Foch, General Ferdinand (French Commander of Allied Armies - World War I, 1851-1929)
Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 17-20, 78, 90, 148, 156, 189, 207, 281

Fodor, Eugene (Hungarian-American Travel Writer, 1905-1991)
Fodor's Guide: “The Maltese Cockroach” (Bill Mantlo, Gene Colan & Dave Simons) 9

Fogg, Phileas (Around The World In 80 Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 1-18, 20, 22, 24-74, 76-132, 134, 136-142, 144-155
"The Very First Affair" (Johan Heliot) 258-277
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 13-15, 23-24, 26, 29, 37-40, 42, 45, 47-48, 53-54, 57, 62, 64, 66, 68-69, 76, 82-89, 91, 120-125, 127, 130, 136, 140, 144-145, 148, 151-155, 161, 165, 167-168, 171, 177-178, 184, 187-187, 189-190, 198, 202, 208, 210-212, 214-215, 217-219, 221-229, 232, 239-253
Sherlock Holmes and the Zombie Problem (Nick S. Thomas) 70, 72-78, 80-82, 84-85, 89-90, 143
"Mouse and the Master" (Brian M. Thomsen) 141, 143-144
The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 680-687, 691, 703, 712, 714-719, 721-722, 729-732, 735, 744, 757, 785, 792-802, 844, 890, 893, 897-898, 901-902, 905, 929, 994, 996-999, 1002, 1008
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 39; "The Adventure of the Russian Grave" (William Barton & Michael Capobianco) 32; The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 138; From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 80; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 217; The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 69, 90; The Zeppelin Deception (Colleen Gleason) 167, 190; The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 360; "A Nineteenth Century Debacle" (George Locke) 177; The Stuff of Nightmares (James Lovegrove) 228; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 118; "The Case of the Man Who Was Wanted" (Arthur Whitaker) 56

Fokker, Anthony (Dutch-American Aircraft Designer, 1890-1939)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 16, 28, 162, 178
Fokker E-111: The Adventure of the Three Madmen (Philip José Farmer) 100-101
Fokker Plane: "The Adventure of The White Bird" (C. Edward Davis) 372; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 172; "E=mc²" (Ted Kuzminski) 202; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 77-79; "Mentioned in Dispatches" (Douglas Moreton) 133, 135-138, 141; "The Sound of the Buskervilles" (Douglas Moreton) 115; The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 115, 361; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 35

Foley, Frank (British Intelligence Officer, 1884-1958)
Spy Hunter (H.B. Lyle) 250-253

Folger, Henry Clay (American Oil Tycoon, 1857-1930)
Folger Shakespeare Library: The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) x

Folland, Frank (Follin) (American Actor, 1827-1856)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 196, 241, 277-281

Follet (Jules Verne's Spaniel)
Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 26, 37-38, 68, 89, 174

Follin, Caroline (Wife of Frank Folland)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 277-280

Follin, Caroline (Daughter of Frank Folland)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 277-278

Follin, Charles (Father of Frank Folland)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 278

Follin, Susan (Mother of Frank Folland)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 278

Folsom, Emma Harmon (Mother of Frances Folsom, 1840-1915)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 192

Folsom, Frances: see Frances Cleveland

Folsom, Oscar (Father of Frances Folsom, 1837-1873)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 451; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 192

Fonda, Henry (American Actor, 1905-1982)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 83

Fonda, Jane (American Actress, 1937- )
"Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Swindle" (Len Deighton); San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 171

Fontaine (American Horse Thief, aka Lovett, Left His Skull to Junius Booth)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 116

Fontaine, Father Flavel (American Priest)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 166

Fontaine, Vince (Star Trek: Deep Space 9 - TV series)
The Light Fantastic (Jeffrey Lang) 174, 176, 194, 200-201, 210-216, 227-233, 324, 360

Fontana, Lavinia (Italian Painter, 1552-1614)
"The Affair of the 46th Birthday" (Amy Myers) 250

Fontbrune, Jean-Charles de (French Writer, 1935-2010)
The Hounds of the Vatican; or, Holmes’s Last Bow (G. Randolph Holms) 36

Foo Fighters (American Rock Group)
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 122, 159, 388

Foolish Virgins (Bible - Matthew)
The Travels of Sherlock Holmes (John Hall) 247; Aunt Edna’s Guide to Paradise (Keith Sharp) 66

Foot & Son, J. (British Furniture Makers)
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 17, 19, 24, 43

Forbes, Charles (Abraham Lincoln's Valet, 1835-1895)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 140-141

Forbes-Robertson, Sir Johnston (British Actor, 1853-1937)
Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 138, 140-146, 178, 237
Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 125; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 36; "The Case of the Matinee Idol" (Donald Thomas) 332; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 108; "The Giant Rat of Sumatra" (Paula Volsky) 192

Forbes-Robertson, Norman (British Actor, 1858-1932)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 19, 21, 34-36, 47, 88

Ford (The Merry Wives of Windsor - William Shakespeare)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 162

Ford, Betty (American First Lady, 1918- )
Betty Ford Clinic: The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 64

Ford, Corey (American Writer, 1902-1969)
"The Last of Mr. Sherlock Holmes" (August Derleth) 3

Ford, Edsel B. (Son of Henry Ford, 1893-1943)
Edsel Tourer: The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror (Daniel Pinkwater) 569, 580, 586, 592

Ford, Edward Onslow (English Sculptor, 1852-1901)
"The Adventure of the Purple Poet" (Nicholas Utechin) 341

Ford, Francis (American Film-maker, 1883-1953)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 244

Ford, Gerald (American President (1974-77), 1913-2006)
The President: The Ritual (J.N. Williamson) 166
President Fard: Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 93

Ford, Glenn (Canadian/American Actor, 1916-)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 66

Ford, Henry (Founder of Ford Motor Cars, 1863-1947)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 53; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 57, 176; The Strange Return of Sherlock Holmes (Barry Grant) 16; A Taste for Honey (H.F.Heard) 35; Gods of War (James Lovegrove) 214; "The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 167; Raiders of the Lost Car Park (Robert Rankin) 66; "The Adventure of the Koreshan Unity" (Amy Thomas) 409; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 67
Ford Ambulance: Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 261
Ford Capri: A Three-Pipe Problem (Julian Symons) 34
Ford Escort: A Three-Pipe Problem (Julian Symons) 87
Ford Fiesta: Raiders of the Lost Car Park (Robert Rankin) 55
Ford Focus: Sherlock Holmes and Frankenstein’s Diary (Barry Grant) 32-33
Ford Motor Car: Sherlock Holmes on the Western Front (Val Andrews) 40; The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 170; Pulptime (P.H. Cannon) 63, 76, 78-79; "The Crooked Man" (Michael Connelly) 2; "The Adventure of The White Bird" (C. Edward Davis) 367; The Book of Changes (R.H.W. Dillard) 133; Fire in the Blood (P.N. Elrod) 77; The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 39; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 12; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 318; The Moor (Laurie R. King) 242; Son of Holmes (John T. Lescroart) 88, 98, 161, 237; Dead Man’s Confession (Cass Lewis) 147; Creighton's Castle (Miriam Lynch) 9; The Case of the Grave Accusation (Dicky Neely) 24; Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 149; A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 315-316, 326, 332, 364; "The Model T Mystery" (E.H. Soans) 187; A Three-Pipe Problem (Julian Symons) 13; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J. Trow) 132; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J. Trow) 85; "The Adventure of the Shattered Boudoir Glass" (Oliver Wells) 200; The Ritual (J.N. Williamson) 56, 64-66
Ford Motor Company: Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 207
Ford Pickup: The Case of the Invisible Thief (Thomas Brace Haughey) 96-98, 114, 117, 120, 124, 126
Ford Racer: "Burlap Grones, Detective" (J.B.T.) 7
Ford Runabout: "The Incriminating Glove" (Ned Hubbell) 184
Ford Sedan: Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 1, 6, 72, 95, 106, 169, 229, 240
Ford Tin Lizzie: O Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 62
Ford Transit: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon) 203-204; Raiders of the Lost Car Park (Robert Rankin) 76
Ford Tri-motor: "The Shades of Pemberley" (Win Scott Eckert) 40; The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 197
Model T Ford: The Baker Street Phantom (Patrice Bourland) 122; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 91; O Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 212; "E=mc²" (Ted Kuzminski) 202; Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell (Nicholas Meyer) 126; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 69; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 1, 3

Ford, John (American Film-maker, 1895-1973)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 178; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 244

Ford, John T. (American Theatre Manager, 1829-1894)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 132, 139
Ford's Theatre: Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 16, 56; Moriarty (Anthony Horowitz) 159; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 60, 94, 112, 131-136, 140, 145-146, 148-150, 205, 227, 232-234, 237, 249, 255, 257, 288, 292, 334; "Three Timely Tales" (Rick Norwood) 67; Sherlock Holmes and the American Angels (Barrie Roberts) 81; "The Ghost of Lincoln" (Geri Schear) 219; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons)288, 322

Ford, John T., Jr (American Advertising Agent, Son of John T. Ford)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 132

