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Crabbe, George (British Poet, 1754-1832)
"The Missing Cleric" (Miles Elward) 13, 23

Crabtree, John (Father of Lotta Crabtree)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 224-225, 230, 232, 238-239

Crabtree, Sir John (Prince Otto - Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W. Dillard) 90

Crabtree, Lotta (American Actress, 1847-1924)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 219-234, 236-241, 278-279, 288

Crabtree, Mary Ann (Mother of Lotta Crabtree, ?-1905)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 223-224, 230, 233, 237-239

Cradock, Sir Christopher (British Admiral, 1862-1914)
"The Indian Summer of Sherlock Holmes" (Vithal Rajan) 255

Crag the Robot (Captain Future series - Edmond Hamilton)
"God of the Naked Unicorn" (Richard Lupoff) 306

Craig, Edward Gordon (British Theatrical Designer, 1872-1966)
"Peter Sims" (Maurice Baring) 182

Craig, Roger (American Deputy Sheriff, 1936-1975)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 72, 192-193

Craigie, Patrick (Lola Montez's Stepfather, 1799-1843)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 159, 214-215

Craigie, Pearl (Anglo-American Writer (as John Oliver Hobbes), 1867-1906)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 12

Craik, Dinah "Miss Mulock" (British Author, 1826-1887)
The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 96

Cramer, Samuel (La Fanfarlo - Baudelaire)
"Fleurs du Mal" (Brian Stableford) 130

Cranach, Lucas, the Elder (German Artist, 1472-1553)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 170

Crandon, Mina "Margery" (American Spirit Medium, 1888-1941)
Pulptime (P.H. Cannon) 32; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 35

Crane, Hart (American Poet, 1899-1932)
Pulptime (P.H.Cannon) 37, 43-48

Crane, Ichabod (The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Washington Irving)
"The Adventure of the Cheshire Cheese" (Jon L. Breen) 167; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 234; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 21; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 221
The Ichabod Crane Club: "The Adventure of the Cheshire Cheese" (Jon L. Breen) 167, 169

Crane, Stephen (American Author, 1871-1900)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 571-572

Crane, Winthrop Murray (American Politician, 1853-1920)
The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 113-114, 118-119

Cranmer, Thomas (Archbishop of Canterbury, 1489-1556)
"The Adventure of the Brimstone Chalice" (Dr. Hill Barton) 285-286; The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 294; The Book of the Dead (Robert Richardson) 191

Cranston, Lamont (The Shadow series - Maxwell Grant)
From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 66; "God of the Naked Unicorn" (Richard Lupoff) 306

Crapper, Thomas (English Plumber, 1836-1910)
Death in the Air (Shane Peacock) 72; The Problem of the Missing Miss (Roberta Rogow) 48
Crapper-ware: Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 212

Cratchit, Bob (A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens)
 "A Christmas Fantasy" (Anonymous) 695
"The Adventure of the Three Ghosts" (Loren D. Estleman) 103-105, 109, 120
"Sherlock Holmes and a Case of Humbug" (Paul A. Freeman) 64-65, 68, 73-78
"The Adventure of the Christmas Ghosts" (Bill Crider) 200, 205-206, 208, 210

Cratchit, Martha (A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens)
"A Christmas Fantasy" (Anonymous) 695
"The Adventure of the Three Ghosts" (Loren D. Estleman) 105; "Sherlock Holmes and a Case of Humbug" (Paul A. Freeman) 75

Cratchit, Mrs. (A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens)
"A Christmas Fantasy" (Anonymous)
"The Adventure of the Three Ghosts" (Loren D. Estleman) 105; "Sherlock Holmes and a Case of Humbug" (Paul A. Freeman) 75

Cratchit, Peter (A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens)
"A Christmas Fantasy" (Anonymous) 695
"The Adventure of the Three Ghosts" (Loren D. Estleman) 105; "Sherlock Holmes and a Case of Humbug" (Paul A. Freeman) 75

Cratchit, Timothy: see Tiny Tim

Crathie, Mr. (English Restaurant Manager, Simpson's-in-the-Strand)
The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 70
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 19

Craven, Valeria (Witness in the Green Bicycle Case)
"The Case of the Missing Rifleman" (Donald Thomas) 248, 252, 258, 269-270

Crawford, F. Marion (American Author, 1854-1909)
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 30; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 53

Crawford, James Lindsay, 26th Earl of (British Astronomer, 1847-1913)
"The Mystery of the Department of State Cardboard Invert Proofs" (Stanley M. Bierman) 158-159

Crawford, Joan (American Actress, 1908-1977)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 93-94, 122
"Sound Alibi" (Peter Guttridge) 24

Crawford, Thomas (American Sculptor, 1814-1857)
The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 110

Crawley, Sir Pitt, the Younger (Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray)
"A Unique Collection" (Coggeshall Macy) 283

Crawley, Rawdon (Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray)
"Gossip" (Anonymous) 318-319

Crawley, Violet (Downton Abbey - TV series)
Elementary, She Read (Vicki Delany) 163

Crawshay (Raffles stories - E.W. Hornung)
"The Adventure of the Hanging Tyrant" (M.J. Elliott) 82

Crawshay Family, The (Welsh Industrialists)
Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 102

Crazy Horse (Sioux Leader, 1849-1877)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 309; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 190

Creagh, Sir Garrett O'Moore (Irish Soldier, 1848-1923)
Watson's Afghan Adventure (Kieran McMullen) 70-72, 77

Cream, Thomas Neill (American Poisoner, 1850-1892)
The Dark Water (David Pirie) 4-7, 9-21, 23-35, 40-41, 43, 45, 53, 55-57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 71, 73, 76, 79-84, 89-94, 97-106, 109-110, 112-117, 119, 129-130, 133-140, 143-144, 161-162, 166, 207, 222-223, 241, 246-247, 252-254, 271-272, 299, 307, 309, 313, 315-316, 318-336, 339-340, 342-344, 346-354
The Night Calls (David Pirie) 1-4, 16, 19-20, 28-30, 33-37, 39, 41-42, 44, 51-55, 61-68, 74, 86, 91-93, 110-112, 126-127, 132, 138-139, 149-151, 157-159, 175, 185-196, 198, 200-202, 208-209, 212, 217-224, 226-228, 234-236, 238-239, 268-272, 276, 278-280, 282-283, 307, 310, 337-339, 349-350
"The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 223, 227, 235-240, 242-246, 249-258, 261-265, 269-275, 280-283, 285-294, 297-302, 308-311, 314-325, 327-329, 330-335
The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 106-107
Brigade (M.J.Trow) 377-378
Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 213; The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 119, 122, 200; The House of Smoke (Sam Christer) 16; A Scandal in Battersea (Mercedes Lackey) 40; "The Case of the Bespoke Bee Sting" (Douglas Moreton) 62; Scarlet In Gaslight (Martin Powell & Seppo Makinen); Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 105; The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 106; "The Case of Peter the Painter" (Donald Thomas) 223; "The Case of the Ghosts at Bly" (Donald Thomas) 197; "The Case of the Unseen Hand" (Donald Thomas) 142; Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 263; "Hounded" (Stephen Volk) 24; Sherlock Holmes in Tibet (Richard Wincor) 4

