Ki, John (Fu Manchu series - Sax Rohmer)
Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 130

Ki Ming (Fu Manchu Series - Sax Rohmer)
Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 9, 11, 76-77, 119, 178, 190, 244, 395-396

Kicking Bear (Oglala Lakota Chief, 1846-1904)
"The Adventure of the White City" (Bill Crider) 186-187, 194

Kid Colt (Kid Colt, Outlaw comics)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 51-52, 54-56, 86, 88-89, 162-163, 175, 178, 186-187, 189, 205, 212-214, 230, 244-246

Kid Dropper: see Kaplan, Nathan

Kid Eternity (Kid Eternity Comics)
"Kid Eternity: Great Heroes of Fiction" (Joe Millard) 34-47

Kidd, Dr Joseph (British Physician, 1824-1918)
Murder at Sorrow’s Crown (Steven Savile & Robert Greenberger) 90, 110-111, 113, 115-118, 160

Kidd, Captain William (British Pirate, 1645-1701)
"Sherlock Holmes Boards A Pirate Craft" (Anonymous) 34-35; The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 1-9, 11, 17, 19-21, 42-46, 53, 55, 58, 72-77, 80-81, 84, 87-89, 92, 104, 130, 139-157, 159-160, 166-167, 179-186, 188, 202-203
"The Fête and Fortune of Funnilla" (Anonymous) 84; The House of Smoke (Sam Christer) 240; "Shady Sinners of the Styx" (Lawrence Daniel Fogg) 11; Cape May Tales (John Leone) 12; Gub-Gub’s Book (Hugh Lofting) 826; The Patient's Eyes (David Pirie) 205-206

Kidman, Nicole (Australian Actor, 1967- )
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 133

Kidney, Michael (Elizabeth Stride's Partner)
Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 143, 171-174

Kierkegaard, Soren (Danish Philosopher, 1813-1855)
"And The Rest" (C.D. Ewing) 359; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 48, 91, 94, 109, 321; Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 35

Kilbracken, Oksana (Doctor Who: The Invisible Enemy - TV series)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 66, 188, 227

Kildare, Dr. (Dr. Kildare series)
East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 88

Killeen, Dr Timothy Robert (British Doctor, Conducted Post-Mortem on Martha Tabram)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 86
Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 275

Killraven (Marvel Comics)
"Only the Computer Shows Me Any Respect!" (Don McGregor & Craig Russell) 3-5, 8-9, 12, 16-20, 29, 32-33

Kilroy (Figure from Graffiti)
"A Commission to the Sultan of Turkey" (Frank J. Eustace) 4-5

Kilroy, Frank (American Druggist's Clerk)
Frank Kelly: "Sherlock Holmes and the Lizzie Borden Connection" (William Schley-Ulrich) III: 13-14

Kilvert, Francis (British Clergyman & Diarist, 1840-1879)
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 97

Kilvert, Corporal John (British Soldier at Balaclava & Mayor of Wednesbury, 1833-1920)
Brigade (M.J.Trow) 204, 358-363, 373, 380, 384, 388-390, 401

Kim (Kimball O'Hara) (Kim - Rudyard Kipling)
The Game (Laurie R. King) 7-14, 19-20, 22-29, 43, 87-92, 95-97, 124-125, 140-142, 156-159, 161, 164, 168, 171, 242, 253-255, 258-260, 265-266, 292-299, 302-303, 311, 321-347, 349-359, 364-365
"Kim and Kim Again" (Vithal Rajan) 134-136, 138-139, 142, 144-145, 149-156, 159-163
"You’d Better Go In Disguise" (Alan Bradley) 5; The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 76; Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 44
Kim's Game: The Game (Laurie R. King) 14

Kim (Paws & Claws: A Three Dog Mystery - Ralph E. Vaughan)
"The Dog Who Loved Sherlock Holmes" (Ralph E. Vaughan) 169

Kim's Amulet (Kim - Rudyard Kipling)
The Game (Laurie R. King) 13-14, 87-88, 92, 326, 329

Kim's Amulet Case (Kim - Rudyard Kipling)
The Game (Laurie R. King) 7-8, 11

Kim's Lama (Kim - Rudyard Kipling)
The Game (Laurie R. King) 22, 24-29, 43, 90, 327
"Kim and Kim Again" (Vithal Rajan) 138

Kim's Nurse (Kim - Rudyard Kipling)
The Game (Laurie R. King) 13

Kimball, W.W. (American Piano Manufacturer)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 328

King, The (The King's New Clothes - Hans Andersen)
A Taste for Honey (H.F.Heard) 53; The Zenda Vendetta (Simon Hawke) 57; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 224

King's Child, The (The King's New Clothes - Hans Andersen)
A Taste for Honey (H.F.Heard) 53; The Zenda Vendetta (Simon Hawke) 57

King's Weavers, The (The King's New Clothes - Hans Andersen)
A Taste for Honey (H.F.Heard) 53

King, Ada Copeland (Common-law Wife of Clarence King, 1860-1964)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 185-189

King, Burton L. (American Movie Director, 1877-1944)
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 83-87

King, Clarence (American Geologist, 1842-1901)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 55, 57, 59-61, 66, 112, 120, 130-131, 139-147, 149-153, 155, 157-179, 181-189, 192, 224, 238-239, 276-277, 295, 299, 334, 340, 427-428, 434-440, 444-447, 560, 608

King, Dot (Murdered American Showgirl, ?-1923)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 63

King, Henry (British Ventriloquist)
"The Adventure of the Canine Ventriloquist" (Jon L. Breen) 125

King, Henry John Yeend (British Artist, 1855-1924)
The Back to Front Murder (Tim Major) 74

King, Sir Henry Seymour (British Banker, 1852-1933)
Cox & Kings: "The Adventure of the Long-Lost Enemy" (Marcia Wilson)135

King, Hetty (British Music Hall Entertainer, 1883-1972)
Sherlock Holmes on the Western Front (Val Andrews) 56, 89

King, Jason (Department S & Jason King - TV series)
Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 222

King, Katie (Spirit Guide of Florrie Cook)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 78

King, Laurie R (American Author, 1952- )
The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) xi-xv
Elementary, She Read (Vicki Delany) 3, 20, 26, 250; The Holmes Affair (Graham Moore) 18

King, Leroy (Son of Clarence King)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 185, 189

King, Mackenzie (Canadian Prime Minister (1935-48), 1874-1950)
"The Adventure of a Solitary Pianist" (Anonymous) 23

King, Martin Luther (American Civil Rights Activist, 1929-1968)
Time for Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 104, 107, 159; Prophecy (Ron Marz & Walter Geovani) 140; Death of a Scavenger (Keith Spore) 316; The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 279-280

King, Mr (Chinese Underworld Boss, Sax Rohmer's Inspiration for Fu Manchu)
"The Riddle of the Golden Monkeys" (Loren D. Estleman) 145-148, 150, 152-153
The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 16-18, 23-24, 72, 95, 107-108, 120, 131-133, 140, 142-144, 152-153, 158-159, 182, 184, 189-192, 200-201, 204, 256, 261, 270-279, 281, 285-286, 291-293, 301-302, 304-308, 313, 315, 321-323, 326, 328, 335-336
Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 55, 78-79