Ford, John Jackson (Stepfather of Nellie Bly)
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 71-73, 240, 316-317, 464; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 89-90, 95, 99, 103-105, 297; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 117, 272

Ford, Lou (The Killer Inside Me - Jim Thompson)
"The Adventure of the Laughing Fisherman" (Jeffrey Deaver) 81

Ford, Robert (American Outlaw who killed Jesse James, 1861-1892)
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 84; Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula (Loren D. Estleman) 107; "The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 195

Forde, Florrie (Australian Singer, 1875-1940)
The Red Ribbon (H.B. Lyle) 243

Forepaugh, Adam (American Circus Owner)
"The Adventure of Vittoria The Circus Belle" (Edward D. Hoch) 69-70

Forester, C.S. (British Author, 1899-1966)
"A Scarletin Study" (Philip Jose Farmer) 217
"Holmes and the Loss of the British Barque Sophy Anderson" (Peter Cannon) (Written in the style of Forester)

Forestier, Madame (The Diamond Necklace - Guy de Maupassant)
Mrs Forrest: "The Adventure of the Missing Necklace" (Daniel D. Victor) 60-61, 65

Forgwyn (The New Doctor Who Adventures: Tragedy Day - Gareth Roberts)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 197, 203, 213, 257

Forman, William (American Actor)
"Sound Alibi" (Peter Guttridge) 24-25

Formby, George (British Entertainer, 1904-1961)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 46, 56-57, 91, 99, 165, 204-205, 239, 241-247, 251-255, 257-261, 283, 290, 338, 369-370, 373
Raiders of the Lost Car Park (Robert Rankin) 51; The Book of the Dead (Robert Richardson) 172; Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 235

Formless Spawn (Cthulhu Mythos)
Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 102-103, 106, 108-110, 114-118, 124-125, 163

Forrest, Edwin (American Actor, 1806-1872)
The Problem of the Missing Miss (Roberta Rogow) 37

Forrest, Nathan Bedford (American Confederate General, 1821-1877)
Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 84; "A Ghost from Christmas Past" (Thomas A. Turley) 135

Forrester, Andrew (aka James Redding Ware) (British Author, 1832-1909)
Moriarty (Anthony Horowitz) 138

Forrester, Roz (The New Doctor Who Adventures series)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 10, 23, 27-29, 48, 62, 64-66, 68-69, 71, 78-80, 83-84, 86, 94-95, 104, 106, 112, 120-123, 135-136, 144, 166-167, 170-171, 173, 178, 187-188, 192, 194-195, 200-201, 210-211, 216-218, 222, 228-229, 238, 249, 255, 257, 263, 271, 276, 281-282, 285, 287

Forster, E.M. (British Author, 1879-1970)
Dreaming Spies (Laurie R. King) 8-9

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

Forster, James (Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 2-7, 10, 22, 25, 35

Forster, John (British Critic & Biographer, 1812-1876)
"At the Sign of the Ship" (Andrew Lang) 474-475
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 265, 384, 388, 405, 408, 412, 414, 418; The Dons and Mr Dickens (William J. Palmer) 6; "Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 221, 225

Forster, William Edward (British Statesman, 1818-1886)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 86; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 154

Forsyte (Drood Theorist)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 401

Forsyte, Soames (The Forsyte Saga - John Galsworthy)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 310; "The Problem of the Final Adventure" (Kim Newman) 409

Forsyth, Evelyn (Lost in a Pyramid, or The Mummy's Curse - Louisa May Alcott)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Mummy's Curse" (H. Paul Jeffers) 90

Forsyth, Frederick (British Author, 1938- )
My Hero (Tom Holt) 200

Forsyth, Paul (Lost in a Pyramid, or The Mummy's Curse - Louisa May Alcott)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Mummy's Curse" (H. Paul Jeffers) 90

Fort, Anna (Wife of Charles Fort)
Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 121, 130-131, 133-135, 142, 232

Fort, Charles (American Collector of Oddities, 1874-1932)
Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 119-120, 129-135, 141-142, 144, 170, 175, 185, 212, 232
"The Adventure of the Man Who Never Laughed" (J.N.Williamson) 145-146, 159
"The Anomaly of the Empty Man" (Anthony Boucher) 31; "The Adventure of the Extraterrestrial" (Mack Reynolds) 167
Fortean Flicker: Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 2-3, 7, 184, 190, 226, 233

Fort Kearney Captain (Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 119

Fort Kearney Troops (Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 118-119, 121

Fortier, Alcée (American Professor of Romance Languages, 1856-1914)
"The Mystery of the Hot Air" (One of the Burst Twins) 355-356

Fortinbras (Hamlet - William Shakespeare)
"The Case of the Danish Prince" (Miles Kington) 138-139
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 234, 320; "Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Hamlet" (Emanuel E. Garcia) 35-36, 42-43, 45-47, 50, 52, 54-55, 64; My Hero (Tom Holt) 166; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 43; "The Case of the Vatican Cameos" (June Thomson) 141; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 171-172, 177

Fortinbras, King (Hamlet - William Shakespeare)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Hamlet" (Emanuel E. Garcia) 43-44

Fortnum, William (17th/18th Century British Footman & Grocer)
Fortnum & Mason: The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 69; "Jacques the Giant Slayer" (Vanessa de Sade) 178; "A Study in Brimstone" (G.S. Denning) 39; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 250-252; The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 89; The Art of Deception (Leonard Goldberg) 225; The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 99, 145; "The Giant Rat of Sumatra" (J. Jeremy Johnston) 110; Castle Shade (Laurie R. King) 288, 294-295, 302, 305, 321; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 286-287; The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 211, 247, 281; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 196; The Case of the Spellbound Child (Mercedes Lackey) 225; A Scandal in Battersea (Mercedes Lackey) 149-150; The Irregular (H.B. Lyle) 83, 86, 90; The Devil’s Due (Bonnie MacBird) 80; What Child Is This? (Bonnie MacBird) 116; Baskerville (John O'Connell) 51, 91; "The mysterious case of the man on the grassy knoll with the hound in the basket and their part in delaying the invention of the internal combustion engine" (Kevin O’Neill) 25; Raiders of the Lost Car Park (Robert Rankin) 238; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 112, 176, 194; Disquiet at Albany (N.M. Scott) 6-7, 9-10, 14; Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 39; No Ordinary Terror (J. Brooks Van Dyke) 31
Fortnum's: W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 191, 275; Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 459; Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 235; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 124, 134; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J. Trow) 123; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 85

Fortuna (Roman Goddess of Chance)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 68; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 74

Fortune, Dame (Personification of Luck or Fate)
The Adventure of the Three Madmen (Philip José Farmer) 123; Embassy Row (Quinn Fawcett) 156; Sherlock Holmes and the Boulevard Assassin (John Hall) 77; Elementary, Mrs Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 132; "Sherlock Holmes Speaks His Mind at Last" (L. Rastrigin) 154; "The Adventure of the Arab's Manuscript" (Michael Reaves) 278; "And Such Small Deer" (Chris Roberson) 65; "The Case of a Boy’s Honour" (Donald Thomas) 41; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 46
Blind Fortune: The Holmes-Dracula File (Fred Saberhagen) 75, 115, 145, 156, 185
Lady Fortune: Sherlock Holmes ~ The Way of All Flesh (Daniel Ward) 40, 42

Fortune, Dan (Dan Fortune series - Michael Collins)
"Cross of Gold" (Michael Collins) 337-340, 350-352

Fortune, Dion (British Occultist, 1890-1946)
The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 60-63

Fortune, Reggie (Reggie Fortune series - H.C.Bailey)
"Murder in the Library" (Harold Gray) 171-172
"The Last Detective Story in the World" (Maurice Richardson) 67
Regina Fortune: "A Case of Facsimile" (Viola Brothers Shore) 84-87, 91

Fortuny, Mariano (Spanish Fashion Designer, 1871-1949)
Fortuny Dress: Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 11
Fortuny Tea Gown: The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 103

Forty Thieves, The (Ali Baba & The Forty Thieves)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 41, 43-45
Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 128; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 164; The Case of the Ranjipur Ruby (Anthony Read) 24

Forty Thieves, The (New York Street Gang)
The House of Silk (Anthony Horowitz) 21

Forzinetti, Major Ferdinand (French Prison Commandant, 1839-1909)
Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 52, 64-65

Fosbery, George Vincent (British Soldier, 1832-1907)
Webley-Fosbery: Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 9; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 169

Fosco, Count (The Woman In White - Wilkie Collins)
"The Last Detective Story in the World" (Maurice Richardson) 66-67
"The Man Who "Bested" Sherlock Holmes" (Joseph Baron) 3; "The Queen of the Night" (Donald Thomas) 296, 298

Fossey, Dian (American Zoologist, ?-1985)
Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 27

Foster, Superintendent Alfred (British Police Officer, 1826-1897)
Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J. Schaffer) 135-136, 141
Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 195

Foster, Doctor (Nursery Rhyme Character)
Brigade (M.J. Trow) 282

Foster, Murphy J. (American Politician, 1849-1921)
"The Adventure of the Pirates of Devil’s Cape" (Rob Rogers) 382

