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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Crandon, Mina (American Spirit Medium, 1888-1941)
The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 35

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

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

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

Cranmer, Thomas (Archbishop of Canterbury, 1489-1556)
"The Adventure of the Brimstone Chalice" (Dr. Hill Barton) 285-286

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

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

Cratchit, Bob (A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens)
"The Adventure of the Three Ghosts" (Loren D. Estleman) 103-105, 109, 120
"The Adventure of the Christmas Ghosts" (Bill Crider) 200, 205-206, 208, 210

Cratchit, Martha (A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens)
"The Adventure of the Three Ghosts" (Loren D. Estleman) 105

Cratchit, Mrs. (A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens)
"The Adventure of the Three Ghosts" (Loren D. Estleman) 105

Cratchit, Peter (A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens)
"The Adventure of the Three Ghosts" (Loren D. Estleman) 105

Cratchit, Timothy: see Tiny Tim

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Crazy Horse (Sioux Leader, 1849-1877)
Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 190

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Crisparkle, Reverend (The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Charles Dickens)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 35-407
"Sherlock Holmes and the Drood Mystery" (Edmund Pearson) 156-157, 159, 162
The Disappearance of Edwin Drood (Peter Rowland) 17-173
"Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 222, 224-225

Crispin, Edmund (British Author, 1921-1978)
San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 134

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

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

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

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

Crockett, Davy (American Frontiersman, 1786-1836)
The Quest for Bowie's Blade (J.T. Edson) 1-4, 9, 14; "The Case of Colonel Crockett’s Violin" (Gillian Linscott) 153-154, 159-161, 163, 169-174
Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 52; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 121

Crocodile, The (Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 37, 64, 135

Croesus (KIng of Lydia, ?-546BC)
Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 243; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 402; The Adventure of the Peerless Peer (Philip José Farmer) 101; The Evil in Pemberley House (Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert) 110; "The Strange Affair At Glastonbury" (Eddie Maguire) 33; The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 113; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 169; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 122; Dr. Mortimer and the Aldgate Mystery (Gerard Williams) 117
Croesus-like: Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 49
Rich as Croesus: Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 79; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 182; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 66
Wealthy as Croesus: No Ordinary Terror (J. Brooks Van Dyke) 210

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

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

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

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

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

Cromer, Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of (British Diplomat, 1841-1917)
Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 113, 115, 119, 140, 142, 292-294
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 31; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 129

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

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

Cromwell, Oliver (Lord Protector of England (1653-58), 1599-1658)
The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 53-66, 69-72, 88, 119, 144, 161, 233-236, 238-239, 249, 272, 279-280, 282-283, 286, 296-299, 307
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Seven (Val Andrews) 54; Young Sherlock Holmes (Alan Arnold) 22; The Glendower Conspiracy (Lloyd Biggle Jr.) 279; The Quallsford Inheritance (Lloyd Biggle Jr.) 126; The Italian Secretary (Caleb Carr) 95; Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 117, 142; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 101; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 76; "The Legacy of Rachel Howells" (Michael Doyle) 415, 428; Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 57, 226, 237; Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Raleigh Legacy (L.B.Greenwood) 90, 153; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 256; "The Matter of the Assassination League" (David L. Hammer) 49; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 337; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 123; Death By Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 237; "The Adventure of Exham Priory" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 384; The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas (Tracy Mack & Michael Citrin) 134; The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 83; "The Lion of Draksville" (Julian Rathbone) 153; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 4; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 323; "The Blue Eyed Dog" (Frank Thomas) 60; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 23; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 49, 133; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 218; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 81; No Ordinary Terror (J. Brooks Van Dyke) 290; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 37; "The Adventure of the Angel's Trumpet" (Carolyn Wheat) 284; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 276
Cromwell House: The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 238
Cromwellian: Time for Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 127; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 235, 279; Elementary, Mrs Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 147
Cromwellism: The Glendower Conspiracy (Lloyd Biggle, Jr.) 91
Cromwell's Men: Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Raleigh Legacy (L.B.Greenwood) 154, 156; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 236-237; The Dark Water (David Pirie) 125
Modern-Day Cromwell: The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 151
Oliver's Men: The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 234, 236-238, 246, 249, 294-295, 306

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

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

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

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

Cronkite, Walter (American Broadcaster, 1916- )
The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror (Daniel Pinkwater) 483

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

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

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

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

Crosby, Bing (American Singer & Actor, 1904-1977)
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 176; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 61

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

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

Cross, Charles (Ripper Case, Carman who Discovered Nichols' Body)
Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 25
George Cross: The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 30, 41
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 168

Cross, Richard Assheton, Viscount (British Home Secretary (1874-80), 1823-1914)
The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 118-126
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 41; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 56, 60
The Home Secretary: Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 191