Creature From The Black Lagoon (The Creature series - Movies)
The Case of the Missing Masterpiece (Terrance Dicks) 122

Creature Teacher (Comic Strip Character)
The Case of the Missing Masterpiece (Terrance Dicks) 22

Creedence Clearwater Revival (American Rock Group)
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 126

Cregar, Laird (American Actor, 1913-1944)
The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror (Daniel Pinkwater) 433

Creighton, Colonel (Kim - Rudyard Kipling)
The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) xxii-xxiv, 4, 11-13, 16, 37, 89-90, 97, 101-109, 112, 114-115, 161, 249, 258
The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 679-680, 695, 697, 699-700, 765-766
The Game (Laurie R. King) 9, 11, 13, 26, 125, 311, 326

Creon (Mythical King of Thebes)
The Labyrinth of Death (James Lovegrove) 221

Crépieux-Jamin, Jules (French Graphologist)
"The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 30; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 121

Cressida (Post-medieval Trojan War retellings)
The Execution of Newcome Bowles (Allan D. Mickle) 13

Cretan Bull (Greek Mythology)
"The Strange Affair at Glastonbury" (Eddie Maguire) 29

Crewe-Milnes, Robert, 1st Marquess of Crewe (British Statesman, 1858-1945)
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 172, 287, 296-297

Cribb, Inspector (Inspector Cribb series - Peter Lovesey)
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 59
"My Three Ripping Years at the Yard" (Douglas Moreton) 3-5, 7, 9, 11-12, 14, 17, 27

Cribb, Tom (British Boxer, 1781-1848)
The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 213

Crick, Francis (British Biophysicist 1916-2004),
The Case of the Frozen Scream (Thomas Brace Haughey) 85-86

Crickets, The (American Pop Group)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 188

Crile, Lafayette Clark (American Lawyer, 1869-1950)
"Charlock Coombs: A London Detective in Clarksburg" (John G. Gittings) 2

Criminal Investigator, Well-Known (The Man with the Watches - Arthur Conan Doyle)
"The Girl and the Gold Watches" (Robert Ryan) 418-451

Crimson Gem of Cyttarak, The (X-Men series)
"The Adventure of the Six Maledictions" (Kim Newman) 221

Crippen, Cora (American Entertainer, aka Belle Elmore, H.H.Crippen's Wife & Victim, 1873-1910)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 218-219, 221
"The Two Failures of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 4-8
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 9, 43, 70, 74-76, 80-83, 87
The Red Ribbon (H.B. Lyle) 208; The Return of the Pharaoh (Nicholas Meyer) 29; "The Case of Peter the Painter" (Donald Thomas) 209; "The Case of the Matinee Idol" (Donald Thomas) 344; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J. Trow) 99

Crippen, Hawley Harvey (British Murderer, 1862-1910)
The Red Ribbon (H.B. Lyle) 66, 86, 208
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 218-221
"The Two Failures of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 3-9
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 9-11, 42, 70, 74-76, 80-81, 85-88, 103, 115-116, 119, 161, 250
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 180; "The Adventure of the Printers Inc." (Robert L. Fish) 13; Sherlock Holmes and the Frightened Golfer (J.M.Gregson) 31; "The Duke and the Sleuth" (Fred Johnson) 26; "My Three Ripping Years at the Yard" (Douglas Moreton) 17; Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 254; "The Case of Peter the Painter" (Donald Thomas) 209; "The Case of the Matinee Idol" (Donald Thomas) 344-345, 347, 362; "The Case of the Missing Rifleman" (Donald Thomas) 249; "Sherlock Holmes: The Actor" (Donald Thomas) 275; Sherlock Holmes and the Masquerade Murders (Frank Thomas) 202; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 200; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 9, 25; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 19; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 9, 15, 44, 76, 84; Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 2-3, 235; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 27, 99, 159; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 88; "Hounded" (Stephen Volk) 24; Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 12

Crisp, Georgeanna (Wife of William Crisp)
"The Case of the Peasenhall Murder" (Donald Thomas) 192, 206, 208-209, 212, 214-216, 221, 223-224

Crisp, William (English Methodist Minister)
"The Case of the Peasenhall Murder" (Donald Thomas) 173-174, 192, 206, 208-209, 212, 214-216, 223-224

Crisparkle, Mrs. (The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Charles Dickens)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 108, 192, 322, 407
The Disappearance of Edwin Drood (Peter Rowland) 127

Crisparkle, Reverend (The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Charles Dickens)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 35-407
"At the Sign of the Ship" (Andrew Lang) 478
"Sherlock Holmes and the Drood Mystery" (Edmund Pearson) 156-157, 159, 162
The Disappearance of Edwin Drood (Peter Rowland) 17, 19, 23, 42, 61, 74, 76-86, 88-89, 103, 117, 123, 126-127, 129-132, 136, 139, 141, 156, 164-165, 170, 172-174
"Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 222, 224-225

Crispin, Edmund (British Author, 1921-1978)
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 35; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 134

Crispin, St (Roman Martyr, ?-c.286)
"In Flanders Field" (H. Paul Jeffers) 19
St Crispin's Day: The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 82
St Crispin Speech: "In Flanders Field" (H. Paul Jeffers) 20
St Crispin's Mission: Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 87

Crito (Friend of Socrates)
Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 160

Crivelli, Carlo (Italian Painter, c1435-c1495)
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 184; The Art of Deception (Leonard Goldberg) 67

Croce, Jim (American Singer-Songwriter, 1943-1973)
Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 181

Crocker, Charles (American Railway Baron, 1822-1888)
"Cross of Gold" (Michael Collins) 347; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 75

Crockett, Davy (American Frontiersman, 1786-1836)
The Quest for Bowie's Blade (J.T. Edson) 1-4, 9, 14; "The Case of Colonel Crockett’s Violin" (Gillian Linscott) 153-154, 159-161, 163, 169-174
"Hurlock Shoams – One of His Adventures" (Sir Arthur Cannon Ball) 198; The Zenda Vendetta (Simon Hawke) 2; Double Trouble Squared (Kathryn Lasky) 92; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 52; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 121
Davy Crockett Hat: And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 187; Double Trouble Squared (Kathryn Lasky) 72, 92, 215

Crockford, William (English Gambling Club Proprietor, 1775-1844)
Crockfords: Sherlock Holmes: The Breath of God (Guy Adams) 10
New Crockford: The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 326

Crocodile, The (Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie)
Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 104; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 37, 64, 135