King, Robert (British Highwayman)
The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 25

King, Stephen (American Author, 1947- )
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 117; My Hero (Tom Holt) 52; The Crimes of Dr Watson (Duane Swierczynski) 6; The Tulpa (J.N. Williamson) 115

King, Thomas (Master-at-Arms on the Titanic, 1869-1912)
The Year of the Gun (H.B. Lyle) 6-7

King, Thomas (British Barrister's Apprentice)
Thomas Edwards: "The Adventure of the Arsenic Dumplings" (Bob Byrne) 224-225, 230-232, 234-235

King, Thomas Starr (American Unitarian Minister, 1824-1864)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 144

King, Tom (British Boxer)
Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (Gerald Frow) 111; The Jewel of Covent Garden (Wayne Worcester) 45

King Crimson (British Rock Group)
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 6, 242

King in Yellow, The (The King in Yellow - Robert W. Chambers)
"The Adventure of the Pallid Mask" (Daniel McGachey) 227, 230, 234, 251, 255, 257, 262

King in Yellow, Author of The (The King in Yellow - Robert W. Chambers)
"The Adventure of the Pallid Mask" (Daniel McGachey) 230, 244

King Kong (King Kong movies)
What’s Wrong Here? At the Movies (Tony Tallarico) 15
The Case of the Missing Masterpiece (Terrance Dicks) 91; The Cinema Swindle (Terrance Dicks) 68; Sherlock Holmes and Frankenstein’s Diary (Barry Grant) 6; Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 6, 8, 20, 26, 28, 31, 147; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 63; "Sherlock’s Christmas" (Julian Symons) I: 50; The Probability Pad (T.A.Waters) 42; The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 6

King of Egypt's Daughter (Mummers Play)
"The First Footers" (Stephen Volk) 207

King of Hearts, The (Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll)
Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 58-61, 68
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 113; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 84, 128; European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 19

King Timahoe (Richard Nixon's Dog)
"The Case of the Strange Erasures" (Stefan Kanfer) 339

Kingman, Dave (American Baseball Player, 1948- )
The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 134

King's Men, The (Jacobean Acting Company)
The Stratford Conspiracy (Michael Mallory) 255

King's Weavers, The (The King's New Clothes - Hans Andersen)
A Taste for Honey (H.F.Heard) 53

Kingsford, Douglas (British Judge)
"The Indian Summer of Sherlock Holmes" (Vithal Rajan) 217

Kingsley, Ben (English Actor, 1943- )
"As to ‘An Exact Knowledge of London’" (Tony Broadbent) 31

Kingsley, Charles (British Writer, 1819-1875)
Mycroft Holmes (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 26; The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 96; Castle Shade (Laurie R. King) 147; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 94; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 29

Kingsley, Mary (British Traveller, 1862-1900)
A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 76

Kingston, William H.G. (English Writer, 1914-1880)
Unquiet Spirits (Bonnie MacBird) 253

Kinnaird, Arthur, 10th Lord Kinnaird (British Banker & Politician, 1814-1887)
Mycroft & Sherlock (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 62

Kinnaird, Arthur, 11th Lord Kinnaird (British Footballer, 1847-1923)
Mycroft & Sherlock (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse) 62, 217

Kinnell, Galway (American Poet, 1927-2014)
A Study in Charlotte (Brittany Cavallaro) 103, 313

Kinnison, Kimball (Lensman - Timothy E. Hibbetts)
"God of the Naked Unicorn" (Richard Lupoff) 306

Kinsey, Wendell H. (American Teacher, 1898-1951)
"The Gravity of the Situation" (Paul Morse)

Kintup (Indian Explorer, 1849-1914)
The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 110-111, 114, 116, 120-123, 128-129, 138, 141, 143, 146, 148, 189, 194, 202, 209, 214, 217, 254, 258; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 44, 94-97, 101, 106, 132-133, 135-151, 153-156, 158, 161-168, 170, 190-191
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 149-150, 156

Kio-Hako (Kio-Hako, The Japanese King of Detectives comic strip - V.A. Gladkov)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 87

Kiouni (Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 43-44, 46-54, 57-60, 62-63, 66-67, 69

Kiouni's Owner (Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 43

Kipling, Carrie (Wife of Rudyard Kipling, 1862-1939)
Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 455, 471-472
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 444-445

Kipling, John (Son of Rudyard Kipling, 1897-1915)
The Game (Laurie R. King) 11; The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist (Roberta Rogow) 26

Kipling, Josephine (Daughter of Rudyard Kipling, 1892-1899)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 445; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 455, 472

Kipling, Rudyard (British Author, 1865-1936)
Evolution (John Peel) 21-22, 44-48, 69, 79-80, 84-86, 93-95, 100105, 107-108, 110-111, 114-115, 117, 127, 144, 190-191, 194-196, 198, 206-207, 238-239, 242-244, 246-248, 251, 254-255
"The Bite Worse Than Death" (Vithal Rajan) 95-96
"The Naga Baiga of Moogli Hills" (Vithal Rajan) 97, 99-101, 103, 105-106, 110, 113-115, 119, 126, 128-129
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 427-428, 444-447
Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 452-458, 471-479, 481, 549
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 144-147
"The Case of the Rajah's Emerald" (Carolyn Wheat) 121-126
Backyard Skipling: "The Fête and Fortune of Funnilla" (Anonymous) 61 (Written in the style of)
"Time Patrol" (Poul Anderson) 24; "The Adventure of the Misplaced Hound" (Poul Anderson & Gordon R. Dickson) 85; Sherlock Holmes and the Holborn Emporium (Val Andrews) 117; "Mystery of Warlike Note" (Anonymous) 7; "Over The Plum Pudding" (John Kendrick Bangs) 210; "The Redemption of Young Billington Rand" (John Kendrick Bangs) 136; "The Man Who "Bested" Sherlock Holmes" (Joseph Baron) 3; The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 22; "You’d Better Go In Disguise" (Alan Bradley) 5-6; The Martian Menace (Eric Brown) 246; "The Steamship Friesland" (Peter Calamai) 188; Pulptime (P.H. Cannon) 71; "The Strange Case of Cornelius Candlewick III" (John Clunk) 12; "The Adventure of the Young British Soldier" (Bill Crider) 20, 22, 25, 31, 33; Sherlock Holmes and the Hentzau Affair (David Stuart Davies) 58; "The Booby’s Bay Adventure" (O’Neil De Noux) 121; The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 14, 82; "By Any Other Name" (Michael Dirda) 211; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 167; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 326; The Adventure of the Three Madmen (Philip José Farmer) 128, 141, 150-151, 165; Embassy Row (Quinn Fawcett) 257; The Abduction of Pretty Penny (Leonard Goldberg) 211; European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 165, 528; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Letter (Barry Grant) 9, 35; The Strange Return of Sherlock Holmes (Barry Grant) 1; Sherlock Holmes at the Raffles Hotel (John Hall) 25; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 210; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 19; The Notched Hairpin (H.F. Heard) 102; The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 291; Dreaming Spies (Laurie R. King) 158-159; The Game (Laurie R. King) 8, 11, 83, 124, 260, 292, 328; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 213; The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 76, 171; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 173; Who Thinks Evil (Michael Kurland) 277; The Bartered Brides (Mercedes Lackey) 41; The Case of the Spellbound Child (Mercedes Lackey) 40; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 3; "A Father's Tale" (Sterling E. Lanier) 123; The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 100; Holmes Entangled (Gordon McAlpine) 34; "The Riddle of the Young Protestor" (Michael Mallory) 306; The Return of the Pharaoh (Nicholas Meyer) 252; The Execution of Newcome Bowles (Allan D. Mickle) 23; The Case of the Grave Accusation (Dicky Neely) 67; "The Adventure of the Six Maledictions" (Kim Newman) 225; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) xxi-xxiv, 8, 73; Baskerville (John O'Connell) 58; The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep (H.G. Parry) 243, 248; "Kim and Kim Again" (Vithal Rajan) 131, 163; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 141, 147, 182; Sherlock Holmes and the Harvest of Death (Barrie Roberts) 120; "The Strange Case of the Megatherium Thefts" (S.C. Roberts) 122; The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist (Roberta Rogow) 26, 53; The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 68; Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 415; A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 95; Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test (Stanley Shaw) 118; "The Second Treaty" (Daniel Stashower) 352; "Five Rings In Reno" (R.L. Stevens) 95; Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 19, 44; "The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 200; "The Case of the Greek Key (Donald Thomas) 100; The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 36-37; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 129; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 8; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 131; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 106-107; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 74; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 43; Dr. Mortimer and the Aldgate Mystery (Gerard Williams) 23-24; The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 60
Mr Rudyard's Cakes: Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 35
Rudyard Tippling: "The Shot in the Dark" (Wex Jones) 111