Foster, Sergeant (British Military Pilot)
Foster Mount: The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 92, 361, 401

Foster, Stephen (American Composer, 1826-1864)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 36; "The Adventure of the Odd Lotteries" (Robert L. Fish)184; The Guilty Abroad (Peter J. Heck) 190; "The Adventure of the Stomach Club Papers" (Bill Peschel) 330; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 119

Foster, William (British Engineering Manufacturer)
Foster's: The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 199

Foster, William Z. (American Politician, 1881-1961)
William X. Foster: "Herlock Sholmes Catches Reds" (A. Donan Coyle) 2

Foucault, Leon (French Physicist, 1819-1868)
The Adventure of the Deadly Dimensions (Lois H. Gresh) 201; The Adventure of the Innsmouth Mutations (Lois H. Gresh) 307; The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (H.G. Parry) 190
Foucault Pendulum: "The Case of the Scientific Aristocrat" (Colin Bruce) 11; "Three Cases of Relative Jealousy" (Colin Bruce) 131

Foucquier-Tinville, Citizen (The Scarlet Pimpernel - Baroness Orczy)
Citizen Tinquier-Fouville: "The Scarlet Pimple" (Anthony Armstrong) 58-60

Foulois, Benjamin (American General, 1879-1967)
Major General Sir Benjamin Chummy-Chumley Foulois: "The Amazing Adventure of the Punctured Major General" (Cy Caldwell) 17, 70

Fouquet, Jean (French Painter, 1420-1481)
"The Highland Intrigue" (Steve Leadley) 131

Fouquet, Nicolas (French Minister, 1615-1680)
"The Resources of Mycroft Holmes" (Charlton Andrews) 221; The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 86

Four and Twenty Blackbirds (Nursery Rhyme)
"The Adventure of the Walk-Out Wardrobe" (Julie Ditrich) 232

4.50 from Paddington, The (The 4.50 from Paddington - Agatha Christie)
"The Adventure of the Millford Silkworms" (Lavie Tidhar) 18

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Bible - Revelation)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 263, 276-279, 282
Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 94-95, 131, 152, 169, 179; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 224; Allan Quatermain at the Dawn of Time  (Thos. Kent Miller) cxix; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 69; Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David) 114
see also: Famine; War

Four Just Men, The (The Four Just Men - Edgar Wallace)
Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 388

Four Tops, The (American Pop Group)
Raiders of the Lost Car Park (Robert Rankin) 36

Fourdrinier, Henry (1766-1854) & Sealy (British Inventors)
Fourdrinier Machine: The Firebird Mystery (Darrell Pitt) 270
Fournier Brothers: Vanishing Girl (Shane Peacock) 33, 67-68, 236, 270

Fourier, Joseph (French Physicist & Mathematician, 1768-1830)
The Case of the Missing Stradivarius (Emanuel E. Garcia) 88

Fowell, Lt. Newton Plomer (British Soldier, Second Afghan War)
Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 11-13; Watson's Afghan Adventure (Kieran McMullen) 161, 167, 169-170, 174, 176

Fowler, Gene (American Writer, 1890-1960)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 220-221
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 179

Fowler, Jessie (American Phrenologist)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 142-143

Fowler, Lorenzo (American Phrenologist, 1811-1896)
The House of Smoke (Sam Christer) 200

Fowler, Sir Robert (Lord Mayor of London (1883-84), 1828-1891)
The Lord Mayor: Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 232

Fowler, Thomas (English Physician)
Fowler's Solution: The Red Tower (Mark A. Latham) 262-263; The Devil’s Dust (James Lovegrove) 246; "The Case of the Yokohama Club" (Donald Thomas) 285-287, 291-292, 310, 312, 336; "The Case of the Camberwell Poisoning" (June Thomson) 162

Fox, Charles James (British Statesman, First British Foreign Secretary, 1749-1806)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 41; The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 31-32

Fox, Charles James (Rescuing the Czar - William Rutledge McGarry)
"The Adventure of the Disappearing Sovereign" (Terry Klasek) 67, 77-78, 80, 83

Fox, Charlie (Charlie Fox series - Zoë Sharp)
"Hounded" (Zoë Sharp) 233-256

Fox, George (British founder of the Quakers, 1624-1691)
"A Scarletin Study" (Philip Jose Farmer) 212

Fox, Harry (American Dancer, 1882-1959)
Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 101

Fox, James (British Tobacconist)
The Hounds of the Vatican; or, Holmes’s Last Bow (G. Randolph Holms) 57

Fox, John, Jr (American Writer, 1862-1919)
Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 56

Fox, Margaret (1833-1893) & Kate (1837-1892) (American Mediums)
"The Adventure of the Reluctant Spirit" (Paul D. Gilbert) 163-164, 181, 184
The Baker Street Phantom (Fabrice Bourland) 79; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 23; "The Adventure of the Spiritualist Detective" (Stuart Douglas) 14; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 13; The Spiritglass Charade (Colleen Gleason) 76, 84; The Guilty Abroad (Peter J. Heck) 208; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 36; "The Medium Problem" (Steve Leadley) 161; "Sherlock Holmes and Certain Critics" (Ellis G. Roberts) 106; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 95

Fox, Samantha (British Model & TV Personality, 1966- )
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 145

Fox, Uffa (British Yachtsman & Boat-Builder, 1898-1972)
Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 58

Fox, Val (Puck comic)
"The Last Detective Story in the World" (Maurice Richardson) 67

Fox, William (American Film Producer, 1879-1952)
Fox: "Sound Alibi" (Peter Guttridge) 25

Foxe, John (Religious Historian, 1516-1587)
"The Adventure of Mrs. Burlingame's Diamond Stomacher" (John Kendrick Bangs) 58; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 191

Foyle, Gully (The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester)
The Red Tiger: The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 162, 183

Foyle, Kitty (Kitty Foyle - Christopher Morley)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 163

Foyle, William & Gilbert (British Booksellers)
Foyles: Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 54

Fragonard, Jean-Honore (French Painter, 1732-1806)
The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 94; "The Westphalian Ring" (Jeffery Deaver) 57; "The Adventure of the Connoisseur" (Paul D. Gilbert) 14; "Holmlock Shears Arrives Too Late" (Maurice Leblanc) 22; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 61; "The Mystery of the Missing Child" (Christine Poulson) 242; Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Nine (Barrie Roberts) 122-123; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 64; "The Case of the Tell-Tale Hands" (Donald Thomas) 16; "The Case of the Itinerant Yeggman" (June Thomson) 171
Fragonard-blue: Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 10

Frampton, Sir George (British Sculptor, 1860-1928)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 7, 180

Français, Philippe (A Mysterious Affair of Style - Gilbert Adair)
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 207, 256

France, King of (King Lear - William Shakespeare)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 59

France, Corporal Thomas (Soldier at Balaclava)
Brigade (M.J.Trow) 211

Francesconi, Floriano (Italian Restaurateur)
Florian's: Island of the Mad (Laurie R. King) 134, 284

Francis (The New Doctor Who Adventures: Deceit - Peter Darvill-Evans)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 260-262

Francis I (King of France (1515-47), 1494-1547)
"The Adventure of the Canine Ventriloquist" (Jon L. Breen) 125; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 178
François I: Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 21

Francis III (King of France (1559-60), 1544-1560)
The Italian Secretary (Caleb Carr) 34

Francis, Connie (American Singer, 1938- )
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 28

Francis, David Roland (American Diplomat, 1850-1927)
"The Adventure of the Disappearing Sovereign" (Terry Klasek) 67, 76

Francis, Dick (British Writer, 1920-2010)
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 198

Francis of Assisi, St. (Italian Preacher, 1182-1226)
The Barker Street Regulars (Susan Conant) 20; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 28; The Art of Deception (Leonard Goldberg) 262-263, 271, 275, 278, 283-284, 301; Reply Paid (H.F. Heard) 199; Reply Paid (H.F. Heard) 105, 109, 199, 264; A Study in Ashes (Emma Jane Holloway) 246; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 145, 228; Holmes Coming (Kenneth Johnson) 161; The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 161; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 130; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 62; "The Mountain of Fear" (Ted Riccardi) 311; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 92; Deathly Relics (Sam Siciliano) 73; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 26
Franciscan: "The Adventure of the Brimstone Chalice" (Dr. Hill Barton) 281; The Quest for Bowie's Blade (J.T. Edson) 1; Sherlock Holmes and Frankenstein’s Diary (Barry Grant) 78; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 143, 145; "The Accidental Murderess" (H. Paul Jeffers) 52; Riviera Gold (Laurie R. King) 103; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 92; "Father of the Man" (Stephen Volk) 73; The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 76
Sao Francisco Square: A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 230
St Francis Hotel: The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 169; Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 25, 27, 29, 31, 79, 90, 141, 152, 156, 164, 196, 210, 218, 237, 253, 301, 314, 325, 331, 347, 379, 384, 387-388, 399

Francis Xavier, St. (Spanish Missionary, 1506-1552)
The Devil and the Four (Sam Siciliano) 76
St Francis Xavier's Church: "The Case of the Reformed Sinner" (S. Subramanian) 429, 434
Sao Francisco Xavier: A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 204