Croesus (KIng of Lydia, ?-546BC)
Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 243; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 402; The Adventure of the Peerless Peer (Philip José Farmer) 101; The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 110; The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 113; The Devil and the Four (Sam Siciliano) 173; Love Is the Winner (Janet Templeton) 73; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 122
A Croesus: "The Adventure of the Deadly Séance" (James Lovegrove) 135; Dr. Mortimer and the Aldgate Mystery (Gerard Williams) 117
American Croesus: Dr. Mortimer and the Aldgate Mystery (Gerard Williams) 119
Croesus-like: Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 49
The Cursed Croesus: East of Ealing (Robert Rankin)169
Rich as Croesus: Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 79; Sherlock Holmes and the King’s Governess (Barrie Roberts) 27; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 182; The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 265; Dr. Mortimer and the Aldgate Mystery (Gerard Williams) 86; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 66
Richer than Croesus: "The Adventure of the Stopped Clocks" (Lyndsay Faye) 45; Allan Quatermain at the Dawn of Time (Thos. Kent Miller) lxiv
Riches of Croesus: "The Strange Affair at Glastonbury" (Eddie Maguire) 33
Wealthy as Croesus: The Murder of Mary Russell (Laurie R. King) 86; No Ordinary Terror (J. Brooks Van Dyke) 210

Croft, Sir Alfred (British Indian Administrator)
The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 90

Croft, Caleb (Son of the Vampire - Movie)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 310-311, 436
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 20, 29, 31, 204-250, 273-275, 286, 301-303, 310, 317-318, 332-334, 350-352
"The Private Files of Mycroft Holmes" (Kim Newman) 17

Crofts, Freeman Wills (Irish Author, 1879-1957)
"The Omnibus Murder" (R.E. Swartwout) 129

Crofts, Sir George (Mrs Warren's Profession - George Bernard Shaw)
The Notched Hairpin (H.F. Heard) 104

Croker, Richard "Boss" (Irish -American Politician, 1841-1922)
The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 139, 306; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 62

Crom (Conan the Barbarian series - Robert E. Howard)
By Crom!: "The Baker Street Cimmerian" (Rhys Hughes)

Cromarty, Sir Francis (Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 39, 42-44, 46-47, 50, 52, 62-65, 68-70

Crome, John (British Artist, 1768-1821)
"The Booby’s Bay Adventure" (O’Neil De Noux) 128; "Moriarty’s Fiendish Plan" (Roger Jaynes) 263; A Three-Pipe Problem (Julian Symons) 61

Cromer, Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of (British Diplomat, 1841-1917)
Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 113, 115, 119, 140, 142, 292-294
Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 13-14; "A Commission to the Sultan of Turkey" (Frank J. Eustace) 4, 6; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 31; Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 34; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 129

Cromer, Katherine Georgina Louisa Thynne, Lady (Second Wife of Evelyn Baring, c.1865-1933)
The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 52

Crompton, Alberta (Lusitania Passenger, 1903-1915)
Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania (Lorraine Daly) 85

Crompton, Catherine (Lusitania Passenger, 1905-1915)
Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania (Lorraine Daly) 85

Crompton, Gladys (Lusitania Passenger, 1878-1915)
Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania (Lorraine Daly) 85

Crompton, John (Lusitania Passenger, 1909-1915)
Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania (Lorraine Daly) 85

Crompton, Paul (British Businessman, 1871-1915)
Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania (Lorraine Daly) 85

Crompton, Paul Romilly (Lusitania Passenger, 1904-1915)
Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania (Lorraine Daly) 85

Crompton, Peter (Lusitania Passenger, 1914-1915)
Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania (Lorraine Daly) 85

Crompton, Stephen (Lusitania Passenger, 1901-1915)
Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania (Lorraine Daly) 85

Cromwell, Bridget (Daughter of Oliver Cromwell, 1624-c.1660)
The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 238

Cromwell, Henry (Son of Oliver Cromwell, 1628-1674)
"The Resources of Mycroft Holmes" (Charlton Andrews) 221

Cromwell, Oliver (Lord Protector of England (1653-58), 1599-1658)
The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 53-66, 69-72, 88, 119, 144, 161, 233-236, 238-239, 249, 272, 279-280, 282-283, 286, 296-299, 307
"The Resources of Mycroft Holmes" (Charlton Andrews) 221; Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Seven (Val Andrews) 54; Sherlock Holmes on the Western Front (Val Andrews) 35, 136, 139; Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper (Anonymous) 29; Young Sherlock Holmes (Alan Arnold) 22; The Glendower Conspiracy (Lloyd Biggle Jr.) 279; The Quallsford Inheritance (Lloyd Biggle Jr.) 126; The Italian Secretary (Caleb Carr) 95; Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 117, 142; The Lazarus Machine (Paul Crilley) 110; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 101; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 76; The Albino’s Treasure (Stuart Douglas) 33-34, 99; "The Legacy of Rachel Howells" (Michael Doyle) 415, 428; Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 57, 226, 237; The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 294, 306; Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Raleigh Legacy (L.B.Greenwood) 90, 153; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 256; "The Bound of the Haskervilles" (Charles Hamilton) 19; "The Matter of the Assassination League" (David L. Hammer) 49; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 337; "A House Gone Mad" (Bruce I. Kilstein) 44; Castle Shade (Laurie R. King) 245; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 123; Death By Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 237; Stone Cold (Andrew Lane) 207, 229, 249; The Red Tower (Mark A. Latham) 102; The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 243; "The Adventure of Exham Priory" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 384; The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas (Tracy Mack & Michael Citrin) 134; The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 83; The Dons and Mr Dickens (William J. Palmer) 44; "The Lion of Draksville" (Julian Rathbone) 153; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 4; Sherlock Holmes and the King’s Governess (Barrie Roberts) 59; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 323; The Web Weaver (Sam Siciliano) 69; "The Secret of Shoreswood Hall" (Denis O. Smith) 371; "The Model T Mystery" (E.H. Soans) 185; "The Blue Eyed Dog" (Frank Thomas) 60; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 23; Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 252-253; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 49, 133; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 218; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 81; No Ordinary Terror (J. Brooks Van Dyke) 290; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 37; "The Adventure of the Angel's Trumpet" (Carolyn Wheat) 284; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 276
Cromwell House: The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 238
Cromwellian: Time for Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 127; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 235, 279; Elementary, Mrs Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 147; Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 25
Cromwellism: The Glendower Conspiracy (Lloyd Biggle, Jr.) 91
Cromwell's Men: Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Raleigh Legacy (L.B.Greenwood) 154, 156; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 236-237; The Dark Water (David Pirie) 125
Modern-Day Cromwell: The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 151
A new Cromwell: "The Adventure of the Empty Throne" (Brad Mengel) 89
Oliver's Men: The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 234, 236-238, 246, 249, 294-295, 306

Cromwell, Richard (Lord Protector of England (1658-59), 1626-1712)
Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 237