Kipp, Petrus Jacobus (Dutch Apothecary, 1808-1864)
Kipp's Apparatus: Island of the Mad (Laurie R. King) 242

Kiralfy, Imre (1845-1919) & Bolossy (1848-1932)(Hungarian Theatrical Producers)
Moriarty (Anthony Horowitz) 197

Kirby, Jack (American Comic Book Artist, 1917-1994)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 118

Kirby, Rip Rip Kirby comic strip)
Rip Smirby: "Shylock Bones" (Anonymous) 18-19

Kirby, William  (Engliah Entomologist, 1759-1850)
Sherlock Holmes and the Beast of the Stapletons (James Lovegrove) 40, 260

Kircher, Athanasius (German Scholar, c1601-1680)
"The Case of the Ghosts at Bly" (Donald Thomas) 174

Kirchhoff, Gustav (German Physicist, 1824-1887)
Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 66
Kirchoff's Law: "Sherlock Holmes Solves the Case of the Missing Transistor Clues" (Gerrald E. Williams) 69

Kirill Vladimirovich, Grand Duke (Russian Nobleman, 1876-1938)
"The Silver Blade" (Michael A. Stackpole) 286, 294

Kirk, Andy (American Bandleader, 1898-1992)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 46

Kirk, Aurelan (Star Trek - TV series "Operation: Annihilate" episode)
"The Captive Bride" (Dana Martin Batory) 69, 73

Kirk, George (American Bookseller, 1895-1962)
Pulptime (P.H. Cannon) 18, 37, 39, 59, 62, 65, 76-79, 86-87

Kirk, Captain James T. (Star Trek - TV series)
"Everything Comes In Circles" (Dana Martin Batory) 14-15
"A Nostalgic Country of the Mind" (Dana Martin Batory) 5-6, 9-12
"Attuclac" (David Gomm) 2-5, 9-10, 14-17, 19-24
My Hero (Tom Holt) 164-165, 195
Death's Angel (Kathleen Sky) 1-27, 29-41, 43-45, 47-57, 62, 64-79, 86, 94, 96-102, 104, 110-112, 125, 127-135, 142-143, 148-150, 152, 154-155, 157-158, 160, 163-170, 172-174, 176, 178, 180, 182-183, 185, 187, 189-191, 195, 197-198, 201-202, 204-205, 207-212
"The Captive Bride" (Dana Martin Batory) 69-70; "The Color of Death" (Dana Martin Batory) 56; "A One Pipe Problem" (Dana Martin Batory) 60-66; The Case of the Disappearing Dragon (Narinder Dhami) 24; "Giles of Baker Street" (David V. Forrest) 87-88; Dragons on the Town (Thorarinn Gunnarsson) 177; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 200; The Light Fantastic (Jeffrey Lang) 159-160, 183, 185, 204, 246-249, 275, 314, 337
Captain Berk: Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 93-94, 97, 100, 105
Captain Gurk: Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 93-94, 97, 100, 105

Kirk, Miramanee (Star Trek - TV series)
Death's Angel (Kathleen Sky) 197

Kirk, Peter (Star Trek - TV series "Operation: Annihilate" episode)
"The Captive Bride" (Dana Martin Batory) 69-81, 86, 89, 91

Kirk, Aurelan (Star Trek - TV series "Operation: Annihilate" episode)
"The Captive Bride" (Dana Martin Batory) 69, 73

Kirkwood, Daniel (American Mathematician & Astronomer, 1814-1895)
"The Ultimate Crime" (Isaac Asimov) 347-348; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 101
Kirkwood Gaps: "The Ultimate Crime" (Isaac Asimov) 348; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 101

Kirkwood, David (Scottish Political Leader, 1872-1955)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 70

Kirlian, Semyon (Russian-Armenian Inventor, 1898-1978)
Kirlian Photography: "Ozone Holmes" (Bill Skurski) 49

Kirton, Fanny (Wife of William Kirton, c.1849-?)
The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist (Roberta Rogow) 11

Kirton, Sisley (Daughter of William Kirton, c.1868-?)
The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist (Roberta Rogow) 11

Kirton, William (South African-British Dental Surgeon, c.1843-1923)
The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist (Roberta Rogow) 11-12, 240

Kiru (The New Doctor Who Adventures: Sky Pirates! - Dave Stone)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 128-131, 180, 254-255

Kirwan, Richard (Irish Scientist, 1733-1812)
"The Adventure of the Old Russian Woman" (Ian Charnock) 94

Kishan Singh (Maharaja of Bharatpur, 1899-1929)
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 285

Kiss (American Rock Group)
"Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 161-162

Kissinger, Henry (German-American Diplomat, 1923-2023)
Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 12
Henry Gropinger: The Strange Case of the End of Civilisation as we Know It (John Cleese, Jack Hobbs & Joe McGrath) 7-44

Kit (The New Doctor Who Adventures: No Future - Paul Cornell)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 99-101, 106-107, 113, 125-127, 160, 201, 221, 272-273, 285

Kitagawa Utamaro: see Utamaro

Kitai (The New Doctor Who Adventures: Legacy - Gary Russell)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 8-10, 16-17, 24, 31, 51, 60, 70-71, 75, 108, 110-113, 115, 118, 120, 129, 172, 251, 268, 280-282, 285

Kitasato, Shibasaburo (Japanese Bacteriologist, 1852-1931)
The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 146; The Holmes-Dracula File (Fred Saberhagen) 162