Francken, Nicolas (Number 13 - M.R. James)
"The Adventure of the Unknown Worm" (Daniel McGachey) 70

Franco, General Francisco (Spanish Dictator (1939-75), 1892-1975)
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 7, 117, 178; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 178; Garment of Shadows (Laurie R. King) 42

François (The Adventures of François - S. Weir Mitchell)
"Gossip" (Anonymous) 318-319

Frank, Albert (German Botanist, 1839-1900)
Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove)

Frankenreither (Wealthy Jew (also possibly "Frankenberger") suggested to have been Hitler's Grandfather)
Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 306, 318

Frankenstein, Baron Alphonse (Frankenstein - Mary Shelley)
Sherlock Holmes The Adventure of the Frankenstein Monster (Don W. Baranowski) 17, 22, 39, 76, 109, 113-115, 120, 123-125, 136-137, 140-143, 145-146, 149
The Patchwork Devil (Cavan Scott) 202; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 216; The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 946

Frankenstein, Caroline (Frankenstein - Mary Shelley)
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 246; The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter (Theodora Goss) 338-339

Frankenstein, Ernest (Frankenstein - Mary Shelley)
The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter (Theodora Goss) 338, 344, 397-398

Frankenstein, Baron Victor (Frankenstein - Mary Shelley)
Sherlock Holmes The Adventure of the Frankenstein Monster (Don W. Baranowski) 5-8, 14-25, 28-30, 33, 38, 40-42, 44, 46-49, 51-57, 59-87, 91-105,108-120, 122-126, 129-130, 134-164
Deadpool Killustrated (Cullen Bunn & Matteo Lolli) 49-52
The Lazarus Machine (Paul Crilley) 185
Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 23, 41, 45-46, 89-90, 223-224
The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter (Theodora Goss) 166-168, 176-177, 189-190, 206, 227, 255, 275-278, 329, 336, 338-350, 352, 356, 358-359, 362, 395-398
The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (H.G. Parry) 80, 206-213, 236, 238-240, 252, 270, 282, 284-289, 295, 297, 307, 350, 451
Camera Obscura (Lavie Tidhar) 357, 364-367, 371-379, 381, 384, 425, 436, 445, 448, 470, 473, 475-476, 483-484, 490, 499-501, 507-510, 529, 536, 544-546, 548-550, 558-561, 564, 568, 572, 584
The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 742, 747, 813, 851, 854-855, 857-860, 922, 934-935, 942, 946, 1019
A Night in the Lonesome October (Roger Zelazny) 23-24, 33, 36, 55-56, 59-60, 72, 76, 84, 102, 121-124, 126-129, 138, 140, 143-144, 150, 152, 170, 183, 215-216, 223, 228-232, 238, 240-241
"The Executioner" (Lawrence C. Connolly) 106-108, 112-114, 116; The Disappearing Diplomat (Terrance Dicks) 35; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 218; The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 91; Arrowood (Mick Finlay) 56; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 90; "A Study In Emerald" (Neil Gaiman) 6-7; The Carnelian Crow (Colleen Gleason) 63;  The Abduction of Pretty Penny (Leonard Goldberg) 321; European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 8, 14, 35-36, 154-156, 195, 239, 246, 253-254, 380, 424, 430, 449, 534, 542, 571, 629, 661, 701; The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 13-14, 47-48, 199, 339, 388, 412; The Strange Return of Sherlock Holmes (Barry Grant) 93, 101; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 48; Holmes Coming (Kenneth Johnson) 23, 83; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 26, 253-258; "The Post-Modern Prometheus" (Nick Kyme) 90-92, 94, 96-97, 101-102; Gods of War (James Lovegrove) 200; The Stuff of Nightmares (James Lovegrove) 251; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 128; "The Adventure of the Reckless Resurrectionist" (Will Murray) 106; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 13; The Dons and Mr Dickens (William J. Palmer) 110; The Patient's Eyes (David Pirie) 81, 123; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 136; The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 370; The Patchwork Devil (Cavan Scott) 202, 251-254, 256, 281, 294; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 215-219, 223; Bloodguilty (Raymond Thor) 185; "The Stoker Memorandum" (Lavie Tidhar) 331; The Adventure of the Incognita Countess (Cynthia Ward) 44, 50; Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 168
The Frankenstein Curse: Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 31, 80
Frankenstein Experiment: Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 132
Frankenstein-hopeful: Evolution (John Peel) 233
Frankenstein-Jekyll Serum: The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 755, 843, 852, 854, 856, 922, 960; "The Stoker Memorandum" (Lavie Tidhar) 331
A Frankenstein Palace: Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 88
Frankensteins: The Vanishing Man (Philip Purser-Hallard) 38
Norman Frankenbotham: My Hero (Tom Holt) 17-20, 30-36, 99, 170, 182-185, 188-190, 216-218

Frankenstein, William (Frankenstein - Mary Shelley)
Sherlock Holmes The Adventure of the Frankenstein Monster (Don W. Baranowski) 20-23, 25, 28-30, 34-36, 38-43, 45-46, 50, 52, 66, 68-69, 75, 77, 86, 114, 123, 157, 161-162
The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter (Theodora Goss) 189, 338-340, 344, 347
"The Executioner" (Lawrence C. Connolly) 114; The Patchwork Devil (Cavan Scott) 202

Frankenstein, Bride of (Frankenstein - Mary Shelley)
Sherlock Holmes The Adventure of the Frankenstein Monster (Don W. Baranowski) 97-98, 100-103, 105, 107, 109, 130
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 4-5, 8, 12, 14, 21-22, 25, 29, 31-33, 35-39, 42, 72, 75, 82-84, 86-87, 89, 91-117, 119-139, 143-148, 150-158, 160-168, 174, 184, 195-197, 199-200, 202-203, 205, 207, 209, 219, 222-224, 227, 229-230, 232, 234, 239-260, 262-263, 265, 269-272, 277, 279, 297-302, 304, 306-307, 309-318, 320, 322-331, 333-343, 346-347, 359, 362, 372-374, 376, 381, 389, 393-449, 454-462, 464-466, 468, 470-475, 483-484, 487-488, 490-498, 500-501, 503-504, 506, 512-513, 515, 528, 530-532, 534-535, 537-538, 542-546, 549, 552-553, 563-567, 571-572, 577-579, 581-583, 586, 588-589, 592, 594-595, 603-614, 616-617, 620-622, 624-627, 629, 632, 646-649, 651-653, 655-657, 659-662, 664-665, 667, 669-673, 675-679, 681-682, 686-688, 691-692, 695-701, 703-704
The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter (Theodora Goss) 27, 35, 53, 71, 111, 116, 128, 148, 150, 171, 173, 182, 185, 188-199, 201-203, 205-209, 216, 218, 220-229, 231, 236, 247-250, 255, 269, 271, 273-279, 281, 285-291, 293-294, 296, 298-299, 301-302, 306, 310, 315-317, 319-320, 323-329, 333-367, 370-381, 383-385, 388-389, 391, 394-399
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 253, 255
The Bride with the White Hair: Camera Obscura (Lavie Tidhar) 448-449
Eve: Camera Obscura (Lavie Tidhar) 446

Frankenstein's Monster (Frankenstein - Mary Shelley)
Sherlock Holmes The Adventure of the Frankenstein Monster (Don W. Baranowski) 2, 6-8, 21-23, 25, 27, 29-31, 35-37, 41-46, 51-52, 57, 59-60, 64-81, 84-86, 91-92, 97, 99-105, 109, 113, 115, 118-122, 128, 130-131, 136-140, 142-146, 149-154, 156-158, 161-164
Deadpool Killustrated (Cullen Bunn & Matteo Lolli) 49-52, 54, 56, 58, 61-64, 66-67, 73-78, 80-83
"Hall of Fame" (A. Bertram Chandler) 33
"The Executioner" (Lawrence C. Connolly) 102-116
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 14-15, 22, 48, 154, 167, 184, 189, 223, 254, 416, 421, 430-431, 438, 445-449, 454, 464, 474, 494-496, 542, 564, 571, 577, 606-607, 621, 646, 661-662, 672, 688, 703-704
The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 14, 25, 47-48, 64, 229, 391, 411
The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter (Theodora Goss) 4, 167, 176-177, 189, 206, 246, 261-262, 274-278, 286-302, 311, 313, 319, 329, 331, 335-336, 339-341, 343-350, 352-353, 356, 359, 362-363, 365, 373, 381, 386, 396-398
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 236-238, 252-262, 264-266, 268-269, 273-274, 296-301
"The Post-Modern Prometheus" (Nick Kyme) 83-87, 90-94, 97-100, 102
"Kid Eternity: Great Heroes of Fiction" (Joe Millard) 46
The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (H.G. Parry) 64, 287
The Patchwork Devil (Cavan Scott) 77-84, 95, 162-163, 172, 198, 217, 235, 237-243, 245-262, 281, 287, 289-291, 293-295
"The Adventure of the Lost Specialist" (Christopher Sequeira) 287-291
What’s Wrong Here? At the Movies (Tony Tallarico) 15
Camera Obscura (Lavie Tidhar) 377, 380, 396, 409, 414, 470, 477, 483, 491, 547
A Night in the Lonesome October (Roger Zelazny) 55-56, 124, 127-129, 170, 183, 228-230, 237, 240-241, 257, 271, 277-280
Franklin-Stein: "Untold Tales of Sherlock Chromes" (Bruce Steffenhagen) 23
Mycroft & Sherlock (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 118; And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 91; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 192; "Snorlock Ohms: The Strange Suit of Mr Sol N Oid" (Anonymous) 6; Winter at Death’s Hotel (Kenneth Cameron) 56; The Disappearing Diplomat (Terrance Dicks) 35; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 122; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 218, 305-306; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 8; The Carnelian Crow (Colleen Gleason) 63; The Strange Return of Sherlock Holmes (Barry Grant) 124; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 48; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 100; A Taste for Honey (H.F.Heard) 44; My Hero (Tom Holt) 139; "Sherlock Holmes and the Mummy's Curse" (H. Paul Jeffers) 91; Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell (Paul Kane) 142; Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 190; The Stuff of Nightmares (James Lovegrove) 251; The Devil’s Due (Bonnie MacBird) 319; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 176; Death in the Air (Shane Peacock) 16; Vanishing Girl (Shane Peacock) 131; The Patient's Eyes (David Pirie) 81, 112, 115; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 35; Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 69; The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 280; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 206; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 30; The Adventure of the Incognita Countess (Cynthia Ward) 44, 50; The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 199
Frankenstein Beast: The Dragon Turn (Shane Peacock) 111
See also: Gouroull