Cromwell, Thomas (British Politician, 1485-1540)
Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 75; "The Holy Rood" (Alan Stockwell) 122

Cronin, Edward W., Jr. (Naturalist)
Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent Miller) 2

Cronje, Piet Arnoldus (South African General, 1836-1911)
Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 13; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 156; Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 4; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 80, 215

Cronkite, Walter (American Broadcaster, 1916-2009)
Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 191; The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror (Daniel Pinkwater) 483

Crook, Alice (Annie Crook's Daughter)
Murder by Decree (Robert Weverka) 107-108, 111-112, 120, 125-127, 130-131, 133, 142-143, 172-174, 176-180, 185, 187
Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 180, 236, 240, 269-270

Crook, Annie (Alleged to have Married the Duke of Clarence)
Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 180, 236, 239-240, 251, 269-270, 273
Murder by Decree (Robert Weverka) 107-108, 111-112, 114-132, 143, 171-174, 176-180, 185, 187
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 137; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 105

Crook, George (American General)
Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder (Barrie Roberts) 103, 108, 195-197

Crookes, Sir William (British Scientist, 1832-1919)
The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 20-21, 27, 32, 34-36, 52, 65-67, 79-80, 82-83, 127-128, 131, 150, 169-170, 172, 176-177, 180-182
The Baker Street Phantom (Fabrice Bourland) 79; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 76-78; "The Medium Problem" (Steve Leadley) 161; Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin)103; "The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 149; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 70; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 85; "Hounded" (Stephen Volk) 22; "The Colonial Adventures of Shamrock Holes" (Dr Watson) 6
Crookes Rays: Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 151
Crookes Tube: Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 42

Crosby, Bing (American Singer & Actor, 1904-1977)
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 176; The Strange Return of Sherlock Holmes (Barry Grant) 29; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 61
Bing Frisbee: Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 93, 95, 100, 121-123

Crosby, David (American Singer-Songwriter, 1941- )
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 10

Crosley, Powel (American Inventor, 1887-1961)
Crosley Radio: Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 40

Cross, Charles (Ripper Case, Carman who Discovered Nichols' Body)
Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 25
A Knife in the Fog (Bradley Harper) 37-38
Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J. Schaffer) 69
Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 45
George Cross: The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 30, 41
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 168

Cross, Richard Assheton, Viscount (British Home Secretary (1874-80), 1823-1914)
The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 118-126
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 41; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 56, 60
The Home Secretary: Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 191; The Problem of the Missing Miss (Roberta Rogow) 55, 67; "The Case of the Racing Certainty" (Donald Thomas) 54

Crosse, Edmund (British Foood Manufacturer, 1804-1862)
Crosse and Blackwell: Arrowood (Mick Finlay) 354; "The Adventure of the Stainless Spinster" (Dixie J. Whitted) 111

Crosse, Dr John Barton St Croix (British Surgeon at Balaclava, c1816-1900)
Brigade (M.J. Trow) 317, 354, 356-358, 376-380, 384, 398-400, 407

Crossing, William (English Author, 1847-1928)
The Moor (Laurie R. King) 117

Crossingham, William (London Landlord)
A Knife in the Fog (Bradley Harper) 55
Crossingham Lodging House: Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel Vampire (Dean P. Turnbloom) 70
Crossingham's: Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J. Schaffer) 6-7, 208, 223, 232, 295

Crossley, Francis (1839-1897) & William J. (1844-1911) (British Engineering Manufacturers)
Crossley Car: The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 76; Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 116, 119, 135, 147-148; The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 280-283

Croteau, Mike (American Editor)
'Black' Mike Croteau: "The Adventure of the Fallen Stone" (Win Scott Eckert) 70-72, 75-76, 82

Crouch, Benjamin (British Resurrectionist)
Brigade (M.J. Trow) 235
Robert Crouch: "The Adventure of the St Marylebone Ghoul" (Bill Crider) 155

Crouch, Henry (British Microscope Manufacturer)
Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 49
Henry Crouch Binocular Microscope: "The Pennyroyal Society" (Kelly Hale) 269

Crouzet, Marguerite (French Mistress of Georges Boulanger, ?-1891)
Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 343

Crow, Jim (Punch & Judy Show Character)
The Case of the Baffled Policeman (Allen Sharp) 65

Crowley (Gentlemen and Players - E.W. Hornung)
"The Elphberg Red" (Nicholas Boving) 23

Crowley, Aleister (British Occultist, 1875-1947)
Sherlock Holmes: The Breath of God (Guy Adams) 30, 35, 48-49, 61-63, 126, 144-145, 149, 153, 156-176, 178-180, 184-187, 189-190, 192-193, 196-201, 204-206, 208-213, 215, 217-219, 223-225, 227, 229-231, 233, 236-237, 239-240
"Exalted are the Forces of Darkness" (Leigh Blackmore) 179, 185, 192-208
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) v-vi, 50-53, 69-78, 81-97, 99-101, 107-111, 117-130, 134-150, 152
Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 7-8, 14, 18-20, 29-30, 34-41, 44-47, 50-53, 55-72, 83, 93-94, 98, 108-109, 113, 115-132, 136, 140-142, 144-162, 164-171
"The Haunted House" (Watkin Jones) 22-23
"The Hidden Church" (Watkin Jones) 36, 49, 55, 57-62
"The Scarlet Woman" (Watkin Jones) 82-84, 122-123
"The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 469-481
"Angel Down, Sussex" (Kim Newman) 127-130, 132-140
"Sherlock Holmes and the Other Eye" (Richard Dean Starr & E.R, Bower) 174-182, 190-192, 194, 197-199, 203
Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 44, 46-47, 50-57, 67, 74-75, 80-81, 98, 100
"The Case of the Fiery Messengers" (Ron Weighell) 12-15, 17, 21, 23 {as Edward Crowley}
The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 120-124, 137-140, 142, 200-204, 267, 269, 322-325
The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 186-187, 233
Bartholomew Blackwood: The Devil’s Promise (David Stuart Davies) 45-46, 48-49, 52-53, 57, 63, 89, 107, 109, 111-112; 118-119, 141-145, 147-148, 155, 160-162, 164-165, 170, 172, 174-175, 180, 182, 188-191
Christopher Frawley: "The Tragic Case of the Child Prodigy" (William Patrick Maynard) 107-121, 123
"The Adventure of the Misplaced Eyeglasses" (Robin N. Campbell) 67; My Hero (Tom Holt)163; The God of the Hive (Laurie R. King) 86; The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 152-153, 311; Gods of War (James Lovegrove) 105-106, 110; Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 38, 181, 329; "Sherlock Holmes and the Four Kings of Sweden" (Steven Savile) 277; The Patchwork Devil (Cavan Scott) 250; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 396; "The Adventure of the Angel's Trumpet" (Carolyn Wheat) 286

