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Clarence, Albert Edward "Eddy", Duke of (Son of Edward VII, 1864-1892)
The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 144-145, 160, 162-163, 168-171, 177, 195; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 224, 304-305, 348-351, 354, 356, 358-359, 363, 368, 371-372, 381, 389-390; Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 117, 120, 124; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 208-213, 216-218, 220, 239-243, 245, 248-249, 251, 254, 265-268, 274-281, 284-285, 292-293, 329-332, 340, 342-350, 353; Bloodline (Jill Jones) 20-308; "The Adventure of the Missing Detective" (Gary Lovisi) 305, 311, 313-314, 318, 320-323, 329, 335; "The Adventure of the Other Detective" (Bradley H. Sinor) 54-62; "The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 160-161, 170, 174-179, 182, 184, 195; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 108-109, 111-119, 124; Murder by Decree (Robert Weverka) 107-108, 112, 120-121, 124-126, 129-132, 143, 172-173, 176, 178-179
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 118, 200; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 12-13; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 103-104, 106, 243, 409; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 89; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 93; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 237, 243; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 137; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 131, 346; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 12-13, 18-19, 49, 77-78, 113, 149, 161, 187-188 {King Victor}; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 104, 115-116; A Three-Pipe Problem (Julian Symons) 96-97; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 291-292, 296, 307; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 177, 179-180; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 19-20, 200; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 30; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 35, 57; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 160; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 235-236, 238-239, 257, 268-271, 273, 287; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 9; Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 94

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

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

Claridge, Mr & Mrs (19th Century British Hoteliers)
Claridge's: Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 137

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

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

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

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

Clark, William (American Explorer)
Holmes on the Range (Steve Hockensmith) 41

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

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

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

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

Clarke, John Sleeper (American Comedian & Actor, 1833-1899)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 35

Clarke, Micah (Micah Clarke - Arthur Conan Doyle)
Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 131-132

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

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

Claudius (Roman Emperor, Conqueror of Britain (AD41-54), 10BC-AD54)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 59, 61, 89; An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 104

Claudius (Hamlet - William Shakespeare)
"The Case of the Danish Prince" (Miles Kington) 134-137
Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 78, 127, 157, 170-174; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 23, 26, 234, 320-321, 381; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 172; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 411; My Hero (Tom Holt) 13, 60; "The Strange Death of Matthew Tidmore" (Ned Hubbell) 113; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 43

Clausewitz, Carl Von (Prussian Soldier, 1780-1831)
"Three Cases of Relative Honor" (Colin Bruce) 194; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 178-179; From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 82; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 250; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 243; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 257; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 159; The Probability Pad (T.A.Waters) 70
Von Clausewitzian: The Probability Pad (T.A.Waters) 113

Clayton, Alice (Tarzan of the Apes - Edgar Rice Burroughs)
"The Shades of Pemberley" (Win Scott Eckert) 16; The Adventure of the Peerless Peer (Philip José Farmer) 72, 75-77, 98-99

Clayton, John, Lord Greystoke (Tarzan of the Apes - Edgar Rice Burroughs)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 21
"The Shades of Pemberley" (Win Scott Eckert) 16; The Adventure of the Peerless Peer (Philip José Farmer) 72, 75-77, 98-99

Clayton, Sir William Cecil (Tarzan of the Apes - Edgar Rice Burroughs)
"The Shades of Pemberley" (Win Scott Eckert) 15; The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 23-25, 27, 30-32
The Adventure of the Peerless Peer (Philip José Farmer) 76-77, 99-100, 102; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 21

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

Clemenceau, Georges (French Statesman, 1841-1929)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 87, 127, 140
"The Case of the Hygienic Husband" (Donald Thomas) 198; "The Case of the Unseen Hand" (Donald Thomas) 144; "The Queen of the Night" (Donald Thomas) 298; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 211

Clemens, Clara Langdon (Daughter of Mark Twain, 1874-1962)
The Guilty Abroad (Peter J. Heck) 1-295]

Clemens, (Jean) Jane Lampton (Daughter of Mark Twain, 1880-1909)
The Guilty Abroad (Peter J. Heck) 1-295

Clemens, Olivia Langdon (Wife of Mark Twain, 1845-1904)
The Guilty Abroad (Peter J. Heck) 1-295
The Punjat's Ruby (Marian J.A.Jackson) 81

Clemens, Susy (Daughter of Mark Twain, 1872-1896)
The Guilty Abroad (Peter J. Heck) 1-295
The Punjat's Ruby (Marian J.A.Jackson) 81

Clement, St. (Roman Bishop, Pope Clement I, ?-AD100)
St. Clement Danes: The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 82; "The Haunted House" (Watkin Jones) 18; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J. Trow) 61-65, 67, 93, 97, 99, 239
St Clement's Bells: "The Case of Vittoria the Circus Belle" (Jay Sheckley) 306

