-37, 57-59, 84, 86, 88, 134, 146, 154, 156, 163, 190, 228-229, 237, 241, 251, 255
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 109

Cottard (The Plague - Albert Camus)
"The Eye of Oran" (Win Scott Eckert) 30

Cotten, Joseph (American Actor, 1905-1994)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 25, 79-80, 114

Cottier, Daniel (British Interior Designer, 1838-1891)
Cottier's: Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 89

Cottingley Fairies, The
"The Case of the Yorkshire Fairies" (Joe Cooper)
Holmes Entangled (Gordon McAlpine) 24, 168, 170-173, 178
The Case of the Second Séance (Sam McCarver) 212
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 143
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 237-238
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 21; "By Any Other Name" (Michael Dirda) 211; "Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Hamlet" (Emanuel E. Garcia) 33; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon) 88-89; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 180-181, 206, 291; The Moor (Laurie R. King) 26; "The Walk-In" (Harley Jane Kozak) 32; "A Scandal in Arabia" (Claude Lalumire) 219; "The Adventure of the Field Theorems" (Vonda N. McIntyre) 40; "Red Sunset" (Bob Madison) 263; "Angel Down, Sussex" (Kim Newman) 121, 123; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 89, 223; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 152; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 79, 162; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 132-133; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 186; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 186; "The Embers of Truth" (Adrian Wright) 74
Inspector 'Fairy' Cottingley: Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 49

Cotton, Frank (Hellraiser - movie)
Francis Cotton: Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell (Paul Kane) 28, 30-38, 42-44, 46-50, 54, 61-62, 65, 68-69, 83, 93, 100, 104-105, 130, 153, 167-168, 172-173, 176, 180, 206, 211, 219, 221, 233, 297-300

Cotton, George Edward Lynch (British Bishop & Educator, 1813-1866)
Bishop Cotton's School: Dr. Mortimer and the Aldgate Mystery (Gerard Williams) 154

Cotton, Sir Henry (British Politician, 1845-1915)
"The Indian Summer of Sherlock Holmes" (Vithal Rajan) 217-218

Cotton, Julia (Hellraiser - movie)
Juliet Cotton: Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell (Paul Kane) 28-43, 47-49, 55, 61, 83, 99, 297-300

Cotton, Kirsty (Hellraiser series)
Kirsten Cotton: Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell (Paul Kane) 37-38, 41-42, 299-300

Cotton, Larry (Hellraiser - movie)
Laurence Cotton: Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell (Paul Kane) 28-49, 55, 61, 68, 83, 98-99, 113, 153, 219, 297-300

Cotton, Larry's First Wife (Hellraiser - movie)
Helena Cotton: Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell (Paul Kane) 37-38, 42

Cotton, Mary Ann (British Murderer, 1822-1873)
Mycroft & Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 12; "The Case of the Air that Was Taken" (Keith Brooke) 102; The Back to Front Murder (Tim Major) 35-36, 42; Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 54; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 109; "The Remarkable Worm" (Carolyn Wheat) 205

Coubertin, Baron Pierre Fredi de (French Pedagogue, Revived Olympic Games, 1863-1937)
Baskerville (John O'Connell) 58; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 75

Couch, Ira (American Innkeeper, 1806-1857)
Couch Tomb: "The Ghost of the Lake" (Jamie Freveletti) 208

Coué, Emile (French Psychotherapist, 1857-1926)
Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 104; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 77
Coueism: Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 77

Coues, Elliott (American Ornithologist, 1842-1899)
The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 36

Coughlin, "Bathhouse" John (Chicago Gang Boss, ?-1938)
The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 162-165, 233, 241-248, 256-262, 271, 276-278, 282, 287, 290-292, 302, 306

Couillard, Rémy (Adolphe Stenheil's Valet)
"The Case of the Unseen Hand" (Donald Thomas) 146-149

Coulon, Auguste (French Agent Provocateur)
Sherlock Holmes and the King’s Governess (Barrie Roberts) 93

Coulthard, Mrs (Newbury & Hobbes series - George Mann)
"The Case of the Night Crawler" (George Mann) 139, 146, 149
The Spirit Box (George Mann) 66, 70

Council of Seven, The (Fu Manchu series - Sax Rohmer)
Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 76, 223, 376; Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 60

Count of Monte Cristo, The: see Dantes, Edmund

Coupeau, Nana: see Nana

Couperin, Francois (French Composer, 1668-1733)
The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 203

Couperus, Louis (Dutch Writer, 1863-1923)
A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 304

Courbet, Gustave (French Artist, 1819-1877)
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 123; The Strange Doings of J. Leslie Ryder (Daniel Gracely) 60; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 233

Courtier (Hamlet - William Shakespeare)
Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 173-174

Courtney (Dawn Patrol - Movie)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 3-8, 21-24, 137-144, 151-157, 159-161, 174, 193, 201, 229, 286, 288

Courtney, Leonard, 1st Baron (British Politician, 1832-1918)
Murder at Sorrow’s Crown (Steven Savile & Robert Greenberger) 231-234, 237, 271