Crowley, Edward (British Brewer, Father of Aleister Crowley, ?-1887)
"Exalted are the Forces of Darkness" (Leigh Blackmore) 194; The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 72; Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 18; "The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 478-481; "Angel Down, Sussex" (Kim Newman) 130
Crowley's Ales: The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 72

Crowley, Emily Bishop (Mother of Aleister Crowley)
"The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 478-481; "Angel Down, Sussex" (Kim Newman) 130

Crowley, Patrick (American Police Chief)
Deadly Season (Tim Champlin) 20, 97, 160, 172, 194, 196, 211, 238-239, 241-242, 246

Crowley, Rose: see Rose Kelly

Crown, Mrs (Harry Dickson series - Anonymous)
"Behind the Mask of the Ripper" (Jean-Marc Mouiller) 190-191

Crowther, Caleb (British Physician, 1769-1849)
Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J. Trow) 126

Croyden, Charles (English Pharmacist)
John Bell & Croyden: Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 153

Cruel Frederick (Struwwelpeter - Heinrich Hoffman)
The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 43-44, 86

Cruft, Charles (British Showman, 1852-1938)
Cruft's Dog Show: Evolution (John Peel) 228

Cruikshank, George (British Illustrator, 1792-1878)
Sherlock Holmes and the Egyptian Hall Adventure (Val Andrews) 58; "The Case of the Christmas Cracker" (John Hall) 158; Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 52; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 121

Cruikshank, William (British Military Medical Officer, ?-1858)
The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline (Nancy Springer) 109, 114

Crull, Neil (American Accountant, 1906-1985)
"The Gravity of the Situation" (Paul Morse) 116

Crumles Family  (Nicholas Nickleby - Charles Dickens)
"At the Sign of the Ship" (Andrew Lang) 480

Crump, G.R. & H.J. (American Hoteliers)
"The Circle of Blood" (Steve Leadley) 54

Cruncher, Jerry (A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens)
"Sherlock Holmes and Certain Critics" (Ellis G. Roberts) 106

Crusher, Dr Beverley (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
The Light Fantastic (Jeffrey Lang) 25, 53-54

Crusher, Wesley (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
The Light Fantastic (Jeffrey Lang) 93

Crusoe, Robinson (Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe)
"Kid Eternity: Great Heroes of Fiction" (Joe Millard) 34, 44-45
"Hello, I'm Doctor Who!" (Tim Quinn & Dicky Howett) 4
"Eve Times Four" (Poul Anderson) 189; Sherlock Holmes and the Man Who Lost Himself (Val Andrews) 70; Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Seven (Val Andrews) 57; "The Fête and Fortune of Funnilla" (Anonymous) 84; The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 55, 57, 174; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 228; "The Kohinoor Gem Shop Burglary" (Ned Hubbell) 125; Pirate King (Laurie R. King) 58, 221; Sherlock Holmes and the Skull of Death (Robert E. McClellan) 9; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 118; The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist (Roberta Rogow) 135; Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test (Stanley Shaw) 73; "Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 215; The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 159; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 99; Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 138

Crutwell, E.W. (British Engineer, 1857-1933)
"The Spy and the Towers" (Nick Oldham) 340, 342

Cryer, Barry (British Entertainer & Scriptwriter, 1935)
Cryer: W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 45, 68, 72

Crystal Egg, The (The Crystal Egg - H.G. Wells)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 19, 21
"The Red Planet League" (Kim Newman) 287-290, 292-300, 302-304, 307-308, 312-313
Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 11-14, 16-25, 27-30, 32-36, 42-46, 48, 61, 97-98, 100-101, 111, 114, 120, 134, 137-139, 153-154, 158, 161, 163-168, 171, 178-180, 182, 184, 190-195, 200-201

Cthulhu (The Call of Cthulhu - H.P. Lovecraft)
The Adventure of the Innsmouth Mutations (Lois H. Gresh) 9-12, 19, 25, 47-48, 52, 57, 88, 91, 108-109, 113-114, 117, 124, 132, 134-135, 150-152, 169, 172-174, 179-182, 185, 187, 199, 202, 223, 225, 230, 232-233, 235-237, 239, 242-244, 246, 251-25, 257, 259-260, 262, 266, 269, 272, 274-275, 278, 280, 282-286, 288, 292, 296-304, 315-316, 318, 322
Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 167-168, 193-194, 196, 201, 204, 206, 211-213, 217, 226-227, 233, 235, 255, 261, 265, 275, 288, 293, 436
Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea Devils (James Lovegrove) 38, 194, 309, 332, 350-352, 359, 363-364, 366, 372-373, 378-383, 388-392, 397-401, 403-405, 410, 412, 414-415, 425-428, 432, 436-439
"The Adventure of the Ancient Gods" (Ralph Vaughan) 26, 28-33
"Nightmare in Wax" (Simon Clark) 425, 430; The Adventure of the Deadly Dimensions (Lois H. Gresh) 270, 346, 410, 414, 422; The Adventure of the Neural Psychoses (Lois H. Gresh) 51, 166, 168-169, 171, 243, 249, 264, 292, 379, 389, 395-398; "The Adventure of the Antiquarian's Niece" (Barbara Hambly) 172; Sherlock Holmes & Mr Hyde (Christian Klaver) 195, 226-227, 268-269, 271-272, 289, 303, 308; Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 5-10, 85, 172, 236, 307, 335, 505; Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities (James Lovegrove) 52, 82, 127; "Art in the Blood" (Brian Stableford) 125
Cthulhu (spaceship): "The Interrupted Game" (Dana Martin Batory) 125
Cult of Cthulhu: Sherlock Holmes & Mr Hyde (Christian Klaver) 195, 197, 201, 208, 211, 216, 220, 228, 243, 269, 287, 294, 309