Kitchener, General Horatio Herbert (British Soldier, 1850-1916)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 15, 24-28, 49, 52, 65, 84-88, 99-100, 107, 132-135, 137, 149, 153-154, 163, 165-167, 172-177, 179, 181-182, 188-189, 191, 196-197, 200, 205-207, 209, 212-214, 221, 223-225, 228, 240-241, 244, 248-251, 254-266, 272, 275-276, 278
Hellbirds (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 171, 211
"Mentioned in Dispatches" (Douglas Moreton) 129-130
"The Sound of the Buskervilles" (Douglas Moreton) 115-116
The Firebird Mystery (Darrell Pitt) 8, 92, 99, 201, 224, 241-246, 266-267
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 165
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 167-169, 171
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 126-132, 134-135, 183
"God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen" (Nathan M. Adams) 92; "The Adventure of the Missing General" (Anonymous) 6; "The Adventure of the Pink Pearl" (Anonymous) 38; Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R.Bensen) 33; "The Adventure of the Eyrie Cliff" (Rick Boyer) 102-103; The Martian Menace (Eric Brown) 112, 176; Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 128; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 301; Sherlock Holmes and the Lusitania (Lorraine Daly) 110; "A Commission to the Sultan of Turkey" (Frank J. Eustace) 4; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 50-51, 82, 346; "Murder, Mrs. Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 11, 55; The Final Toast" (Stuart M. Kaminsky) 38; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 22; Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 330; Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea Devils (James Lovegrove) 317; The Spirit Box (George Mann) 32; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 86; Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell (Nicholas Meyer) 43; The Holmes Affair (Graham Moore) 222; Sherlock Holmes The Missing Years: Timbuktu (Vasudev Murthy) 216, 290; "The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 148, 163, 186; Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 125; The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 149; The Sign of Fear (Robert Ryan) 60; A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 72; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 123; "The Adventure of the Mummy’s Curse" (Cavan Scott) 326; "The Case of the Zimmermann Telegram" (Donald Thomas) 289; "The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 36; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 17, 196; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J. Trow) 184; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 96; Lestrade and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (M.J. Trow) 135; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 14; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J. Trow) 85; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 413; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 124-125, 137-139, 141; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 179; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 18; "The Colonial Adventures of Shamrock Holes" (Dr Watson) 11
Kitchener's New Army: Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 61, 221

Kitchingham, John (British Police Officer)
"The Case of the Hygienic Husband" (Donald Thomas) 202-210, 212, 216-217

Kitticut, King (Rinkitink In Oz - L. Frank Baum)
"Sherlock Holmes in Oz" (Ruth Berman) 431, 434; Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 32

Kitton, F.G. (British Engraver, 1856-1904)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 389

Klaatu (The Day The Earth Stood Still - Movie)
Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 219;Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 63

Klages, Ludwig (German Philosopher, 1872-1956)
"The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 30

Klaproth, Martin (German Chemist, 1743-1817)
Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 100; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 196

Klatka, Ezzelin Von (The Mysterious Stranger - Anonymous)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 78-84, 127, 129-133, 137, 291-294, 296-297, 307-309, 331, 355-356, 434

Klaw, Isis (Morris Klaw stories - Sax Rohmer)
"The Adventure of the Fallen Stone" (Win Scott Eckert) 78-82, 84-90

Klaw, Morris (Morris Klaw stories - Sax Rohmer)
"The Adventure of the Fallen Stone" (Win Scott Eckert) 79-80

Klebs, Edwin (German Physiologist, 1834-1913)
Klebs-Loeffler Bacillus: Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 244

Klee, Paul (Swiss Artist, 1879-1940)
"The Case of the Chemist’s Cache" (Thomas R. Dulski) 84; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 136; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 24; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 41, 182

Klein, Amy (Hellraiser: Deader - movie)
Amelia Kline: Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell (Paul Kane) 91-92, 155-162, 165, 168, 173, 194-195, 206, 220, 233

Klein, Felix (German Mathematician, 1849-1925)
Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 19
Klein Bottle: Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 17-21, 26-27, 29-30, 35-36, 46, 70, 81-82, 84, 90-91, 95, 97, 103-104, 116, 148, 161-162, 174, 181-183, 185-186

Kleiner, Rheinhart (American Poet, 1892-1949)
Pulptime (P.H. Cannon) 37, 59, 62-63, 65, 67, 76-80

Kleist, Ewald Georg von (German Physicist, Jurist & Cleric, 1700-1748)
The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 106

Klemann, John (American Stamp Dealer)
"The Mystery of the Department of State Cardboard Invert Proofs" (Stanley M. Bierman) 158, 160

Kleppini (Magician, Rival of Houdini)
The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man (Daniel Stashower) 39-44, 46, 62, 79, 116-117, 119-129, 131, 133-138, 146, 149-154, 157-159, 162-164, 167, 169-172, 174-181, 184-188, 191, 194
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 77

Kliegl, John (German-American Businessman, 1869-1959)
Klieg Light: "Another Case of Identity" (R.R. Irvine) 91, 93

Klimo (The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds - Guy Boothby)
"The Adventure of the Empty Throne" (Brad Mengel) 83; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 104

Klimt, Ernst (Austrian Painter, 1864-1892)
Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 63

Klimt, Gustav (Austrian Painter, 1862-1918)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 149; "The Doll Who Talked to the Dead" (Nev Fountain) 118; European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 137, 262; Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 63; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 63-64; Dead Man's Confession (Cass Lewis) 78

Kline, Mahlon (American Businessman, 1846-1909)
Smith-Kline: Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 143

Kline, Otis Adelbert (American Writer, 12891-1946)
Allan Quatermain at the Dawn of Time (Thos. Kent Miller) xxxviii

Klinger, Leslie S. (American Lawyer, Editor & Sherlockian)
The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 311
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 91; "As to ‘An Exact Knowledge of London’" (Tony Broadbent) 35; The Holmes Affair (Graham Moore) 242

Klingons (Star Trek - TV series)
"Attuclac" (David Gomm) 1-2, 9-10, 14, 19-24
The Light Fantastic (Jeffrey Lang) 22-23, 25-27, 52-54, 69, 125, 180, 267
"The Captive Bride" (Dana Martin Batory) 73; "The Chalice of Skorr" (Dana Martin Batory) 100; "The Interrupted Game" (Dana Martin Batory) 132; "A One Pipe Problem" (Dana Martin Batory) 63; "Quadrumvirate" (Dana Martin Batory) 40; "Zindernuff's Treasure" (Dana Martin Batory) 167; My Hero (Tom Holt) 179; Death's Angel (Kathleen Sky) 2-5, 22, 43, 136, 192, 201

Klosowski, Mrs (Polish Wife of George Chapman)
Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 72

Klosowski, Severin: see George Chapman

Knave of Hearts, The (Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll)
Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 58-59
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 26; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 87, 128, 148, 156; The Zeppelin Deception (Colleen Gleason) 177

Knecht Ruprecht (Companion of St Nicholas)
The Christmas Demon (James Lovegrove) 84

Kneipp, Sebastian (Bavarian Priest, 1821-1897)
Kneipp Cure: The Adventure of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons (Francis Thierry) 44