Courtois, Bernard (French Chemist - Discovered Iodine, 1777-1838)
"The Omnibus Murder" (R.E. Swartwout) 127

Courvoisier, Emmanuel (French Spirit Retailer)
Courvoisier Cognac: "International Investigators, Inc." (E.G. Ashton) 69; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 194

Courvoisier, François (Valet & Murderer of Lord William Russell,? -1840)
"The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 26-27

Cousin, Victor (French Philosopher, 1792-1867)
 "Peter Sims" (Maurice Baring) 184

Cousins, Norman (American Writer, 1915-1990)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 105

Cousteau, Jacques (French Oceanographer, 1910-1997)
Dragons on the Town (Thorarinn Gunnarsson) 120; Cape May Tales (John Leone) 19; Aunt Edna’s Guide to Paradise (Keith Sharp) 51

Coutts, Thomas (Scottish Banker, 1735-1822)
Coutts & Co.: "Bloody Sunday" (Bev Vincent) 65
Coutts Bank: The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 21; "A Volume in Vermilion" (Kim Newman) 96; The Dons and Mr Dickens (William J. Palmer) 6, 24, 65; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J. Trow) 175; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 27, 45, 97
Coutts Cheque: "A Most Diabolical Plot" (Tim Symonds) 297

Coverdale, Miles (The Blithedale Romance - Nathaniel Hawthorne)
"A Unique Collection" (Coggeshall Macy) 283

Cow That Jumped Over The Moon, The (Nursery Rhyme Character)
"Humpty Dumpty, Did he Fall? Or Was he Pushed?" (Victor G. Ambrus)
The Deductive Detective (Brian Rock) 20

Cow with the Crumpled Horn, The (The House that Jack Built - Nursery Rhyme)
"The House that Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 279-280, 291, 297-298

Cowan, Dr D.W. (American Physician)
Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (Larry Millett) 206, 209

Cowan, John (Scottish Lawyer)
"The Case of the Sporting Major" (Donald Thomas) 144-146

Cowan, Thomas William (Author & Beekeeper)
The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 16

Coward, Noel (British Actor & Playwright, 1899-1973)
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 139-140; "Peril at Carroway House" (Eric Brown) 345; Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 115, 218; The Book of the Dead (Robert Richardson) 46; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 105; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 91; "The World According To Uncle Albert" (Penelope Wallace) 147

Cowardly Lion (Oz series - L. Frank Baum)
"Sherlock Holmes in Oz" (Ruth Berman) 438
Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 12-15, 107, 115, 119, 125, 147
"The Lion of Draksville" (Julian Rathbone) 145

Cowell, Joseph (British Farmer, Witness in the Green Bicycle Murder Case)
"The Case of the Missing Rifleman" (Donald Thomas) 259-260

Cowley, Abraham (British Poet, 1618-1667)
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 20

Cowper, Cecil (British Editor)
The Final Page of Baker Street (Daniel D. Victor) 212-216

Cowper, Charles Spencer (First Owner of Sandringham House, 1816-1879)
The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 154

Cowperthwaite, Cosmo (Victoria - Paul di Filippo)
The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 140

Cox, Cecil (English Postman, Witness to the Grantham Rail Disaster)
Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 58

Cox, David (English Artist, 1783-1859)
"The Man Who "Bested" Sherlock Holmes" (Joseph Baron) 3

Cox, Detective Inspector Henry (British Policeman, Samuel Dougal Case)
"The Case of the Naked Bicyclists" (Donald Thomas) 129

Cox, Harvey (American Professor of Divinity, 1929- )
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 13

Cox, James M. (American Politician, 1870-1957)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 151

Cox, Mary Ann (Friend of Mary Kelly, Witness in Jack the Ripper Case)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 102; Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J. Schaffer) 254-255, 257, 260
The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 82

Cox, P.C. (British Police Constable, Westminster Hall Bombing)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 74

Cox, Richard (British Banker, 1718-1803)
Sherlock Holmes and Frankenstein’s Diary (Barry Grant) 127-128
See also: Cox & Co

Cox, Richard (British Brewer, 1777-1845)
Cox's Orange Pippin: The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 73

Cox, Samuel (Confederate Agent, Aided John Wilkes Booth)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 164

Cox, Vanessa (Kate Shugak series - Dana Stabenow)
"The Eyak Interpreter" (Dana Stabenow) 292-293, 301-302, 306

Coxeter, James (English Surgical Instrument Maker, 1813-1902)
Messrs Coxeter: "The Adventure of the Admiral" (David James) 66-68, 80, 91

Coy, Mrs (Wife of William Coy)
The Crimes of Dr Watson (Duane Swierczynski) 22

Coy, William (American Murderer, ?-1893)
The Crimes of Dr Watson (Duane Swierczynski) 22

Coyote (Native American Mythology)
The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 823-824

Coyoxauhqui (Aztec Moon Goddess)
"The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 59-60, 68, 84

Cozens, John Robert (British Artist, 1752-1797)

Cozzens, John (American Student)
"The Lost Claus" (B. Uhlenhake) 28-29