Cthulhu Mythos (Cthulhu Stories - H.P.Lovecraft & Others)
"A Case of Royal Blood" (Steven-Elliot Altman) 78-93
"Tiger! Tiger!" (Elizabeth Bear) 30-47
"The Curious Case of Miss Violet Stone" (Poppy Z. Brite & David Ferguson) 143, 151-153
"Nightmare in Wax" (Simon Clark) 420-438
"A Study In Emerald" (Neil Gaiman) 1-24
The Adventure of the Deadly Dimensions (Lois H. Gresh)
The Adventure of the Innsmouth Mutations (Lois H. Gresh)
The Adventure of the Neural Psychoses (Lois H. Gresh) 9-398
"The Adventure of the Antiquarian's Niece" (Barbara Hambly) 170-188
"The Drowned Geologist" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 30 3, 310-311
Sherlock Holmes & Dracula (Christian Klaver) 159, 164-171, 181-201
Sherlock Holmes & Mr Hyde (Christian Klaver) 16, 99, 168, 179-180, 190, 192-198, 200-201, 208, 211, 220-221, 226-230, 234, 243, 263, 268-272, 287-289, 294, 303-311, 318, 324, 336-337
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 52, 111, 189, 211-213, 220-222, 259, 262-299, 303
Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove)
Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities (James Lovegrove)
Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove)
Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea Devils (James Lovegrove)
"The Weeping Masks" (James Lowder) 113-115
"The Adventure of the Unknown Worm" (Daniel McGachey)
"The Adventure of Exham Priory" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 378-391
"The Mystery of the Worm" (John Pelan)
"The Case of the Wavy Black Dagger" (Steve Perry) 54-59
"The Adventure of the Arab's Manuscript" (Michael Reaves) 272-294
"Art in the Blood" (Brian Stableford) 119-137
The Adventure of the Ancient Gods (Ralph Vaughan) 7-8, 14-16, 18--23, 26-34
"The Adventure of the Dreaming Detective " (Ralph Vaughan) 11, 15-49
"The Adventure of the Laughing Moonbeast" (Ralph E. Vaughan) 52-61
Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 3-10, 14-17, 23-30, 35-44, 46-47, 52-54, 56-62, 65-66, 68-79, 81-82, 85-89, 94-98, 100-101, 104, 108-110, 113-119, 121
"The Giant Rat of Sumatra" (Paula Volsky) 177-196
The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 42, 82, 89, 171, 202, 230, 258-259, 261, 274, 305
A Night in the Lonesome October (Roger Zelazny) 1, 5-7, 15, 25, 28-29, 32-33, 39, 49-50, 53-54, 61, 73, 79, 96, 102-103, 107, 130, 138, 143, 148, 152-155, 157-166, 169, 194, 196-205, 236-237, 258, 269-270, 276-279
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 92, 231; Pulptime (P.H. Cannon); "Emily’s Kiss" (James A. Moore) 85-86, 100; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 169; "The Long Suffering Landlady" (Ralph E. Vaughan) 102

Cthylla (The Transition of Titus Crow - Brian Lumley)
Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 194

Cubela, Rolando (Cuban Revolutionary Leader, 1932-2022)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 146

Cubitt, Gilbert (Son of the owner of Hill House Hotel in Cromer, who gave Conan Doyle the idea for the Dancing Men Code)
Georgie: The Case of the Second Séance (Sam McCarver) 85

Cubitt, Lewis (British Architect, 1799-1883)
"Merridew of Abominable Memory" (Chris Roberson) 241

Cubrilovic, Vaso (Bosnian Serb Politician, 1897-1990)
Spy Hunter (H.B. Lyle) viii

Cuchard, Monsieur (French Prisoner at the Battle of the Marne)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W. Dillard) 81

Cuchulainn (Gaelic Hero)
The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 108; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 75

Cuda, Martin (Martin - movie)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 78-82, 84, 435

Cuff, Sergeant (The Moonstone - Wilkie Collins)
"Secret of the Dead" (David Stuart Davies)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 232-407
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 57-58, 60-62, 64-65, 73, 78-79, 83, 87-88, 97, 99, 102, 118-121, 140, 144, 150, 158-163, 165-168, 170, 174, 186, 205, 215
The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 903
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 77, 118, 214; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 90; The Moonstone’s Curse (Sam Siciliano) 11, 122, 215; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 93

Cugnot, Nicolas-Joseph (French Inventor, 1725-1804)
The Martian Menace (Eric Brown) 78

Cujo (Cujo - Stephen King)
The Baker Street Letters (Michael Robertson) 96

Cullen, Sir Patrick (The Doctor's Dilemma - Geore Bernard Shaw)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 181, 186

Cullen, Captain T.J. (British Soldier, ?-1880)
Watson's Afghan Adventure (Kieran McMullen) 152

Cullingworth, James (The Stark-Munro Letters - Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Patient's Eyes (David Pirie) 21, 36-37, 71, 75-88, 90, 92, 95-97, 100, 107, 110-112, 115-116, 121-125, 127, 133-135, 137, 153, 171-174, 196-197, 199, 231, 241-242
The Dark Water (David Pirie) 57; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 154-155

Cullom, Shelby M. (American Politician, 1892-1914)
The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 118-119

Culme-Seymour, Laura (Daughter of Sir Michael Culme-Seymour)
"The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 161-163, 175

Culme-Seymour, Mary (Daughter of Sir Michael Culme-Seymour)
"The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 161-164, 166-167, 175-179
The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 80, 116; Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 158

Culme-Seymour, Sir Michael (British Admiral, 1836-1920l)
"The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 161, 163, 175-176, 179
Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 158

Culpepper, Nicolas (English Herbalist, 1616-1654)
Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 71

Cumberbatch, A.E. (British Surgeon, 1847-1929)
The Private Life of Dr Watson (Michael Hardwick) 97

Cumberbatch, Benedict (English Actor, 1976- )
Gilbert Flamstead: Who Killed Sherlock Holmes? (Paul Cornell) 25-26, 133, 138-146, 158-161, 164, 177, 179-187, 190-194, 201-202, 208, 252, 254-258, 263-268, 272-275, 277, 308, 313-314, 326, 331, 344-351, 353, 355-356
"As to ‘An Exact Knowledge of London’" (Tony Broadbent) 32; Elementary, She Read (Vicki Delany) 5, 22, 199-200; "The Adventure of the Six Sherlocks" (Toni L.P. Kelner) 114-116
Cumberbunny: "The Adventure of the Six Sherlocks" (Toni L.P. Kelner) 117

Cumberland, William Augustus, Duke of (British Soldier, 1721-1765)
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 122; Sherlock Holmes and the American Angels (Barrie Roberts) 65; Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David Altamont) 18; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 25, 144

Cumley, George (British Police Officer, Neill Cream Case)
"The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 284-286

Cumming, Elizabeth (Scottish Distiller)
Unquiet Spirits (Bonnie MacBird) 226

Cumming, Sir William Gordon (Scottish Peer involved in Tranby Croft Card Scandal, 1848-1930)
The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 58, 61-63, 84, 107-111, 145, 151, 153, 158, 161, 164, 169-170, 183, 187, 189
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 135; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 182, 243; "The Tell-Tale Tea Leaves" (Keith Moray) 199; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 179-180; "The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 164-165; "The Case of the Greek Key (Donald Thomas) 104

