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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)
The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 234; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 171

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cochrane, Mary Jane: see Mary Jane Kennedy

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

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

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

Cock Robin (Nursery Rhyme Character)
"Humpty Dumpty, Did he Fall? Or Was he Pushed?" (Victor G. Ambrus)
Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 135; 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cole, 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; "The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 167; Lestrade and the Magpie (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 Officer & Fingerprints Expert)
Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J. Trow) 486, 499-500, 553, 561
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 62, 83-85, 227, 246
Lestrade and the 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)
Moriarty (John Gardner) 73; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 170; "The Case of the Woman in the Cellar" (Pat Mullen) 56-57; The Case of the Stolen Sparklers (Anthony Read) 21

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

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

Collins, Sam (Irish Vocalist, 1826-1865)
Collins's Music Hall: Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 67; Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 65

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; The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 82; 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
Mr Coleman: Moriarty (John Gardner) 105

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; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 33
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 in the Lost World" (Martin Powell) 138; 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 .38: The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 30, 182-183, 185
Colt .41: Holmes on the Range (Steve Hockensmith) 131
Colt .44-40: Holmes on the Range (Steve Hockensmith) 88
Colt .45: Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 6, 9; The 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; The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 65, 128, 236; 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; "The Seven Walnuts" (Daniel Stashower) 230, 238, 244, 248

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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; The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 77-78; 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)
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 318; 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

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

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

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

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

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

Connery, Sean (British Actor, 1930- )
My Hero (Tom Holt) 222, 243; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 140

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

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

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

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

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

Conquest, Owen: see Hamilton, Charles

Conrad (The Corsair - Byron)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 77-80, 85, 152, 179, 181, 185

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

Conrad, Joseph (Polish-British Novelist, 1857-1924)
Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 190-191
The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 185; The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 22; Pulptime (P.H.Cannon) 71; The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 202; The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 65; "The Riddle of the Golden Monkeys" (Loren D. Estleman) 140; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 264; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon) 52; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 227-228; "The Case of Peter the Painter" (Donald Thomas) 256

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

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

Constable, John (British Artist, 1776-1837)
"The Adventure of the Verger's Thumb" (Basil Copper) 6; The Case of the Missing Masterpiece (Terrance Dicks) 26, 126; Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 88; The Strange Doings of J. Leslie Ryder (Daniel Gracely) 61, 112; Elementary, Mrs Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 13; The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 204; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 67, 239; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 273; "The Case of the Substitute Strangler" (Douglas Moreton) 44; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 15; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman)168; A Puzzle for Sherlock Holmes (Robert Newman) 65, 114, 122; Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 92; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 190; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 186; Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 31; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 115; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 234

Constantine (Roman Emperor (306-337), 285-337)
"The Adventure of the Amateur Mendicant Society" (John Betancourt) 111; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 410; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 342; Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 118; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 87; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 164
Arch of Constantine: Moriarty (John Gardner) 71
Constantine's Arch: Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 82
Constantinian: The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 109

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cook, Captain James (British Explorer, 1728-1779)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 172-174, 178, 180
The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 31, 34; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 54, 67, 80; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 163
Cook Islands: A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 211-213

Cook, John Mason (British Travel Agent, Son of Thomas Cook, 1834-1899)
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 96, 131

Cook, Thomas (British Travel Agent, 1808-1892)
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 275; Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 96, 131; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 266; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 37; "Our American Cousins" (Roberta Rogow) 389
Cook & Son: The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 20
Cook's: The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 310; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 153-154
Cook's Tours: The Scroll of the Dead (David Stuart Davies) 83, 86; Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 60; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 62; Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 45
Thomas Cook & Son: The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 16
Thomas Cook's: The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 244; The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 7, 345; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 96; "The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 170

Cooke, George Alfred (Partner of J.N.Maskelyne)
Sherlock Holmes and the Egyptian Hall Adventure (Val Andrews) 7, 40, 42; Moriarty (John Gardner) 42; The Case of the Vanishing Corpse (Robert Newman) 151

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cooper, Dame Gladys (British Actor & Manager, 1888-1971)
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 173-175, 177-187
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 190

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

Cooper, James Fenimore (American Author, 1789-1851)
The Adventure of the Three Madmen (Philip José Farmer) 149; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 215; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 81

Cooper, Jilly (English Author, 1937- )
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon) 213