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

Crouch, Benjamin (British Resurrectionist)
Robert Crouch: "The Adventure of the St Marylebone Ghoul" (Bill Crider) 155

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

Crowley, Aleister (British Occultist, 1875-1947)
"Exalted are the Forces of Darkness" (Leigh Blackmore) 179, 185, 192-208
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) v-vi, 50-53, 69-78, 81-97, 99-101, 107-111, 117-130, 134-150, 152
Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 7-8, 14, 18-20, 29-30, 34-41, 44-47, 50-53, 55-72, 83, 93-94, 98, 108-109, 113, 115-132, 136, 140-142, 144-162, 164-171
"The Haunted House" (Watkin Jones) 22-23
"The Hidden Church" (Watkin Jones) 36, 49, 55, 57-62
"The Scarlet Woman" (Watkin Jones) 82-84, 122-123
"The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 469-481
"Angel Down, Sussex" (Kim Newman) 127-130, 132-140
Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 44, 46-47, 50-57, 67, 74-75, 80-81, 98, 100
"The Case of the Fiery Messengers" (Ron Weighell) 12-15, 17, 21, 23 {as Edward Crowley}
The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 120-124, 137-140, 142, 200-204, 267, 269, 322-325
The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 233
Christopher Frawley: "The Tragic Case of the Child Prodigy" (William Patrick Maynard) 107-121, 123
My Hero (Tom Holt)163; The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 152-153, 311; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 396; "The Adventure of the Angel's Trumpet" (Carolyn Wheat) 286

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

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

Crowley, Rose: see Rose Kelly

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

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

Cruikshank, George (British Illustrator, 1792-1878)
Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 52; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 121

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

Crusoe, Robinson (Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe)
"Eve Times Four" (Poul Anderson) 189; Sherlock Holmes and the Man Who Lost Himself (Val Andrews) 70; Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Seven (Val Andrews) 57; The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 55, 57, 174; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 228; "The Kohinoor Gem Shop Burglary" (Ned Hubbell) 125; Sherlock Holmes and the Skull of Death (Robert E. McClellan) 9; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 118; The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist (Roberta Rogow) 129; Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test (Stanley Shaw) 73; "Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 215; The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 159; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 99; Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 138

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

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

Cthulhu (The Call of Cthulhu - H.P. Lovecraft)
"The Adventure of the Ancient Gods" (Ralph Vaughan) 26, 28-33
"Nightmare in Wax" (Simon Clark) 425, 430; "The Adventure of the Antiquarian's Niece" (Barbara Hambly) 172; "Art in the Blood" (Brian Stableford) 125
Cthulhu (spaceship): "The Interrupted Game" (Dana Martin Batory) 125

Cthulhu Mythos (Cthulhu Stories - H.P.Lovecraft & Others)
"A Case of Royal Blood" (Steven-Elliot Altman) 78-93
"Tiger! Tiger!" (Elizabeth Bear) 30-47
"The Curious Case of Miss Violet Stone" (Poppy Z. Brite & David Ferguson) 143, 151-153
"Nightmare in Wax" (Simon Clark) 420-438
"A Study In Emerald" (Neil Gaiman) 1-24
"The Adventure of the Antiquarian's Niece" (Barbara Hambly) 170-188
"The Drowned Geologist" (CaitlÌn R. Kiernan) 303, 310-311
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 52, 111, 189, 211-213, 220-222, 259, 262-299, 303
"The Weeping Masks" (James Lowder) 113-115
"The Adventure of Exham Priory" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 378-391
"The Mystery of the Worm" (John Pelan)
"The Case of the Wavy Black Dagger" (Steve Perry) 54-59
"The Adventure of the Arab's Manuscript" (Michael Reaves) 272-294
"Art in the Blood" (Brian Stableford) 119-137
The Adventure of the Ancient Gods (Ralph Vaughan) 7-8, 14-16, 18--23, 26-34
"The Adventure of the Dreaming Detective " (Ralph Vaughan) 11, 15-49
"The Adventure of the Laughing Moonbeast" (Ralph E. Vaughan) 52-61
Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 3-10, 14-17, 23-30, 35-44, 46-47, 52-54, 56-62, 65-66, 68-79, 81-82, 85-89, 94-98, 100-101, 104, 108-110, 113-119, 121
"The Giant Rat of Sumatra" (Paula Volsky) 177-196
The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 42, 82, 89, 171, 202, 230, 258-259, 261, 274, 305
A Night in the Lonesome October (Roger Zelazny) 1-280
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 92, 231; Pulptime (P.H.Cannon); "Emily’s Kiss" (James A. Moore) 85-86, 100; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 169

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Culme-Seymour, Laura (Daughter of Sir Michael Culme-Seymour)
"The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 161-163, 175-179, 182

Culme-Seymour, Mary (Daughter of Sir Michael Culme-Seymour)
"The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 162-164, 167, 175-179, 182