Cunard, Sir Samuel (Canadian-British Shipowner, 1787-1865)
Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania (Lorraine Daly) 84
Cunard Line: Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 32; The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 15; Mrs Hudson and the Irish Invincibles (Barry S. Brown) 221; Pulptime (P.H. Cannon) 74, 83; The Italian Secretary (Caleb Carr) 30; Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania (Lorraine Daly) 6, 21-24, 26, 36, 41, 46, 53, 62, 78, 81, 84, 86-87, 90, 147, 166, 178, 182; The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 122; The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 105, 158; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 25, 52-53, 63, 103-104, 106, 131, 145, 149, 245, 254, 257, 275, 344-345; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 32; "The Pennyroyal Society" (Kelly Hale) 267; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 291; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 44; Most Baffling, Mrs Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 140; "The Haunted Manor" (Howard Hopkins) 111; The House of Silk (Anthony Horowitz) 30, 280; "The Adventure of the Old Russian Woman" (H. Paul Jeffers) 24; Murder Most Irregular (H. Paul Jeffers) 170; "Sherlock Holmes and the Mummy's Curse" (H. Paul Jeffers) 93; Red Leech (Andrew Lane) 123, 126, 143; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 58-59; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 3; Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (Larry Millett) 14; Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 16; The Adventure of the Incognita Countess (Cynthia Ward) 98, 105
Cunarder: Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 18; Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 151

Cundall, Tom (Winged Victory - Yeates)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 2-8, 10, 22-26, 104, 137-139, 141-144, 147, 151, 153-154, 174, 190, 192-193, 201-202, 205, 286, 299, 302

Cunliffe, Sir Ellis (British Solicitor)
Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania (Lorraine Daly) 176-177

Cunningham, Alexander (British Army Engineer, 1814-1893)
Sherlock Holmes in Japan (Vasudev Murthy) 148

Cunningham, John (American Newsdealer)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Lizzie Borden Connection" (William Schley-Ulrich) I: 13

Cunningham-Graham, Robert (Scottish Writer & Explorer, 1852-1936)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 16, 310

Cunnington, William (British Merchant & Archaeologist, 1754-1810)
Reply Paid (H.F. Heard) 217

Cupid (Roman God of Love)
"Introducing Mr. Raffles Holmes" (John Kendrick Bangs) 3, 18; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 386; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 93; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 129; European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 611; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 93; Sherlock Holmes and the Adler Papers (John Hall) 11; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 214; Moriarty (Anthony Horowitz) 62; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 171; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 109; Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 242; "The Adventure of the Faithful Retainer" (Amy Myers) 371-372; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 28; Shadowblood (Tracy Revels) 168; The Problem of the Missing Miss (Roberta Rogow) 76, 155; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 200; "The Case of Vittoria the Circus Belle" (Jay Sheckley) 295; The Grimswell Curse (Sam Siciliano) 285; Death of a Scavenger (Keith Spore) 290; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 70; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 72, 220
Cupidian: "The Bride and the Bachelors" (Vincent Kovar) 178
Cupids: "Irene, Good-Night" (D.R. Bensen) 9; A Study in Silks (Emma Jane Holloway) 403; The House of Silk (Anthony Horowitz) 35; The Spider’s Web (Philip Purser-Hallard) 60; The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan (Nancy Springer) 57
Cupid's Arrow: The Spy who Fell off the Back of a Bus (Marc Lovell) 87; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 192; "The Comfort of the Seine" (Stephen Volk) 10
Cupid's Arrow Club: "The Adventure of the Stopped Clocks" (Lyndsay Faye) 13-16, 45, 66, 69-70
Cupid's Bolt: The Private Life of Dr Watson (Michael Hardwick) 7
Cupid's Bow: "The Curse of Edwin Booth" (Carole Buggé) 196; The Haunting of Torre Abbey (Carole Buggé) 25; "Murder Most Irregular (H. Paul Jeffers) 11; Angel Down, Sussex" (Kim Newman) 112; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 79-80
Cupid's cheeks: "The Adventure of the Stopped Clocks" (Lyndsay Faye) 30
Cupid's Dart: The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 210
Cupid's Kettledrums: "Father of the Man" (Stephen Volk) 92
Cupid's Measles: Brigade (M.J. Trow) 318
Play Cupid: A Study in Darkness (Emma Jane Holloway) 204

Curate, The (The War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells)
Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 206

Curdle, Mr (Nicholas Nickleby - Charles Dickens)
"A Unique Collection" (Coggeshall Macy) 283

Curie, Irene (French Physicist, Daughter of Marie & Pierre Curie, 1897-1956)
The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 92-93, 95-96, 129
"The Elementary Problem" (Philip Purser-Hallard) 320

Curie, Jacques (French Chemist, Brother of Pierre Curie)
"The Mystery of the Addleton Curse" (Barrie Roberts) 242-245
"The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 33; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 73-74; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 340

Curie, Marie (Polish-French Chemist, 1867-1934)
The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 65, 75, 77-8, 87, 92-98, 102, 125, 127-130
The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 122, 145, 158-164, 188, 280, 285
"The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 32-34
"The Elementary Problem" (Philip Purser-Hallard) 318-321, 325
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 173-174
"The Mystery of the Addleton Curse" (Barrie Roberts) 243-245
"The Colonial Adventures of Shamrock Holes" (Dr Watson) 6
"Professor and Colonel" (Ruth Berman) 66; "The Adventure of the Dying Ship (Edward D. Hoch) 122; Holmes Coming (Kenneth Johnson) 23, 123; The Stuff of Nightmares (James Lovegrove) 229; The Irregular (H.B. Lyle) 41; Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 104; The Case of Emily V. (Keith Oatley) 310; Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 276; A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 413; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 47, 195; "Sherlock Holmes and the Chinese Junk Affair" (Roy Templeman) 47; Basil In Mexico (Eve Titus) 19; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J. Trow) 15; The Adventure of the Ancient Gods (Ralph Vaughan) 34; "The Adventure of the Dreaming Detective " (Ralph Vaughan) 17

Curie, Pierre (French Chemist, 1859-1906)
The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 75-77, 79-80, 82, 87, 93-98, 102, 129
The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 122, 145, 158-164, 188, 280
"The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 32-34
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 173-174
"The Mystery of the Addleton Curse" (Barrie Roberts) 243-245
The Stuff of Nightmares (James Lovegrove) 229; "The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 462; Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 104; The Case of Emily V. (Keith Oatley) 310; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 29, 65, 73-74; "Sherlock Holmes and the Chinese Junk Affair" (Roy Templeman) 47; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 340; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J. Trow) 15; The Adventure of the Ancient Gods (Ralph Vaughan) 34; "The Adventure of the Dreaming Detective " (Ralph Vaughan) 17

Curio (Twelfth Night - William Shakespeare)
"The Thief of Twelfth Night" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 218, 227

Curious Collectors of Baker Street, The (American Sherlockian Society)
The Holmes Affair (Graham Moore) 14

Curly (Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 25

Curly (Oklahoma! - Rodgers & Hammerstein)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 314

Curran, Homer (American Theatrical Producer, 1885-1952)
Curran Theatre: Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 40

Currie, Isaac (British Banker)
Glyn, Mills & Currie: Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J. Trow) 188

Curry, Jesse (American Police Chief, 1913-1980)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 89

Curtis, Asahel (American Photographer, 1868-1941)
"The Case of the Smiling Buddha" (Ronald C. Weyman) 126