Frankfurter, Professor Felix (Austrian-American Jurist, 1882-1965)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 8

Franklin, Benjamin (American Statesman & Inventor, 1706-1790)
"The Hound of the Basketballs" (Harvey Kurtzman & Bill Elder) 61
"The Sleep of Reason" (Lou Anders) 229; Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 253; Deadly Season (Tim Champlin) 113; A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 39; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 165; "The Adventure of the Three Ghosts" (Loren D. Estleman) 113; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 219; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 218; "Too Many Stains" (Marvin Kaye) 330; The God of the Hive (Laurie R. King) 267; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 69; "The Circle of Blood" (Steve Leadley) 38; The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 261; The Devil’s Due (Bonnie MacBird) 148; Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 166; The Bughouse Affair (Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini) 103; "The Gubb Diamond Robbery" (Rhoda Montade) 122; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 114; Sherlock Holmes and the American Angels (Barrie Roberts) 5-7, 21-22; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 532; The Crimes of Dr Watson (Duane Swierczynski) 7, 10; "Sherlock Holmes and the Chinese Junk Affair" (Roy Templeman) 33; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 120
Benjamin Franklin bifocals: The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 197
Franklin & Marshall College: Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 86

Franklin, Sir John (British Explorer, 1786-1847)
"The House That Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 289

Franklin, Lady Jane (British Explorer, Wife of Sir John Franklin, 1791-1875)
"The House That Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 289

Franks, Robert "Bobby" (American Schoolboy Murdered by Leopold & Loeb, 1910-1924)
"The Ghost of the Lake" (Jamie Freveletti) 214; A Taste for Honey (H.F.Heard) 151-152; The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 6

Franz, Ellen (Actress, Wife of Georg II of Saxe-Meiningen, 1839-1923)
Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 130

Franz Ferdinand (Austrian Archduke, 1863-1914)
"The Fifth Browning" (Jürgen Ehlers) 536-537, 539
Spy Hunter (H.B. Lyle) vii-x, 4, 34, 41, 62, 75, 93, 217, 230
"The Death of Mycroft Holmes" (Ted Riccardi) 63-69
Professor August Von Widmann: Sherlock Holmes and the Skull of Death (Robert E. McClellan) x, 55, 60-67, 104-105, 113, 117-119, 122-126, 128-133, 145-146, 150-151, 155-156, 169, 174, 177, 181
"Three Cases of Relative Jealousy" (Colin Bruce) 125; The Case of the Reluctant Agent (Tracy Cooper-Posey) 190; "The Adventure of the Christmas Tree" (William L. DeAndrea) 191; The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 232; Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 68; European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 261-262; The Strange Return of Sherlock Holmes (Barry Grant) 49; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 269; Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 148, 222-223; Castle Shade (Laurie R. King) 26; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 257; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 155; Son of Holmes (John T. Lescroart) 34; The Red Ribbon (H.B. Lyle) 50; The Case of the Second Séance (Sam McCarver) 57; The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 212-213; Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell (Nicholas Meyer) 6;  The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 18; Raiders of the Lost Car Park (Robert Rankin) 31; Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 149; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 79; "The Adventure of the Crimean Opening" (David Smith) 10; "The Case of the Greek Key (Donald Thomas) 148; "The Case of the Zimmermann Telegram" (Donald Thomas) 276; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 35; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 31

Franz Josef (Emperor of Austria & Hungary, 1830-1916)
Mycroft & Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 19; Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 117-119; Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R.Bensen) 16; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 195, 224, 246; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 307; Embassy Row (Quinn Fawcett) 334, 347, 379, 382; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 18; The Case of the Missing Stradivarius (Emanuel E. Garcia) 22; Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 33, 127-128, 132, 147-149, 154-156, 217; Holmes Coming (Kenneth Johnson) 246; Castle Shade (Laurie R. King) 306; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 7, 79, 95, 137-138, 151, 189, 277, 283; "The Paradol Paradox" (Michael Kurland) 247; Spy Hunter (H.B. Lyle) 41, 62, 75; The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 208, 222; The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 109, 138, 149, 186, 212; "The Last of His Kind" (Barbara Nadel) 274; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 18-19, 32, 36, 129, 219, 276; Raiders of the Lost Car Park (Robert Rankin) 31; "The Death of Mycroft Holmes" (Ted Riccardi) 66; Deathly Relics (Sam Siciliano) 59; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 82; The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 92; Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 268; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 244, 247, 254
The Emperor: The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 15, 17, 27
Emperor's Troops: The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 108
Franz Josef Station: Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 468; "The Adventure of the Lost Theorem" (Julie Novakova) 323
Franz Joseph Bridge: European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 576
His Imperial Majesty: The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 136, 151
His Imperial Majesty's Realm: The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 132
The Joseph Quarter (Prague): Good Night, Mr Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 244-246; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 161, 166, 175, 306-307

Fraser, Sir Andrew (British Colonial Administrator, 1848-1919)
"The Naga Baiga of Moogli Hills" (Vithal Rajan) 115, 125-126, 128

Fraser, Benton (Due South - TV series)
"The Mystery of the Missing Heir" (Kevin P. Thornton) 246-248, 261-262

Fraser, Colonel Sir James (City of London Police Commisioner - Ripper Case)
The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 94

Fraser, Private (Dad's Army - TV series)
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 78

Fraser, Robert (Due South - TV series)
"The Mystery of the Missing Heir" (Kevin P. Thornton) 261

Fraunhofer, Joseph Von (German Physicist, 1787-1826)
Fraunhofer's Lines: "The Second Treaty" (Daniel Stashower) 346

Frazer, Sir Baldwin (The Hand of Fu Manchu - Sax Rohmer)
Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 190, 217

Frazer, Sir James (British Anthropologist, 1854-1941)
The Monster of the Mere (Philip Purser-Hallard) 25; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 13

Frazier, Wes (Witness in the JFK Assassination Investigation)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 190

Frean, George Hender (British Biscuit Manufacturer)
See: Peek Frean

Fred (A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens)
"A Christmas Fantasy" (Anonymous) 696
"Sherlock Holmes and a Case of Humbug" (Paul A. Freeman) 65, 67, 70-71

Fred's Wife (A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens)
"A Christmas Fantasy" (Anonymous) 696

Fred (Le Docteur Omega - Arnould Galopin)
"The Dynamics of an Asteroid" (John Peel) 176-178, 180, 182, 184-193

Freddy & Ferdie Fox (Rupert the Bear series)
"Rupert and the Pharaoh’s Treasure" (Ian Robinson) 10

Frederic (The Pirates of Penzance - Gilbert & Sullivan)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 36-41, 44-48, 51-52, 55, 64, 93
Pirate King (Laurie R. King) 28-29, 33, 39, 49-50, 57, 63, 78, 96-97, 100, 118, 128, 135, 137-138, 163-164, 193, 212, 216-217, 243, 248, 263, 290; "Places for Act Two!" (Bradley H. Sinor) 161, 165; "Exit Centre Stage" (M.J.Trow) 244

Frederic & Amelie (Prince Otto - Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W. Dillard) 90

Frederick (Struwwelpeter - Heinrich Hoffman): see Cruel Frederick

Frederick I (King of Prussia (1701-1713), 1657-1713)
Friedrichshafen: The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 117, 242

Frederick I (Barbarossa) (King of Italy & Holy Roman Emperor, 1123-1190)
Pirate King (Laurie R. King) 195; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 203; "The House That Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 285