Kneller, Sir Godfrey (British Artist, 1646-1723)
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 95

Knewstub, Fabian (British Engraver) : see Frederic Jenner

Kniclo, C. (American Murder Suspect, Carrie Brown Case)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 36-39, 77, 112, 126

Knight (The Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer)
"Holmes on the Range" (John Connolly) 361

Knight, Clara (Elizabeth Bowes-Lyons' Nanny, 1879-1946)
Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J. Trow) 98

Knight, Damon (American Author, 1922-2002)
"The Rubber Bend" (Gene Wolfe) 128-129, 144-145

Knight, Edward Frederick (British Barrister & Writer, 1852-1925)
Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder (Barrie Roberts) 95-97

Knight, Nick (Forever Knight - TV series)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 286, 292

Knight, Richard Payne (British Scholar, 1750-1824)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 61

Knight, Sebastian (The Real Life of Sebastian Knight - Vladimir Nabokov)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 91

Knight, Stephen (British Ripper Theorist)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 104

Knight Errant Limited (Knight Errant Limited - TV series)
The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 192

Knights of the Round Table (Arthurian Legend)
The Firland Saga (Norman S. Power) 105-112, 118
The Dark Lady (Irene Adler) 161; "The Case of the Unmarked Graves" (Colin Bruce) 92; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 237, 254; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 84; "The Mystery of Avalon" (Paul D. Gilbert) 41; The Zeppelin Deception (Colleen Gleason) 273; Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 392; Dreaming Spies (Laurie R. King); "The Secret Marriage of Sherlock Holmes" (Shariann Lewitt) 270; Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 117; Sherlock Holmes and the Masquerade Murders (Frank Thomas) vi; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 135; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 94

Knights Templar, The (Religious Military Order)
The Hounds of the Vatican; or, Holmes’s Last Bow (G. Randolph Holms) 24, 27, 47-48
Sherlock’s Logic (William Neblett) 4, 21, 23, 26-27, 29-32, 34-38, 40, 42-44, 49-50, 58-60, 62-63, 66, 69, 72-73, 79, 98-99, 101
"The Adventure of the Six Maledictions" (Kim Newman) 234, 238, 241-242, 261-265, 267, 270-275
Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel Vampire (Dean P. Turnbloom) 59-60, 182
The House of Smoke (Sam Christer) 367; "The Adventure of the Stuttering Ghost" (H. Paul Jeffers) 129-130; Dreaming Spies (Laurie R. King) 98; Double Trouble Squared (Kathryn Lasky) 182; "The Case of the Rondel Dagger" (Mark Mower) 83; "The Greek Invertebrate" (Kim Newman) 319; Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 181; The Cry of the Innocents (Cavan Scott) 84, 156, 337, 341; "The North Walk Mystery" (Denis O. Smith) 275; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 11

Knocker, Fanny (The Wheel of Time - Henry James)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 404-405

Knollys, Sir Francis (British Courtier, 1837-1924)
The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 128, 176-177, 189, 203, 214, 216; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 254, 270-271, 329, 331-333; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 174-176, 181

Knopfler, Mark (Irish Rock Musician, 1949- )
Raiders of the Lost Car Park (Robert Rankin) 171-172

Knott, George H. (British Barrister)
"The Case of the Matinee Idol" (Donald Thomas) 329

Knowall, Raymond Q. (A Void - Georges Perec & Gilbert Adair)
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 120

Knowlton, Hosea M. (American Lawyer, 1847-1902)
Sherlock Holmes and the Fall River Tragedy (Owen Haskell) 59-127, 130-141, 143-146, 171, 173
"Sherlock Holmes and the Lizzie Borden Connection" (William Schley-Ulrich) II: 8-9, III: 10

Knox, E.V.  (British Writer, 1881-1971)
"The Embers of Truth" (Adrian Wright) 76

Knox, Edward (Danish-Australian Politician, 1819-1901)
Sherlock Holmes in Australia: The Adventure of the Kidnapped Kanakas (Ken Methold) 199-201

Knox, John (Scottish Religious Reformer, 1513-1572)
"How Holmes Tried Politics" (His Friend Watson) 65; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 39

Knox, Dr Robert (British Surgeon, Purchased bodies from Burke & Hare)
"The Adventure of the St Marylebone Ghoul" (Bill Crider) 155; "The Dead House” (Bruce Kilstein) 51; Fire Storm (Andrew Lane) 177-178; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 233-234; The Night Calls (David Pirie) 134; Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 54; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 41

Knox, Philander Chase (Pennsylvania Senator, 1853-1921)
The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 39

Knox, Ronald (British Scholar & Sherlockian, 1888-1957)
"The Omnibus Murder" (R.E. Swartwout) 128
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 229; The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 115; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 404

Kober, Arthur (Austro-Hungarian Screenwriter, 1900-1975)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 203

Kobylinsky, Eugene (Russian Military Officer, 1875-1927)
Watson’s Last Case (Ian Charnock) 108-109, 112, 118-120, 122

Koch, Robert (German Scientist, Pioneer of Bacteriology, 1843-1910)
The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 34, 117; "Giles of Baker Street" (David V. Forrest) 86; The Labyrinth of Death (James Lovegrove) 102

Kochel, Ludwig Ritter von (Austrian Musicologist & Botanist, 1800-1877)
"A Matter of Murder In Hampstead" (David L. Hammer) 35-36

Koelle, John B. (American Sherlockian)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 10, 216

Koenigstein, François: see Ravachol

Koh-i-noor, The (Diamond in the British Crown Jewels)
Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (Gerald Frow) 113, 124-126
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 446
Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 86
"Mr Homes Tackles a Hard Case" (John Kendrick Bangs) 7; "The Thief of Twelfth Night" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 220; Sherlock Holmes and the Queen of Diamonds (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 159; "Sherlock Holmes and the Muffin" (Dorothy B. Hughes) 219; The Game (Laurie R. King) 116, 173; Garment of Shadows (Laurie R. King) 21; Riviera Gold (Laurie R. King) 78; "The Loss of the British Bark Sophy Anderson" (Gary Lovisi) 36; The Irregular (H.B. Lyle) 136; The Three Locks (Bonnie MacBird) 174; The Case of the Vanishing Corpse (Robert Newman) 99; "The Bite Worse Than Death" (Vithal Rajan) 63; Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 37; "The Case of the Murdering Saint" (Vithal Rajan) 3; The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 301; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 62; The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 151-152, 162; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 345; The Moonstone’s Curse (Sam Siciliano) 64; "The Queen of the Night" (Donald Thomas) 292, 294; "Dead Man's Manuscript" (I.A. Watson) 173
Moses and Co.-I-Noor diamond: "The Bars of Soap, or The Jew Au Jus" (T.P. Stafford) 273, 278

Kojak, Theo (Kojak TV series)
The Strange Case of the End of Civilisation as We Know It (John Cleese, Jack Hobbs & Joe McGrath) 84-86

Ko-Ko (The Mikado - Gilbert & Sullivan)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 77-83, 85-86, 89
Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 62

Kokochin (Mongol Princess, 13th Century)
Sherlock Holmes The Missing Years: Timbuktu (Vasudev Murthy) 10, 26