Curtis, Sir George (Ironcastle - J.H. Rosny & Philip José Farmer)
"The Adventure of the Fallen Stone" (Win Scott Eckert) 70

Curtis, Sir Henry (Allan Quatermain - H. Rider Haggard)
The Devil’s Dust (James Lovegrove) 53, 149-151, 153
The Adventure of the Peerless Peer (Philip José Farmer) 107-109; The Adventure of the Three Madmen (Philip José Farmer) 155-156; Allan Quatermain at the Dawn of Time  (Thos. Kent Miller) ccii, I

Curtis, Tony (American Actor, 1925-2010)
Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 57; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 71

Curtis-Bennett, Sir Henry (British Magistrate, 1879-1936)
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 172-173

Curtiss, Glenn Hammond (American Aviator, 1878-1930)
Curtiss-Jenny: "The Adventure of The White Bird" (C. Edward Davis) 356; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 255-262, 296

Curtiz, Michael (Hungarian Director, 1888-1962)
Seven Stars (Kim Newman)
And Then There Was One (Gilbert Adair) 7; The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 19

Curwen, Joseph (The Case of Charles Dexter Ward - H.P. Lovecraft)
Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 266

Curzon, Lady Mary Leiter (Wife of Lord Curzon, 1870-1906)
Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 41; The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 284; "The Case of the Viceroy's Assistant" (Ted Riccardi) 27

Curzon, Lord, Baron Curzon of Kedleston (British Foreign Secretary & Viceroy in India, 1859-1925)
"The Return of Picklock" (R.C. Lehmann) 116
The Case of the Second Séance (Sam McCarver) 106-109, 112, 157-158, 204, 207, 210
"The Case of the Viceroy's Assistant" (Ted Riccardi) 12, 16-18, 20, 26-27, 29-35, 37-38
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 160-166, 171, 217, 220
The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 51; Castle Shade (Laurie R. King) 27; The Game (Laurie R. King) 10, 13; "The Indian Summer of Sherlock Holmes" (Vithal Rajan) 216, 218; The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 221, 285; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 153; "The Case of the French Savant" (Ted Riccardi) 95; Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 91; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 155; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 152

Cushing, Joseph (American Circus Proprietor, 1818-1884)
Howes & Cushing: Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J. Trow) 68-69, 136, 174-176

Cushing, Peter (British Actor, 1913-1994)
"As to ‘An Exact Knowledge of London’" (Tony Broadbent) 31; "The Curious Computer" (Peter Lovesey) 230

Cushman, Charlotte (British Actress, 1816-1876)
"Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 223

Cust, Henry (British Politician & Editor, 1861-1917)
The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 10-11, 13

Custer, George Armstrong (American General, 1839-1876)
"The Adventure of the White City" (Bill Crider) 181, 188; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 292, 295; "The Musgrave Version" (George Alec Effinger) 17; Expo ’98: Sherlock Holmes in Omaha (Berkley Forsyth) 139; "Flashman and theTiger" (George MacDonald Fraser) 298; The Chess Queen Enigma (Colleen Gleason) 70; "Excerpts from an Unpublished Memoir Found In the Basement of the Home for Retired Actors" (Steve Hockensmith) 51; On the Wrong Track (Steve Hockensmith) 25; "The Haunted Manor" (Howard Hopkins) 113; "The Giant Rat of Sumatra" (Orville Horwitz & H.A.Schroeder) 24; Call the Turn (Zeke Masters) 87; The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 294; The Magic Bullet (Larry Millett) 157; Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 71; Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 189; Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder (Barrie Roberts) 103; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 49, 69, 133, 143; The Raven League: Buffalo Bill Wanted (Alex Simmons & Bill McCay) 25, 29-30; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 309-310, 327, 515; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 26; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 176
Custer's Last Stand: The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 274; "The Song at Twilight" (Michael Walsh) 334
George Armstrong Custer High School: The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death (Daniel Pinkwater) 363-365, 377; The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror (Daniel Pinkwater) 445

Cutbush, Thomas (Jack the Ripper Suspect, 1866-1903)
Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 212-213, 230, 232

Cuthbert, St (English Monk, c.634-687)
"The Case of the Dishonoured Professor" (Roger Jaynes) 38

Cuttle, Ned (Dombey & Son - Charles Dickens)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 144

Cuvier, Georges (French Naturalist, 1769-1832)
Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 42; "The Adventure of the Dark Angels" (Adrian Conan Doyle) 208; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 114; The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 66; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 128

Cuyp, Aelbert (Dutch Artist, 1620-1691)
The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 29

Cwej, Chris (The New Doctor Who Adventures series)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 10, 16, 23, 26-29, 47-50, 58-59, 61-62, 65-66, 68-71, 78-80, 83-84, 86-87, 95, 104, 106, 116-117, 121, 127-129, 131-133, 135, 138, 149-151, 157, 164, 166-167, 169-171, 173-177, 191-192, 194, 196, 198, 200-202, 204-205, 210-211, 216-218, 222, 228-231, 235-236, 238-239, 242, 249, 257, 263-264, 267, 273, 275-276, 281-282, 284-285, 287

Cybele (Anatolian Goddess)
Who Thinks Evil (Michael Kurland) 57

Cybercontroller (Doctor Who - TV series)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 239

Cybermen (Doctor Who - TV series)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 85

Cymbeline (Cymbeline - William Shakespeare)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 113

Cyclops (The X-Men - Marvel Comics)
Deadpool Killustrated (Cullen Bunn & Matteo Lolli) 6, 79-80

Cyprian, St (Bishop of Carthage, ?-258)
Death Cloud (Andrew Lane) 23

Cyril, St. (Created Cyrillic Alphabet)
The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 54, 56; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 193

Cyril of Alexandria (Patriarch of Alexandria, c.376-c.444)
Shadowfall (Tracy Revels) 123

Cyril V of Alexandria (Coptic Pope (1874-1927), c.1830-1927)
"The Adventure of the Coptic Patriarch" (Séamus Duffy) 111, 113; Sherlock Holmes and the Unholy Trinity (Paul D. Gilbert) 98, 101

Cyrill, Grand Duke: see Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich

Cyrus of Alexandria (Egyptian Patriarch, ?-c.641)
The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 65

Cyrus the Great (King of Persia, c.580-c.529BC)
"Merridew of Abominable Memory" (Chris Roberson) 233

Czarina Catherine (Dracula - Bram Stoker)
Betrayal in Blood (Mark A. Latham) 120

Czerny, Carl (Austrian Composer, 1791-1857)
A Study in Silks (Emma Jane Holloway) 269

Czolgosz, Leon (Assassinated William McKinley, 1873-1901)
"The Startling Events in the Electrified City" (Thomas Perry) 134, 137-138
"The Devil and Sherlock Holmes" (Loren D. Estleman) 17; The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 147; Sherlock Holmes and the American Angels (Barrie Roberts) 31, 72-73, 91