Frederick II (Holy Roman Emperor (1220-50) & King of Germany (1212-20), 1194-1250)
Against the Brotherhood (Quinn Fawcett) 292

Frederick III (King of Prussia, formerly Crown Prince Friedrich (1888), 1831-1888)
"The Importance of Porlock" (Amy Myers) 86, 93, 97
"A Function of Probability" (Mike Chinn) 448, 459; "The Matter of the Cashiered Colonel" (David L. Hammer) 26; "Sherlock Holmes and 'The Woman'" (Michael Harrison) 114; "The Adventure of the Faithful Retainer" (Amy Myers) 366; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 124; The Raven League: Buffalo Bill Wanted (Alex Simmons & Bill McCay) 199

Frederick V of the Palatinate (Elector Paltinate of the Rhine (1610-23), 1596-1632)
Masters of Lies (Philip Purser-Hallard) 164

Frederick VIII (King of Denmark (1906-12), 1843-1912)
The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 24
The Crown Prince of Denmark: Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J. Trow) 612

Frederick, Duke (As You Like It - William Shakespeare)
"A Unique Collection" (Coggeshall Macy) 282

Frederick, Prince (Son of George II, 1701-1751)
Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 200; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 204

Frederick, Prince, Duke of York (Son of George III, 1763-1827)
Murder Most Irregular (H. Paul Jeffers) 100; Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea Devils (James Lovegrove) 121; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 172

Frederick Charles (Prussian Crown Prince & General, 1828-1885)
The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 137

Frederick the Great (Frederick II of Prussia (1740-86), 1712-1786)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 133
The House of Silk (Anthony Horowitz) 25; The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 261; "The Importance of Porlock" (Amy Myers) 82; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 110; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 16; Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 109

Frederick William IV (King of Prussia (1840-61), 1795-1861)
The Flying Scotsman (Quinn Fawcett) 89

Fredericks, Count Vladimir (Finno-Russian Statesman, 1838-1927)
Watson’s Last Case (Ian Charnock) 84, 91, 108

Frederik Maurits Alexander Hendri, Willem (Prince of the Netherlands, 1843-1850)
"A Case of Royal Blood" (Steven-Elliot Altman) 65, 75

Free (British Rock Group)
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 9

Free, Mickey (Irish-Mexican US Army Scout, c.1847-1915)
Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder (Barrie Roberts) 103-104, 117

Freebody, Clement (British Retailer)
Debenham and Freebody: The Murder of Mary Russell (Laurie R. King) 107

Freedom (Personification of Freedom)
The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 109-110

Freeman, Martin (English Actor, 1971- )
"As to ‘An Exact Knowledge of London’" (Tony Broadbent) 32; Elementary, She Read (Vicki Delany) 105, 199

Freeman, Ned (Transported John Wilkes Booth's Body)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 173-174, 297

Freeman, Philip (American Mathematician, 1898-1965)
"Dr Blackadder’s Clients" (Arthur Porges) 57

Freeman, R. Austin (British Author, 1862-1943)
"The Omnibus Murder" (R.E. Swartwout) 127-128
"Dr Blackadder’s Clients" (Arthur Porges) 61
Clifford Ashdown: "Subliminal Deduction" (E. Patrick McQuaid) 1

Freeman, Richard (British Medicinal Manufacturer)
Freeman's Chlorodyne: The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 213

Freeman, Sarah (Victim of George Joseph Smith)
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 14-16, 139

Freke, John (British Surgeon, 1688-1756)
The Patchwork Devil (Cavan Scott) 143

Frémont, John Charles (American Explorer, 1813-1890)
The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 132
Fremont Street: The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 36

French, Daniel Chester (American Sculptor. 1850-1931)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 113, 318

French, Dr. Frank Austin (British Doctor, attended Bessie Mundy)
"The Case of the Hygienic Husband" (Donald Thomas) 203-205, 208-209, 212, 214, 216-217

French, Sir John (British Military Commander. Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland (1918-21), 1852-1925)
Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 137, 387-388; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 18, 23, 28; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 174

French, Inspector Joseph (Inspector French series - Freeman Wills Crofts)
"Murder in the Library" (Harold Gray) 171, 173
"The Last Detective Story in the World" (Maurice Richardson) 64, 67, 69
"The Adventure of the Illustrious Impostor" (Anthony Boucher) 85; "The Cultured Pearls" (Niblick) 10

Frere, Sir Henry Bartle (British Colonial Administrator, 1815-1884)
Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 229; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 10, 34

Fresnel, Augustin-Jean (French Physicist, 1788-1827)
"The Case of the King’s Evil" (Donald Thomas) 94
Fresnel Lens: Elementary, She Read (Vicki Delany) 71

Fréson, Gustave (Neighbour of Jules Verne in Amiens)
Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 33-36, 38

Freud, Amalia (Mother of Sigmund Freud, 1835-1930)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 124

Freud, Anna (Austrian-British Psychoanalyst, Sigmund Freud's Daughter, 1895-1982)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 113, 121-122, 128-130, 219
Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 140

Freud, Clement (British Politician & Broadcaster, 1924-2009)
"The Case of the Substitute Strangler" (Douglas Moreton) 39; Raiders of the Lost Car Park (Robert Rankin) 234

Freud, Jakob (Father of Sigmund Freud, 1815-1896)
Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 58

Freud, Martha Bernays (Wife of Sigmund Freud, 1861-1951)
Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 13, 15, 17-27, 31, 35, 38-39, 43, 47-48, 51, 84, 90, 92, 96-100, 104, 109, 129-131, 136-137, 140-141, 147-150, 187, 195-197, 204, 260, 265-269, 293-298, 303, 308-313, 323
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 113-116, 122, 129-130, 151-153, 158, 219
Durkheim Is Dead! (Arthur Asa Berger) 36; European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 238; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 190; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 197