Kokovtsov, Vladimir (Russian Prime Minister (1911-14), 1853-1943)
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 176

Kolata, Gina (American Journalist, 1948- )
Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 115

Kolchak, Carl (Kolchak: The Night Stalker - TV series)
Cry of Thunder (Joe Gentile, Andy Bennett & Carlos Magno) 1-6, 46-64, 69-74, 84-93
An Angry Little American Reporter: Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 172-173, 175
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 275

Kolisch, Baron Ignatz (Austrian Chess Player, 1837-1889)
"The Moriarty Gambit" (Fritz Leiber) 306

Koller, Karl (Austrian Ophthalmologist, 1857-1944)
Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 176; The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 111-112; "The Adventure of the Millford Silkworms" (Lavie Tidhar) 28

Komei (Emperor of Japan (1846-1867), 1831-1867)
Dreaming Spies (Laurie R. King) 167

Königstein, Leopold (Austrian Ophthalmologist, 1850-1924)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 111-112

Konstantinides, Charilaos (The Maltese Falcon - Dashiell Hammett)
"The Incident of the Impecunious Chevalier" (Richard Lupoff) 10, 12-13, 20-21

Koot Hoomi Lal Singh (Kashmiri Brahman, Embodiment of the Spiritual Master Kuthumi, and a Founder of the Theosophical Society)
The Second War of the Worlds (George H. Smith) 42-44, 48, 50-56, 58-59, 66, 84, 86, 88-89, 91-92, 98, 107, 118-120, 129, 131
The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 98

Korak (Tarzan series - Edgar Rice Burroughs)
The Adventure of the Three Madmen (Philip José Farmer) 90, 96
John Drummond: "The Adventure of the Fallen Stone" (Win Scott Eckert) 73

Korbut, Olga (Russian Gymnast, 1955- )
PC Corbutt...is doing his gymnastics: Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 158

Korby, Roger (Star Trek - TV series "What Are Little Girls Made of?" episode)
"A One Pipe Problem" (Dana Martin Batory) 64-65; The Light Fantastic (Jeffrey Lang) 244, 258

Kore (Greek Goddess)
The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 3

Koslowski, Bernie (Kate Shugak series - Dana Stabenow)
"The Eyak Interpreter" (Dana Stabenow) 302, 311

Kosminski, Aaron (Ripper Suspect, 1865-1919)
Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 56, 61-62, 117, 132-133, 164, 178, 180-185, 202, 204, 231-232, 331-332, 334-336, 339, 347, 350
Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 72-74, 98, 264-265, 269-279, 281-292, 296, 298, 301, 303-309, 312-316, 318-321
Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 172-177, 196
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 118, 200; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 338; "The Monster of the Age" (Paul Finch) 395; "Sherlock Holmes and the Autumn of Terror" (J.G. Grimmer) 43; Bloodline (Jill Jones) 19; The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 38-39; "Father of the Man" (Stephen Volk) 96; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 45, 150

Kosminski, Mrs (Mother of Aaron Kosminski)
Anatomy of Evil (Will Thomas) 276

Kosminski, Rebecca (Relative of Aaron Kosminski)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 51, 155-158, 284

Kossuth, Lajos (Hungarian Politician, 1802-1894)
The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl (Theodora Goss) 17

Kostaki (The Pale-Faced Lady - Alexander Dumas)
"The Stake and the Sickle" (Brian Gallagher) 94, 96, 98-104
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 53, 56, 78-80, 82, 84, 127-138, 291-297, 351-356, 375-378, 388-391, 397, 434; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 15-16

Koster, John (American Theatrical Entrepreneur, 1844-1895)
Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 111

Kou Liancai (Chinese Imperial Eunuch)
Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 159-160, 165, 170-171, 173-174, 202-203, 225-226, 228-229, 258, 279-280, 304-306

Kouska, Cezar (A Perfect Vacuum - Stanislaw Lem)
The Bookman (Lavie Tidhar) 141

Koveski (The Bells - Leopold Lewis)
"The Hound of the D’Urbervilles" (Kim Newman) 205

Krabs, Mr (Spongebob Squarepants - TV series)
Spongebob Detectivepants: The Case of the Missing Spatula (David Lewman) 1, 3, 5-6, 15

Kraepelin, Emil (German Psychiatrist, 1856-1926)
Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 58; Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 21; "Obsession" (Russel D. McLean) 149

Krafft-Ebing, Richard (German Neurologist, 1840-1902)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 70-72, 77-78, 95, 128, 137, 146-147, 174, 243, 273, 313-314, 331, 444, 458, 497, 499, 518; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 186, 188, 256, 258, 265, 342, 345-348, 359-360, 404, 413, 435, 451, 467; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 33-35, 50, 121, 123, 180, 213, 280, 447; European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 568; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 129; Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 333; The Stuff of Nightmares (James Lovegrove) 158; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 126; "The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 173; "The Case of the Ghosts at Bly" (Donald Thomas) 162; "The Case of the King’s Evil" (Donald Thomas) 77; "The Case of the Naked Bicyclists" (Donald Thomas) 98; "The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 288, 290; Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 92; "A Letter To Posterity From John H. Watson, M.D." (Donald Thomas) 5; "The Queen of the Night" (Donald Thomas) 310; "The Two Failures of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 9

Krafstein (The Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope)
The Zenda Vendetta (Simon Hawke) 81, 157, 171-174, 183

Kraken, The (Sea Beast of Norse Legend)
From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 186-188, 190-193, 196-199, 207-208, 260; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 328-330; Shadowblood (Tracy Revels) 144, 261
"The Case of the Missing Energy" (Colin Bruce) 20, 45; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 79; Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 123; A Study in Silks (Emma Jane Holloway) 50, 54, 72, 423; Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 94; The Dead Can Wait (Robert Ryan) 298; The Second War of the Worlds (George H. Smith) 149; "Fleurs du Mal" (Brian Stableford) 158; "The Giant Rat of Sumatra" (Paula Volsky) 196
The Kraken's Egg Inn: The Adventure of the Dreaming Detective " (Ralph Vaughan) 35, 38

Kramer, Heinrich (German Clergyman, c.1430-1505)
Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 261

Kranon (The Cats of Ulthar - H.P.Lovecraft)
"The Adventure of the Dreaming Detective" (Ralph E. Vaughan) 32

Krasna, Norman (American Screenwriter, 1909-1984)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 194

Kray Gang (London Criminal Gang)
A Three-Pipe Problem (Julian Symons) 176

Krebs, Arthur Constantin (French Engineer, 1850-1935)
The Stuff of Nightmares (James Lovegrove) 219

Kreisler, Fritz (Austrian Violinist, 1875-1962)
Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 314-315
The Case of the Missing Stradivarius (Emanuel E. Garcia) 23; A Study in Crimson (Robert J. Harris) 73; Sherlock Holmes in Australia: The Adventure of the Kidnapped Kanakas (Ken Methold) 1; "Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 218; "The Case of the Sporting Major" (Donald Thomas) 140

Kreskin (American Mentalist, 1935- )
The Ritual (J.N. Williamson) 91

Kretschmar-Schuldorff, Theo Von (The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp - Movie)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 64, 66, 135-136, 163, 176-181, 229-232, 240-242, 244-246, 253-255, 263-264, 266-267, 277-278, 281-282, 312-314, 340-343