Culme-Seymour, Sir Michael (British Admiral)
"The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 161, 163, 175-176, 179

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

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

Cumley, PC. (Neill Cream Case)
"The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 284-286

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

Cunard, Sir Samuel (Canadian-British Shipowner, 1787-1865)
Cunard Line: Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 32; The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 15; The Italian Secretary (Caleb Carr) 30; The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 122; The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 105, 158; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 25, 52-53, 63, 103-104, 106, 131, 145, 149, 245, 254, 257, 275, 344-345; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 32; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 291; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 44; "The Adventure of the Old Russian Woman" (H. Paul Jeffers) 24; "Sherlock Holmes and the Mummy's Curse" (H. Paul Jeffers) 93; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 58-59; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 3; Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 16
Cunarder: Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 18; Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 151

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

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

Cupid (Roman God of Love)
"Introducing Mr. Raffles Holmes" (John Kendrick Bangs) 3, 18; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 386; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 93; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 129; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 93; Sherlock Holmes and the Adler Papers (John Hall) 11; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 214; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 7; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 171; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 109; Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 242; "The Adventure of the Faithful Retainer" (Amy Myers) 371-372; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 28; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 200; "The Case of Vittoria the Circus Belle" (Jay Sheckley) 295; Death of a Scavenger (Keith Spore) 290; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 70; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 72, 220
Cupidity: Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 9; A Taste for Honey (H.F. Heard) 199; The Dark Water (David Pirie) 116, 320; Sherlock Holmes and the American Angels (Barrie Roberts) 121
Cupid's Arrow: The Spy who Fell off the Back of a Bus (Marc Lovell) 87; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 192
Cupid's Bow: The Haunting of Torre Abbey (Carole Buggé) 25; "Angel Down, Sussex" (Kim Newman) 112; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 79-80
Cupid's Dart: The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 210

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

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

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

Curie, Marie (Polish-French Chemist, 1867-1934)
The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 65, 75, 77-8, 87, 92-98, 102, 125, 127-130
The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 122, 145, 158-164, 188, 280, 285
"The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 32-34
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 173-174
"The Mystery of the Addleton Curse" (Barrie Roberts) 243-245
"The Adventure of the Dying Ship (Edward D. Hoch) 122; Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 104; The Case of Emily V. (Keith Oatley) 310; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 47, 195; "Sherlock Holmes and the Chinese Junk Affair" (Roy Templeman) 47; Basil In Mexico (Eve Titus) 19; The Adventure of the Ancient Gods (Ralph Vaughan) 34; "The Adventure of the Dreaming Detective " (Ralph Vaughan) 17

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

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

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

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

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

Curtis, Sir Henry (Allan Quatermain - H. Rider Haggard)
The Adventure of the Peerless Peer (Philip José Farmer) 107-109; The Adventure of the Three Madmen (Philip José Farmer) 155-156

Curtis, Tony (American Actor, 1925- )
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 71

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

Curtiss, Glenn Hammond (American Aviator, 1878-1930)
Curtiss-Jenny: Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 255-262, 296

Curtiz, Michael (Hungarian Director, 1888-1962)
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 19

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

Curzon, Lord, Baron Curzon of Kedleston (British Foreign Secretary & Viceroy in India, 1859-1925)
The Case of the Second Séance (Sam McCarver) 106-109, 112, 157-158, 204, 207, 210
"The Case of the Viceroy's Assistant" (Ted Riccardi) 12, 16-18, 20, 26-27, 29-35, 37-38
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 160-166, 171, 217, 220
The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 51; The Game (Laurie R. King) 10, 13; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 153; "The Case of the French Savant" (Ted Riccardi) 95; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 155; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 152

Cushing, Peter (British Actor, 1913-1994)
"The Curious Computer" (Peter Lovesey) 230

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

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

Custer, George Armstrong (American General, 1839-1876)
"The Adventure of the White City" (Bill Crider) 181, 188; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 292, 295; "The Musgrave Version" (George Alec Effinger) 17; "Flashman and theTiger" (George MacDonald Fraser) 298; "Excerpts from an Unpublished Memoir Found In the Basement of the Home for Retired Actors" (Steve Hockensmith) 51; "The Giant Rat of Sumatra" (Orville Horwitz & H.A.Schroeder) 24; The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 294; Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 71; Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder (Barrie Roberts) 103; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 49, 69, 133, 143; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 26; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 176
Custer's Last Stand: The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 274; "The Song at Twilight" (Michael Walsh) 334
George Armstrong Custer High School: The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death (Daniel Pinkwater) 363-365, 377

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Czolgosz, Leon (Assassinated William McKinley, 1873-1901)
"The Devil and Sherlock Holmes" (Loren D. Estleman) 17; The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 147; Sherlock Holmes and the American Angels (Barrie Roberts) 31, 72-73, 91