Freud, Sigmund (Austrian Psychoanalyst, 1856-1939)
Durkheim Is Dead! (Arthur Asa Berger) 24, 29, 31-33, 44, 48-49, 57, 72-88, 91, 96, 106, 124, 145, 148, 151
"The Case of the Lugubrious Manservant" (Rhys Bowen) 106-122, 124-126, 130
Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 17-24, 26, 31, 35, 37, 39-43, 50, 60, 84-93, 96-113, 117-120, 122-133, 136-142, 148-150, 152, 185-206, 212, 214-219, 222-223, 225, 235-241, 244-251, 253, 260-261, 264-268, 284, 293-312, 316-318, 325, 329-330
Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 23, 55-59, 158, 162
Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 121-122, 127-132, 157, 171, 174, 180, 185, 187
"Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Hamlet" (Emanuel E. Garcia) 7, 18, 21-22, 26, 29, 34, 41, 44
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 139-141, 143, 146-147, 152-153, 156-157, 159, 212, 231-241 , 251-252, 255, 257-258, 264, 266, 268-269, 272, 275-278, 313, 317-318, 332, 382, 450, 568
Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 31, 42-54, 56-60, 82, 124, 153, 172-175, 195, 215, 218
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 16, 46, 51-54, 60, 84, 89-102, 106-115, 117-130, 132-146, 148-163, 168, 171-220
The Case of Emily V. (Keith Oatley) 7-20, 25-26, 29-43, 46-69, 74, 79-88, 93, 96-116, 119-123, 126-134, 138-139, 148-151, 189, 212-213, 253, 255-263, 265-266, 271-273, 275-278, 280, 283-297, 303, 308-312, 318, 322, 326-330, 346-353, 359-360, 363-364, 366, 379, 394-396
The Island of Mad Scientists (Howard Whitehouse) 214, 241, 256, 260
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 115; "The Darkwater Hall Mystery" (Kingsley Amis) 242; "Sherlock Holmes Solves a Problem in Publishing" (Anonymous) 32; "Sherlock Holmes & Basho" (A.A.Attanasio) 52; "Prolegomena to Dr Watson's Ninth Marriage" (Jacques Barzun) 49; The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 25; "You’d Better Go In Disguise" (Alan Bradley) 6; The Unpleasantness at Parkerton Manor (Barry S. Brown) 44-45; The Star of India (Carole Buggé) 160, 194; The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 112; "Hall of Fame" (A. Bertram Chandler) 35; "Sherlock Holmes and the Diving Bell" (Simon Clark) 174; A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 73, 203; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 65; The Devil’s Promise (David Stuart Davies) 27; The Instrument of Death (David Stuart Davies) 118, 120; "Sherlock Holmes and the Ghost of Christmas Past" (David Stuart Davies) 325, 327-328; "The Spirit of Death" (David Stuart Davies) 46-47; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 41; "The Adventure of the Laughing Fisherman" (Jeffrey Deaver) 80; From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 185, 188; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 518; "The Adventure of the Forgetful Assassin" (M.J. Elliott) 104-105; "The Adventure of the Hanging Tyrant" (M.J. Elliott) 86; "And The Rest" (C.D. Ewing) 363-364; "The Adventure of the Mad Baritone" (Lindsay Faye) 313, 320; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 235; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 172; The Case of the Missing Stradivarius (Emanuel E. Garcia) 18, 112; The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 74; The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 31, 76, 242; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Letter (Barry Grant) 89, 141; Sherlock Holmes and the Frightened Golfer (J.M.Gregson) 29; "The Malady of the Mind Doctor" (Howard Halstead) 129-130, 139; "The Adventure of the Antiquarian's Niece" (Barbara Hambly) 159, 187; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 16; The Case of the Frozen Scream (Thomas Brace Haughey) 100; The Zenda Vendetta (Simon Hawke) 2; Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 14; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 29, 57; My Hero (Tom Holt) 6; "The Adventure of the Blarney Stone" (H. Paul Jeffers) 79; Holmes Coming (Kenneth Johnson) 39; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 111; "The Third Sequence" (Bruce Kilstein) 151; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 26, 63, 322, 349; Island of the Mad (Laurie R. King) 275-276; The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 46, 51-52; Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 11, 13; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 137; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 293; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 185, 259; "Years Ago & In A Different Place" (Michael Kurland) 174; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 195; "A Matter Without Gravity" (Alain le Bussy) 141; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 6; Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 242; Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 65; Gods of War (James Lovegrove) 97; The Red Ribbon (H.B. Lyle) 165; Holmes Entangled (Gordon McAlpine) 49; "Sherlock Holmes and the Highcliffe Invitation" (Eddie Maguire) 166; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 233; Sherlock Holmes in Australia: The Adventure of the Kidnapped Kanakas (Ken Methold) 82; The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 7, 22, 180-181; The Return of the Pharaoh (Nicholas Meyer) 145, 151, 177; "The Singular Case of the Unrepentant Husband" (William Patrick Maynard) 70; "The Tragic Case of the Child Prodigy" (William Patrick Maynard) 104; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 23-24, 39; Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell (Nicholas Meyer) 74, 101, 106, 120, 226, 238; Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 54; Watson's Choice (Gladys Mitchell) 109; "The Case of the Substitute Strangler" (Douglas Moreton) 39; "The Last of His Kind" (Barbara Nadel) 279; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 129, 217; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 31; The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror (Daniel Pinkwater) 483; The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 79; Raiders of the Lost Car Park (Robert Rankin) 234-235; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 190; "Merridew of Abominable Memory" (Chris Roberson) 232-234; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 29, 32, 34-35, 141; The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 71; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 78, 83; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 153; Death of a Scavenger (Keith Spore) 17; Love Is the Winner (Janet Templeton) 70, 101-102; The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 813; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 197; "The Adventure of the Dreaming Detective " (Ralph Vaughan) 15; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 89, 156; "The Lunacy of Celestine Blot" (Stephen Volk) 410; "The House that Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 277; "The Adventure of the Man Who Never Laughed" (J.N.Williamson) 152, 154, 158; The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 86, 88, 90, 108
"an alienist in Vienna": The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 328
A dollar-book Freud: And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 157, 247
Freudian: The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (James Anderson) 35; "You’d Better Go In Disguise" (Alan Bradley) 15; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 181; "And The Rest" (C.D. Ewing) 364; "The Mystery of the Hanged Man's Puzzle" (Paul Finch) 209; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 97, 172; Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 13; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 86; "The Adventure of the Man Who Never Laughed" (J.N.Williamson) 159
Freudian Slip: Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 173
Dr. Fugue Minds: "The Adventure of the Boing! Ritual" (Norma Schier) 63
A Sigmund (Test): Death's Angel (Kathleen Sky) 8, 80, 116, 165, 170, 172-174, 182-183

Frevert, Carolyn (Sister of David Graham Phillips)
The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 4-29, 32, 36, 41, 44-46, 48-57, 63, 66-68, 83, 85, 87-89, 92-102, 105, 111, 128, 150-151, 155, 176-182

Frevert, Henry (Husband of Carolyn Frevert)
The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 44, 49-51, 53-56, 66-68, 85

Freyr (Norse God of Prosperity)
Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 112; The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 88

Friar Tuck (Robin Hood Legend)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 84; The Travels of Sherlock Holmes (John Hall) 150; Masters of Lies (Philip Purser-Hallard) 125; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 43; Deathly Relics (Sam Siciliano) 73
"More tucks than a Robin Hood story": Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 105

Fribourg, Mr (British Snuff Manufacturer)
Fribourg & Treyer: "The Case of the Ruby Necklace" (Bob Byrne) 35

Friday: see Man Friday

Friday, Joe (Dragnet - Radio & TV series)
Joe Thursday: "Shylock Bones" (Anonymous) 17, 19-20

Friese-Green, William (British Cinematographic Pioneer, 1855-1921)
"The Adventure of the Haunted Room" (Mike Chinn) 382-384; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 404

Frigg, or Friya (Norse God, Consort of Odin)
Freir: "The Strange Affair At Glastonbury" (Eddie Maguire) 16, 32

Frignito, Nicholas (American Psychiatrist, 1912-1986)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 244-245

Friml, Rudolph (Czech-American Composer, 1879-1972)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 188

Frink, Elizabeth (English Artist, 1930-1993)
Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea Devils (James Lovegrove) 4

Frisco, Joe (American Comic & Dancer, 1889-1958)
Creighton's Castle (Miriam Lynch) 122

Friston, David Henry (D.H.) (British Illustrator, 1820-1906)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 83; The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 41

Frith, William Powell (British Artist, 1819-1909)
"Jerusalem Keep" (Mark Valentine & John Howard) 361

Fritz, John William (American Police Captain, 1896-1984)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 52, 193

Frobisher (Doctor Who Magazine)
"Funhouse" (Max Stockbridge & John Ridgway) Part 1: 28-34; Part 2: 31-38

Frobisher, Sir Martin (British Explorer, 1535-1594)
Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 130

Froest, Superintendant Frank (Scotland Yard Superintendent and Author)
Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 13, 86, 89, 224; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 13, 15, 22-24, 52, 81, 158, 171; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 17-18, 22-23, 33-34, 47-48, 52, 69-70, 86-87, 113, 124, 138, 168, 174-177, 215
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 14

Frog (The Frog and the Scorpion)
A Study in Ashes (Emma Jane Holloway) 262

Frog Footman, The (Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll)
Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 52
Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 195; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 85-88, 91

Frog Prince, The (Fairy Story Character)
Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 215

Froggatt, Edward (British Solicitor Arrrested in the Benson Case)
Mr Clive: Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 162, 164-165, 172

Frohman, Charles (American Theatrical Producer, 1860-1915)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 61
"The Adventure of the Agitated Actress" (Daniel Stashower) 94-100, 108-109, 111
Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania (Lorraine Daly) 42; "Imaginary Interview with Sherlock Holmes" (Guisard) 22

Froissart, Jean (French Chronicler, 1333-1410)
The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 72

Frollo, Claude (Notre Dame De Paris - Victor Hugo)
Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 219; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 121, 127-128, 133

Frost, Carmilla (Marvel Comics)
"Only the Computer Shows Me Any Respect!" (Don McGregor & Craig Russell) 4-5, 13, 17, 19, 29

Frost, George (American Engineer & Town Manager, c.1923-2007)
"Walking Around" (Howard Whitman) 26

Frost, Robert (American Poet, 1874-1963)
And Then There Was One (Gilbert Adair) 7, 162; The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 217

Froy, Miss (The Lady Vanishes - Ethel Lina White)
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 147

Frumious Bandersnatch (Jabberwocky - Lewis Carroll)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 25, 30

Fry, C.B. (British Sportsman, 1872-1956)
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 63-68, 96

Fry, Clarence Edmund (British Photographer, 1840-1897)
Elliott & Fry

Fry, Elizabeth (English Social Reformer, 1780-1845)
The Spider’s Web (Philip Purser-Hallard) 223

Fry, John Cole Ellis (American Minister, 1875-1935)
"The Crawfordsville Case" (Dr Watson) 173

Fry, Joseph (Briitish Chocolate Maker, 1728-1787)
Frys: The Red Ribbon (H.B. Lyle) 88; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 56
Fry's Chocolate: Sherlock Holmes and the Harvest of Death (Barrie Roberts) 131; A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 140; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 88
Fry's Cocoa: Sherlock Holmes and the Tomb of Terror (Val Andrews) 85; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 200; Sherlock Holmes and the Thistle of Scotland (L.B. Greenwood) 113; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 129; The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 140; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 66

Fry, Oliver Armstrong (British Editor, 1855-?)
The Case of the Grave Accusation (Dicky Neely) 70

Frye, Eva (British Actress, Wife of Edward Aveling)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 155-156

Frye, John A. (19th Century English-American Shoemaker)
Frye Boots: Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 16

Fryer, John (Crewman on HMS Bounty, 1753-1817)
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 190