Kriegel, John (American Software Engineer)
"The Lost Claus" (B. Uhlenhake) 28-30

Krips, Josef (Austrian Conductor, 1902-1974)
The Case of the Maltese Treasure (Thomas Brace Haughey) 45

Kris Kringle: see Santa Claus

Krishna (Hindu God)
"The Needle's Eye" (Len Bailey) xxix; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 150, 173; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 2; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 153, 155; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 98; The Moonstone’s Curse (Sam Siciliano) 314; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 186, 193
Hare Krishna: Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 12, 21-22

Kristiansen, Kristian (Norwegian Explorer, 1865-1943)
Martin Johannessen Dahl: Sherlock Holmes and the Twelve Thefts of Christmas (Tim Major) 63, 79-81, 83-85, 87, 90, 92

Kristof, Agota (Hungarian Writer, 1935-2011)
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 120, 191

Kristofferson, Kris (American Singer-Songwriter & Actor, 1936- )
"A Study in Harlots" (Fran Lebowitz) 157

Kroehler, Peter E. (American Furniture Manufacturer)
Kroehler Sofa: The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson)

Kröger, Tonio (Tonio Kröger - Thomas Mann)
The Case of Emily V. (Keith Oatley) 365

Krogman, Wilton M. (American Anthropologist & Sherlockian, 1903-1987)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 109

Krogstad (A Doll's House - Henrik Ibsen)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 61

Krolock, Count Von (The Fearless Vampire Killers - Movie)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 66

Kronje, General Piet: see Cronje, Piet

Kronos, Captain (Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter - 1974 Movie)
Kronos Lineage: Sherlock Holmes: The Breath of God (Guy Adams) 103

Krook, Mr. (Bleak House - Charles Dickens)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 127; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 61

Kropotkin, Peter Alekseyevich (Russian Anarchist, 1842-1921)
The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 137-140, 143, 245-246, 248-249, 284
"The Adventure of the Russian Anarchist" (Tony Reynolds) 101-108, 110-116, 120
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 52; "The Disappearing Anarchist Trick" (Andrew Lane) 240; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 265; "The Case of Peter the Painter" (Donald Thomas) 228

Krueger, Freddy (Nightmare On Elm Street series - Movies)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 104

Kruger, Anna (Wife of Paul Kruger)
"The Adventure of the President’s Whisker" (Anonymous) 170

Kruger, Otto (American Actor, 1885-1974)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 81-82, 84, 92, 154, 159, 161-170, 172, 177

Kruger, Paul (South African Politician, 1825-1904)
"The Adventure of the President’s Whisker" (Anonymous) 170-172
"The Return of Picklock" (R.C. Lehmann) 116
Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R.Bensen) 34; "The Puzzle of the Vanishing Laboratory" (Peter Calamai) 20; "The Devil and Sherlock Holmes" (Loren D. Estleman) 17; "Flashman and the Tiger" (George MacDonald Fraser) 298; The Dracula Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 67; "The Adventure of the Faithful Retainer" (Amy Myers) 370; Murder at Sorrow’s Crown (Steven Savile & Robert Greenberger) 285; "The Adventure of the Second Violet" (Daniel Stashower)201; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 156; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 131, 135; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 491
Krugerrand: The Adventure of the Missing Brother (Eugene Edmund Snyder) 158; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 115, 119, 131, 135
Kruger Telegram: Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J. Trow) 462
Paul Krueger Beard: "The Matter of the Solitary Cellist" (David L. Hammer) 73

Krupa, Gene (American Jazz Drummer, 1909-1973)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 114-115

Krupp, Alfred (German Industrialist, 1812-1887)
Camera Obscura (Lavie Tidhar) 368, 509, 588, 649, 654, 656
The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 890-893, 896-897, 899, 911, 916-918, 920-922, 924, 927-928, 941, 964, 984
"The Stoker Memorandum" (Lavie Tidhar) 328, 330-333, 338-339
The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 58; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 105; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 64, 179

Krupp, Friedrich Alfred (German Arms Manufacturer, 1854-1902)
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 553

Krupp Family (German Industrialists)
Against the Brotherhood (Quinn Fawcett) 143, 179; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 102; Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 266
Harveyed-Krupp: "The Case of the Crown Jewels" (Donald Thomas) 67
Krupp-Bosch: The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 185-186
Krupp Company: The Irregular (H.B. Lyle) 80, 104, 108, 210, 262, 269; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 16; "The Case of the Murdering Saint" (Vithal Rajan) 12; Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 365; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 64, 158, 179, 194; Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 49; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 607
Krupp Field Gun: Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 231, 261
Krupp Germania Aktiongesellschaft: The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 7
Krupp Guns: "The Westphalian Ring" (Jeffery Deaver) 55
Krupp Industries: The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 891
Krupp Ironworks: Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 65, 180
Krupp Munitions: Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 68
Krupp's Baby: The Great Game (Lavie Tidhar) 918
Krupps Cannon: Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 184, 190, 192, 195
Krupps Field Artillery: The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 13
Krupps Gun: The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 316

Krupskaya, Nadezhada (Wife of Lenin, 1869-1939)
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 85, 94, 106, 266, 283
The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 171

Kruschev, Nikita (Russian President (1958-64), 1894-1971)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 72; Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 11-12

Krushevan, Pavel (Russian Journalist, 1860-1909)
Pavel Krushenev: The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 159, 161-162, 164, 167-177, 179-182, 184, 186, 199, 205, 212, 214, 216, 218-222, 226-227

Krylov, Ivan (Russian Writer, 1769-1844)
"The Adventure of the Walk-Out Wardrobe" (Julie Ditrich) 231

Krypto (Superboy Comics)
"The Great Superboy Doublecross" (Otto Binder & John Sikela) 11-12

Kryptonite (Superman comics)
"The Great Superboy Doublecross" (Otto Binder & John Sikela) 7-9; "A Triumph of Logic" (Gayle Lynds & John Sheldon) 204

Kschessinska, Mathilde (Polish Ballerina, 1872-1971)
Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 100

Ku Klux Klan (American White Supremacist Society)
"The Steamship Friesland" (Peter Calamai) 193-195
Who Killed Sherlock Holmes? (Paul Cornell) 114, 131
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 169-170, 178, 248
"The Circle of Blood" (Steve Leadley) 63-66
"A Ghost from Christmas Past" (Thomas A. Turley) 145-147, 150
And Then There Was One (Gilbert Adair) 17; "The Downfall of Our Old Friend Sherlock Holmes" (Anonymous) 287; The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 96; "Our Common Correspondent" (Lyndsay Faye) 441; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 202; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 86; The Hounds of the Vatican; or, Holmes’s Last Bow (G. Randolph Holms) 24; "The Hidden Church" (Watkin Jones) 34; The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 104; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 73; "The Second Mask" (Philip Purser-Hallard) 367; Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 59; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 109-110, 268; "The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 77-78; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J. Trow) 165; The Probability Pad (T.A. Waters) 88
Ku-Klux-Klanning: Reply Paid (H.F. Heard) 105
Kluxer: Reply Paid (H.F. Heard) 107