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

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

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

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

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

Copernicus, Nicholas (Polish Astronomer, 1473-1543)
"The Case of the Scientific Aristocrat" (Colin Bruce) 9-10; "The Riddle of the Golden Monkeys" (Loren D. Estleman) 150; "The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 151; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 56; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 21
Coepernica Theory: W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 276
Copernican: "Dynamics of a Hanging" (Tony Pi) 333-335
Copernican Theory: "Everything Comes In Circles" (Dana Martin Batory) 16; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 55; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 48
Order of Copernicus: "Dynamics of a Hanging" (Tony Pi) 333

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

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

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

Copperfield, David (David Copperfield - Charles Dickens)
"The Legacy of Rachel Howells" (Michael Doyle) 404; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 27, 80-82; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 69

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

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

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

Corbett, "Gentleman" Jim (American Boxer, 1866-1933)
The Adventure of the Dead Rabbits Society (Philip J. Carraher) 71-72; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 59, 196; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 268

Corbett, Thomas "Boston" (American Frontiersman, 1832-?)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 69, 172
Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (Larry Millett) 147-300

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

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

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

Cordelia (King Lear - William Shakespeare)
Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 181; My Hero (Tom Holt) 59; The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 96; Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 48

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

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

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

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

Corelli, Arcangelo (Italian Composer, 1653-1713)
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 63; Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test (Stanley Shaw) 47

Corelli, Marie (British Novelist, 1855-1924)
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 186, 207, 217-220, 223
"Introducing Mr. Raffles Holmes" (John Kendrick Bangs) 7; "Mr. Homes Solves A Question of Authorship" (John Kendrick Bangs) 210; "Shady Sinners of the Styx" (Lawrence Daniel Fogg) 9, 11-13; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 6; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 413; The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist (Roberta Rogow) 199; "The Case of the Yokohama Club" (Donald Thomas) 315; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 85, 97, 215; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 83; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 26, 72

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

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

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

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

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

Cornwallis-West, George (Husband of Jennie Churchill, 1874-1951)
Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 95-97, 279

Cornwallis West, Mary (Wife of William Cornwallis West, 1856-1920)
"Sherlock Holmes & 'The Woman'" (Michael Harrison) 124; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 93

Cornwallis West, William (British Colonel, later Lord Lascelles, 1835-1917)
"Sherlock Holmes & 'The Woman'" (Michael Harrison) 124

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

Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (French Artist, 1796-1875)
A Three-Pipe Problem (Julian Symons) 128-130, 134; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 300

Correggio, Antonio de (Italian Artist, 1489-1534)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 118

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

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

Cortés, Hernando / Hernan (Spanish Explorer & Conquistador, 1485-1574)
"The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 84; "The Adventure of the Extraterrestrial" (Mack Reynolds) 183

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Costner, Kevin (American Actor, 1955- )
My Hero (Tom Holt) 222

Cotford (Dracula (working notes for) - Bram Stoker)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 109

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

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

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

Cottingley Fairies, The
"The Case of the Yorkshire Fairies" (Joe Cooper)
The Case of the Second Séance (Sam McCarver) 212
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 143
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 237-238
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 21; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon) 88-89; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 180-181, 206, 291; The Moor (Laurie R. King) 26; "The Adventure of the Field Theorems" (Vonda N. McIntyre) 40; "Red Sunset" (Bob Madison) 263; "Angel Down, Sussex" (Kim Newman) 121, 123; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 89, 223; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 152; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 79, 162; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 186
Inspector 'Fairy' Cottingley: Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 49

Cotton, Mary Ann (British Murderer, 1822-1873)
Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 54; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 109; "The Remarkable Worm" (Carolyn Wheat) 205

Coubertin, Baron Pierre Fredi de (French Pedagogue, Revived Olympic Games, 1863-1937)
Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 75

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

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

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

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

Count of Monte Cristo, The: see Dantes, Edmund

Coupeau, Nana: see Nana

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

Courbet, Gustave (French Artist, 1819-1877)
The Strange Doings of J. Leslie Ryder (Daniel Gracely) 60; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 233

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

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

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

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

Coutts, Thomas (Scottish Banker, 1735-1822)
Coutts Bank: The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 21; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J. Trow) 175; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 27, 45, 97

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

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

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

Coward, Noel (British Actor & Playwright, 1899-1973)
Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 115, 218; The Book of the Dead (Robert Richardson) 46; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 105; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 91; "The World According To Uncle Albert" (Penelope Wallace) 147

Cowardly Lion (Oz series - L. Frank Baum)
"Sherlock Holmes in Oz" (Ruth Berman) 438
"The Lion of Draksville" (Julian Rathbone) 145

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cox, Mary Ann (Friend of Mary Kelly, Witness in Jack the Ripper Case)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 102
The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 82

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

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

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

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

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

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