Fu Manchu (Fu Manchu Series - Sax Rohmer)
An East Wind Coming (Arthur Byron Cover) 295
"The Last of Mr. Sherlock Holmes" (August Derleth) 3-4
"The Eye of Oran" (Win Scott Eckert) 26-28, 32-35, 39, 41
"The Adventure of the Celestial Snows" (George Alec Effinger) 312-350
"The Musgrave Version" (George Alec Effinger) 7-8, 10-17
The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 35, 39, 146
"Character Assassin" (Scott Gray & Adrian Salmon) 15, 18
"The Very First Affair" (Johan Heliot) 268-270, 274-275
The Rainbow Affair (David McDaniel) 33-37, 39, 151-153
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 47-51, 54-55, 58-60, 62-66, 75-77, 96, 105, 115-117, 125, 130
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 87-90, 92-94, 301-303, 331, 358, 365, 441
"The Problem of the Final Adventure" (Kim Newman) 378, 388, 390-391, 394, 399-400, 402, 404, 408, 423, 426, 430, 463
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 99-100; 111-112, 130-131, 155, 245, 249, 251, 262, 275-280, 293, 312, 314
"The Last Detective Story in the World" (Maurice Richardson) 66-68
Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) ix-xi, 7-10, 12, 14, 19, 22, 33, 36, 40, 49, 51-52, 58, 60, 62, 64, 70, 72-73, 75-77, 80-81, 83, 86, 96, 104-106, 108, 114, 116-121, 126, 130, 136, 145, 158, 160, 165, 175, 178-179, 185, 187-191, 194, 198, 201-202, 212, 214-226, 228, 230-232, 236, 238-239, 247, 250-253, 256-257, 260, 265, 267, 277, 281, 288, 291, 293, 295, 300, 312, 319-321, 323, 326-327, 329-332, 334-335, 356, 364, 367, 369, 376-380, 382, 384, 389, 393-396, 398-405, 408, 410-415, 419-421, 425-427, 431-434
"International Investigators, Inc." (E.G. Ashton) 74; Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 22; "The Adventure of the Grice-Paterson Curse" (August Derleth) 125, 138; The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 65, 213; "The Riddle of the Golden Monkeys" (Loren D. Estleman) 142, 145-147; "The Perfect Crime" (G.H. Finn) 468; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 177; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 24; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 14; "God of the Naked Unicorn" (Richard Lupoff) 307; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 140; "The Adventure of the Empty Throne" (Brad Mengel) 83; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 86; "The Adventure of the Six Maledictions" (Kim Newman) 216; "The Greek Invertebrate" (Kim Newman) 323; "The Hound of the D’Urbervilles" (Kim Newman) 144, 168, 208; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 40, 51; "The Red Planet League" (Kim Newman) 282-283, 311; "The Mystery of the Worm" (John Pelan) 196-197, 200, 203; The Vampire Serpent (Kel Richards) 10, 74; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 216; The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 384; Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 319
Chu San Fu: Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 43-46, 62, 81, 83, 127-130, 132, 136, 138, 140, 143-144, 147-151, 155, 159, 163-165, 168, 170-171, 177-178, 186, 189-190, 193-198, 200, 204-207, 212-214, 228-229, 236; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 3, 10-11, 15, 18, 20-21, 37-38, 44, 56, 58-59, 62, 69, 85, 95-97, 99, 102-103, 111, 125, 127, 138-139, 145-148, 150-153, 155, 163-164, 166-167, 175, 194-195, 197-198, 202-203, 205-206, 210-215, 219-222, 224-237
Fu On Yu: "The Adventure of the Fifty Percent Solution" (Gahan Wilson) 35
Fu Wang Chow: “The Bats in the Belfry” (Donald Rose) 764
The Lord of Strange Deaths: The Albino’s Treasure (Stuart Douglas) 72, 76-77, 80-85, 210-214, 223, 227-230, 233, 239, 243
The Manchu: Camera Obscura (Lavie Tidhar) 514-518, 533, 553, 569-570, 596-601, 655-659
The Mandarin:Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 2-11, 46-49, 55-58, 60-61, 63, 78-83, 85-88, 90-91, 94-97, 99-100, 104, 106, 111, 116-119, 124, 132, 134-135, 137, 142, 151, 156, 158-161, 168-182, 184, 189, 194-201
Dr Natas: "The Vanishing Devil" (Win Scott Eckert) 63-73
Fu Manchulah: Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 162
Gods of War (James Lovegrove) 111; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 144
Fu Man Nussbaum: The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror (Daniel Pinkwater) 567
Shan Ming Fu: "The Adventure of the Fallen Stone" (Win Scott Eckert) 74

NOTE: Dr Natas is identified as Fu Manchu on p.33 of "The Eye of Oran" (Win Scott Eckert)
NOTE 2: Kel Richards lifts Rohmer's "eyes of the true cat green / brow like Shakespeare" description of Fu Manchu in its entirety and uses it for his villain, Dr. Grimsby Defoe.

Fuad I (King of Egypt (1922-36), 1868-1936)
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 226

Fuchs, Ernst (Austrian Ophthalmologist, 1851-1930)
"The Strange Case of Lady Nicotine and John Barleycorn" (Louis H. Schwartz) 63

Fudd, Elmer (Warner Brothers' Cartoon Character)
Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 37, 162; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 104

Fuller, Alfred C. (Canadian Businessman, 1885-1973)
Fuller Brush Man: Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 202

Fuller, George A. (American Architect, 1851-1900)
The Fuller Building: The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 56-57

Fuller, John (English Brewer)
Fuller's Bitter: The Stratford Conspiracy (Michael Mallory) 46
Fuller's brewery: "Sherlock Holmes and the Butterfly Effect" (Cristina Macía with Ian Watson) 287

Fuller, Melville (American Judge, 1833-1910)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 273

Fuller, Thomas (British Clergyman & Author, 1608-1661)
The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 234-235

Fuller, William O. (American Author)
"The Mary Queen of Scots Jewel" (William O. Fuller) 277-290

Fulton, Sir Forrest (British Judge, 1846-1926)
The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 3, 68, 118, 120, 128

Fulton, Robert (American Inventor, Steamboat Pioneer, 1765-1815)
"The Ripe Moment" (John Ball) 134; "The Tattooed Arm" (Marc Bilgrey) 144; "The Adventure of the Arabian Knight" (Loren D. Estleman) 163; Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 130

Funck-Brentano, Frantz (French Historian, 1862-1947)
The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 85

Funes, Ireneo (Funes the Memorious - Jorge Luis Borges)
"Merridew of Abominable Memory" (Chris Roberson) 236

Funicello, Annette (American Actress, 1942-2013)
Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 212

Funk, Walther (German Politician, 1890-1960)
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 84

Furies, The (Greek Mythology)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 53, 108, 144;"The Adventure of Bell Rock Light" (Rick Boyer) 85; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 127; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 31; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 178, 311; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 303; Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 39; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 112; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 154; "Half There / All There" (Glen Mehn) 226; The Return of the Pharaoh (Nicholas Meyer) 187; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 12; The Disappearance of Edwin Drood (Peter Rowland) 89; The Web Weaver (Sam Siciliano) 385; Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David) 106; "The Case of the Ghosts at Bly" (Donald Thomas) 203, 261
By all the furies: The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 147

Furness, Frank (American Architect, 1839-1912)
"The Circle of Blood" (Steve Leadley) 37

Furness, Thelma (Morgan), Viscountess (American Socialite, Mistress of Edward VIII, 1904-1970)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 155

Furse, Sir William (British Military Leader, 1865-1953)
Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 385-387

Fury, Nick (Marvel Comics)
Dark Moon Rise, Hell Hound Kill! (Jim Steranko) 4-6, 8-20

Furze, Richard (British Railway Inspector, Witness in the Salisbury Rail Disaster Investigation)
Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 30-33

Fuseli, Henry (Swiss-English Painter, 1741-1825)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 155; "The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 141

Futrelle, Jacques (American Author, 1875-1912)
"The Adventure of the Dying Ship (Edward D. Hoch) 116-118, 120-124, 127-130; Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 57-59, 70, 77-78, 95-101, 113-115, 135, 140-143, 145-147, 150, 153-165, 169, 171-172, 176, 178, 181, 183, 185, 189, 192-193, 195-196, 226, 229, 231, 240, 243-244
The Magic Bullet (Larry Millett) 169
Van Dusen: The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 60

Futrelle, May (Wife of Jacques Futrelle, 1876-1967)
"The Adventure of the Dying Ship (Edward D. Hoch) 117-118, 120-124, 127, 129; Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 57-58, 70, 77, 95-97, 99, 101, 135, 185, 189, 226, 229, 231
Mrs Van Dusen: The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 59-60

Fuwalda, The (Tarzan of the Apes - Edgar Rice Burroughs)
"The Case of the Doctor Who Had No Business" (Richard A. Lupoff) 70-71, 74-75

Fuxi (Chinese Mythical Hero)
Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 379

Fyfe, Henry Hamilton (British Editor, 1869-1951)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 155

Fyshe, Anna (Grand-daughter of Anna Leonowens)
Elizabeth: Sherlock Holmes and the King’s Governess (Barrie Roberts) 5-9, 17, 25, 123-124, 146-148, 151, 153, 155, 168

Fyshe, Thomas (Canadian Husband of Avis Leonowens)
Sherlock Holmes and the King’s Governess (Barrie Roberts) 102

Fyter, Captain (The Tin Woodman of Oz - L. Frank Baum)
Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 22-24, 26, 35, 96