Kuan Yin (Boddhisatva of Compassion)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 28, 36, 44; The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 331
See also: Avalokitesvara

Kuang Hsu (Chinese Emperor (1875-1908), 1871-1908)
"The Adventure of the Celestial Snows" (George Alec Effinger) 334-336, 340, 342-344
"The Curse of Guangxu" (Sam Stone) 250-263, 266-277
Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 73, 80, 109-112, 114-116, 121, 130, 133-139, 144, 146-148, 155, 158-190, 192, 194-196, 199-200, 202-204, 208-209, 211, 213, 217-219, 222-226, 228-229, 232-233, 240, 242-245, 251, 254, 256-260, 263, 265, 271-277, 279-280, 282, 284-287, 292-294, 297, 299-301, 304-309, 312
The Scroll of Greatness (Don Bosco) 35; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 95; No Place Like Holmes (Jason Lethcoe) 50-51, 89-90; wThe Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 105, 155, 158, 187, 256-257; The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 107, 121; Sherlock Holmes's Tibetan Adventure (John F. Rice) 193; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 139, 185; The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Jake & Luke Thoene) 102; Camera Obscura (Lavie Tidhar) 428; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 246, 427; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 312

Kubelik, Jan (Czech Violinist, 1880-1940)
The Case of the Missing Stradivarius (Emanuel E. Garcia) 23; "Moriarty’s Return" (T. Arnold Johnston) 89; "The Adventures of the Moving Picture House"(Wex Jones) 113

Kubert, Joe (Polish-American Comic Book Artist, 1926-2012)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 127

Kubla Khan (Mongol Ruler (1260-94), 1215-1294) / Kubla Khan - Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
Sherlock Holmes The Missing Years: Timbuktu (Vasudev Murthy) 10-11, 13, 26, 27, 42, 47, 49
Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 145, 167; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 187; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 9, 93-94, 105; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 73, 169; Island of the Mad (Laurie R. King) 149; Who Thinks Evil (Michael Kurland) 144; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 232; Sherlock Holmes in Tibet (Richard Wincor) 15

Kubrick, Stanley (American Film-maker, 1928-1999)
And Then There Was One (Gilbert Adair) 7; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 187

Kuhn, Bowie (American Baseball Administrator, 1926-2007)
The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 93

Kuiper, Gerard (Dutch Astronomer, 1905-1973)
Kuiper Belt: "Messengers of Chaos" (G. David Nordley) 99-100

Kukla (Kukla, Fran & Ollie - TV series)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 216

Ku-Klip (The Tin Woodman of Oz - L. Frank Baum)
Visitors from Oz (Martin Gardner) 14, 21-30, 36-37, 58, 66, 68, 98-100, 106, 114, 182

Kukol, Franz (Houdini's German Assistant)
The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 34, 93-94, 99, 110, 116, 118-120, 122-123, 125, 134-135, 153, 171, 178, 181-184, 187, 203-205, 217-221; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 68, 70, 73, 178-179, 181, 322
Franz Schultz: The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man (Daniel Stashower) 31-32, 51-52, 54-56, 82, 93-95, 98, 103-108, 110, 154, 158-159, 172-179, 182, 185, 187-188, 191-194, 202

Kukuanas, The (King Solomon's Mines - H. Rider Haggard)
Allan Quatermain at the Dawn of Time (Thos. Kent Miller) I

Kukulkan (Mayan Snake God)
Prophecy (Ron Marz & Walter Geovani) 9, 11, 40-41, 50, 52-54, 61, 75, 86, 94, 103-107, 114-116

Kulan Gath (Conan the Barbarian comics)
Prophecy (Ron Marz & Walter Geovani) 5-17, 27-32, 36, 38-41, 49-50, 53, 55, 65, 74, 86, 93-95, 102, 111, 116-118, 120-121, 124, 128-131, 135-136, 138-141, 143-148

Kumar, Guran Ditt (Indian Revolutionary)
"Mystery of Warlike Note" (Anonymous) 7

Kun, Bela (Hungarian Politician, 1886-1938)
The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 92

Kundry (Parsifal - Richard Wagner)
"A Death in Venice" (Ted Riccardi) 134, 138

Kung (Chinese Prince, Brother of Emperor Hsien Feng)
"The Adventure of the Celestial Snows" (George Alec Effinger) 336, 338, 340-341, 346

Kunkler, Dr John E. (American Physician, 1838-1889)
Deadly Season (Tim Champlin) 31

Kunstler, William M. (American Lawyer, 1919-1995)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Lizzie Borden Connection" (William Schley-Ulrich) II: 15

Kuranes (Celephais - H.P.Lovecraft)
"The Adventure of the Dreaming Detective" (Ralph E. Vaughan) 23, 30; "The Adventure of the Laughing Moonbeast" (Ralph E. Vaughan) 52

Kurland, Michael (American Author, 1938- )
The Probability Pad (T.A.Waters) 7-17, 19-27, 30-42, 48-51, 54, 56-67, 70-85, 87-102, 104-109, 112-144

Kurosawa, Akira (Japanese Film Director, 1910-1998)
Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 182

Kurr, William (British Conman, De Goncourt Affair)
The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 186, 188, 205-206
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 40-42
"The Case of the Racing Certainty" (Donald Thomas) 22, 45, 55-57, 66, 68, 76-82, 85-90
Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 118-119, 124

Kurten, Peter (German Serial Killer, 'The Dusseldorf Vampire', 1883-1931)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 180-181, 243-245, 256, 312

Kurtz (Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad)
And Then There Was No One (Gilbert Adair) 240

Kuryakin, Illya (The Man From UNCLE - TV series)
The Rainbow Affair (David McDaniel) 14-33, 37-59, 71, 73-74, 79-103, 105-130, 132-149, 153-157
The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 174

Kurzweil, Max (Austrian Artist, 1867-1916)
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Theodora Goss) 262

Kushi, Michio (Japanese Dietician, 1926-2014)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 136

Kushner, Tony (American Playwright, 1956- )
"The Holmes Impersonator" (Janice Law) 92

Kusinitz, Miss (Doctor Who Short Trips: Not In My Back Yard - Eddie Robson)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 52-57, 60, 107, 111, 127, 138, 148-149, 200, 202, 209-211

Kuttner, Henry (American Author, 1915-1958)
Allan Quatermain at the Dawn of Time (Thos. Kent Miller) xxxviii

Kutuzov, Mikhail (Russian Military Officer, 1745-1813)
The Zenda Vendetta (Simon Hawke) 106

Kuwa, George (Japanese Actor, 1885-1931)
The Spy who Fell off the Back of a Bus (Marc Lovell) 112

Kyd, Thomas (English Playwright, 1558-1594)
The Stratford Conspiracy (Michael Mallory) 37; "Sherlock Holmes: The Actor" (Donald Thomas) 280
Kidd: Who Thinks Evil (Michael Kurland) 52

Kyrillos Makarios (Coptic Church Patriarch, 1867-1921)
Sherlock Holmes and the Unholy Trinity (Paul D. Gilbert) 99, 101-102, 140-141, 150

Kyser, Kay (American Bandleader, 1905-1985)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W. Dillard) 138