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

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

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

Cleopatra (Queen of Egypt, (51-30BC), c.69-30BC)
"Mr. Homes Solves A Question of Authorship" (John Kendrick Bangs) 208; The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 59-65, 71-72, 89-92, 97-104, 139-140, 146-147, 152, 155, 159, 167-171, 189-190, 193, 196-197, 199
Young Sherlock Holmes (Alan Arnold) 134; "The Adventure of the Brimstone Chalice" (Dr. Hill Barton) 285; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 237; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 185; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 38, 42, 64; The Disappearing Diplomat (Terrance Dicks) 73; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 162; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 366; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 437; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 309; The Notched Hairpin (H.F.Heard) 123; A Taste for Honey (H.F. Heard) 168; The Game (Laurie R. King) 49; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 315, 322; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 204; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 281; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 170; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 103; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 125-126; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 201; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 209-211, 216
Cleopatra's Needle: Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 111; Arthur and the Purple Panic (Alan Coren) 21; The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 120; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 386; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 267; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 262; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 165; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 53; The Thundering Underground (Jake & Luke Thoene) 34
"This Irish Cleopatra": Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 70

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

Cleveland, Grover (US President (1885-89, 1893-97), 1837-1908)
"Time Patrol" (Poul Anderson) 24; The Adventure of the Dead Rabbits Society (Philip J. Carraher) 9; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 420; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 110-111, 173; Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance (Larry Millett) 254; The Problem of the Missing Miss (Roberta Rogow) 251; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 88; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 88
A new American President: "The Adventure of the Missing Detective" (Gary Lovisi) 335

Clifden, Nellie (Irish Actress, Mistress of Edward VII)
The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 124

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

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

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

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

Clifford, Martin: see Hamilton, Charles

Clifford, Nina (American Madam)
Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 28

Clifford, William Kingdon (British Philosopher, 1845-1879)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 86-87

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

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

Clinton, DeWitt (American Politician, 1769-1828)
Castle Clinton: Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 208

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

Clive, Robert (British Soldier & Statesman, 1725-1774)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 85; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 59; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 92; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 12

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

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

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

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

Clouseau, Inspector Jacques (Pink Panther series)
From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 118
The Cop Catchers (Terrance Dicks) 57; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 132; Bloodline (Jill Jones) 282
Clouzot: The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 136

Clover, Matilda (Murdered by Neill Cream, ?-1891)
"The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 237-329

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cobleigh, Old Uncle Tom ("Widdecombe Fair" Song)
The Moor (Laurie R. King) 7, 144; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 169, 207, 223-224, 238

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

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

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

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

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

Cochrane, Mary Jane: see Mary Jane Kennedy

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

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

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

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

Cocteau, Jean (French Author & Filmmaker, 1889-1963)
Jean-Cocteau Euperry: Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 70, 85

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

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

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

Cody, William: see Buffalo Bill

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

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

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

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

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

Colbert, Jean-Baptiste (French Statesman, 1619-1683)
The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 86

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

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

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

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

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

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (British Poet, 1772-1834)
The Shadow of the Rat (David Stuart Davies) 58; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 137-138, 145, 167; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 187; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 73-74; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 82; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 10; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 48; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 9, 93, 115; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 238; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 36; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 154; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 66; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 171; "The Adventure of 221C" (Steve Punt & Hugh Dennis) 180; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 30-31, 151; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 379; Lestrade and theMagpie (M.J.Trow) 56; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 146; Sherlock Holmes in Tibet (Richard Wincor) 14-15

Coles, Frances (Possible Ripper Victim, ?-1891)
The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 155, 159-161, 164, 180; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 107, 110, 255-263, 400-402
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 104; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 103

Coli, François (French Aviator, ?-1927)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 154

Collier, George (British Coroner, Martha Tabram Inquest)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 85, 87

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

Collingwood, Mary Lutwidge (Sister of Lewis Carroll, 1835-1911)
"Call Me Wiggins" (Norman Schreiber) 79

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

Collins, Albert (Ripper Case - Police Constable who attended the Stride Murder Site)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 196-197, 429, 436

Collins, Barnabas (Dark Shadows - TV series)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 67

Collins, Charles (Brother of Wilkie Collins, Brother-in-law of Charles Dickens, 1828-1873)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 418

Collins, Charles Stockley (British Police Fingerprints Expert)
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 62, 83-85, 227, 246
Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J. Trow) 46

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

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

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

Collins, Lottie (British Music Hall Artiste, 1866-1910)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 170; "The Case of the Woman in the Cellar" (Pat Mullen) 56-57

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

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

Collins, Sam (Irish Vocalist, 1826-1865)
Collins's Music Hall: Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 67

Collins, Wilkie (British Author, 1824-1889)
 The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 52-423; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 86, 91-95, 97-98
Young Sherlock Holmes (Alan Arnold) 175; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 121; "The Case of the Suicidal Lawyer" (Martin Edwards) 387, 396; The Scottish Ploy (Quinn Fawcett) 339; The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 86; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 230; "Years Ago & In A Different Place" (Michael Kurland) 174; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 113; Watson's Choice (Gladys Mitchell) 15; Eye of the Crow (Shane Peacock) 95; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 189; The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist (Roberta Rogow) 277; "Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 215; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 205; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 151

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

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

Colman, Jeremiah (English Businessman)
Colman's Mustard: Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 159; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 47

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

Colossus of Rhodes (One of the Seven Wonders of the World)
Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 84; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 45; "The Eight Pointed Cross" (Bill Paxton) 222; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 143; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 152
Colossi: The Veiled Detective (David Stuart Davies) 56
A / the colossus: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 88, 264, 273; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 419; The Adventure of the Three Madmen (Philip José Farmer) 113; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 232; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 127

Colt, Samuel (American Inventor, 1814-1862)
Colt .32: Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 43, 45, 71, 78, 123, 133, 194, 251, 327, 334, 343
Colt .41: Holmes on the Range (Steve Hockensmith) 131
Colt .44-40: Holmes on the Range (Steve Hockensmith) 88
Colt .45: Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 6, 9; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 59; My Hero (Tom Holt) 54; "The Murder of the Enigmatic Husband" (Ned Hubbell) 204-205, 219, 229; Son of Holmes (John T. Lescroart) 159; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 45; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 109; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 250
Colt Army: Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 12
Colt Automatic: Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 119-121, 123-124
Colt Cap-and-Ball Pistol: Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder (Barrie Roberts) 31, 63
Colt Frontier: Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 168
Colt Model 1873: The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 106
Colt "Peacemaker": The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 106, 154; My Hero (Tom Holt) 218-219; "The Giant Rat of Sumatra" (Orville Horwitz & H.A. Schroeder) 24; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 87; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 12
Colt Pistol: The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 176
Colt Revolver: Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 85-86; Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 127, 133, 165, 170, 191; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 139; The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 57, 84, 105, 113, 139; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 251, 339, 370-374, 389-390, 410, 415; "The Adventure of the Diamond Pins" (Charles Hamilton) 11; "The Very First Affair" (Johan Heliot) 269, 271, 275; Holmes on the Range (Steve Hockensmith) 17, 49; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 227; My Hero (Tom Holt) 43, 158-159, 314; The Game (Laurie R. King) 345; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 93; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 203; Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 246, 264; "Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 162, 174; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 272; Sherlock Holmes and the Masquerade Murders (Frank Thomas) 39, 43; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J. Trow) 100, 110, 230
Double-Action Colt Lightning: Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 188, 206, 208, 213
Navy Colt: "Flashman and the Tiger" (George MacDonald Fraser) 329; My Hero (Tom Holt) 306; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 303, 311; "The Bughouse Caper" (Bill Pronzini) 133, 136, 165, 177-178, 181-182, 186-187

Columba, St. (Irish Missionary, c.521-597)
The Waters of Death (Kel Richards) 42

Columbine (Commedia dell'Arte Character)
The Veiled Detective (David Stuart Davies) 120; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 124, 132; "The Dollmaker of Marigold Walk" (Barbara Hambly) 34, 37; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 201; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 229; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 168; The Problem of the Missing Miss (Roberta Rogow) 33; "A Study In Lavender Lace" (Larry Townsend) 51

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

Columbus, Christopher (Italian Explorer, 1451-1506)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 124-126
"A Full Account of Ricoletti of the Club Foot & His Abominable Wife" (Ian Charnock) 151; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 41; Son of Holmes (John T. Lescroart) 36; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 24; Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 8, 84; Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 147; Basil and the Pygmy Cats (Eve Titus) 62; Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 43
Columbia: The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 75, 151
Columbian Exposition: Holmes on the Range (Steve Hockensmith) 108
Columbus Circle: The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 267, 293, 323; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 268; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 58
Columbus Experience: My Hero (Tom Holt) 192
Columbus Street: Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 340
Pre-Columbian: My Hero (Tom Holt) 192, 284

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Comstock, Henry Thomas Paige (American Prospector, 1820-1870)
Comstock Lode: Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 102

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

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

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

Conan The Barbarian (Conan series - Robert E. Howard)
East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 146

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

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

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

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

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

Confucius (Chinese Philosopher, 551-479)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 7, 14-15, 24-25, 42, 183
Sherlock Holmes and the Egyptian Hall Adventure (Val Andrews) 81; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 29; "The Adventure of the Celestial Snows" (George Alec Effinger) 314; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 56; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 97; The Case of theSecond Séance (Sam McCarver) 72; "Give Me Lib, or Give Me Death" (Rod Reed) 207; "The Case of Vittoria The Circus Belle" (Jay Sheckley) 341; "The Adventure of the Unique Hamlet" (Vincent Starrett) 96; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 128; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 133
Confucianism: The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 92; Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent Miller) 58
Confucianist: The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 200

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

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

Congreve, William (English Dramatist & Poet, 1670-1729)
The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 207

Congreve, Colonel William (British Artilleryman, Developed rockets for use in warfare (c.1790))
Congreve Rockets: From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 24

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