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Finn, Huckleberry (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 83, 207, 226, 245, 266, 286

Finn, Mickey (American Barman)
Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 5, 136, 144
A Mickey; "The Bughouse Caper" (Bill Pronzini) 202
A Mickey Finn: From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 140, 151

Finney, Lieutenant Commander Ben (Star Trek - TV Series "Court Martial" episode)
"The Color of Death" (Dana Martin Batory) 56; "A Nostalgic Country of the Mind" (Dana Martin Batory) 9

Fionguala, Ethelind (Ken's Mystery - Julian Hawthorne)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 67

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

Firpo, Luis (Argentine Boxer, 1894-1960)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 9, 150, 192, 220-221
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 135

Firth, Thomas (British Steelmaker)
Thomas Firth & Sons: "The Adventure of the Forgetful Assassin" (M.J. Elliott) 103

Firuz (Turkish Emir during the First Crusade)
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 146

Fish, Fisher Tarleton (Billy Bunter series - Charles Hamilton)
Sherlock Holmes and the Greyfriars School Mystery (Val Andrews) 12, 31-33, 61, 63, 69-70

Fisher, John Arbuthnot, 1st Earl (British Admiral & First Sea Lord, 1841-1920)
The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 27, 176-177, 189, 203, 210; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 19-21, 26-28; "The Case Of the Greek Key" (Donald Thomas) 99-111, 116-118, 121, 131, 145, 150, 159, 163-164; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 120, 164-166, 196-200, 241
The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 344; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 226; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 107, 265-266

Fisk, James (American Financier, 1834-1872)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 76
Fisk Family: Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 67

Fiske, Minnie Maddern (American Actress, 1865-1932)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 245

Fitzgerald, Barry (Irish Actor, 1888-1966)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 61

Fitzgerald, Edward (English Poet & Translator, 1809-1883)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 104; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 84-85

Fitzgerald, Edward (Father of F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1853-1931)
Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 159, 161-162

Fitzgerald, Edward (American Hotel Worker, Carrie Brown Murder Case)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 28

Fitzgerald, Ella (American Jazz Singer, 1918-1996)
"The Singularge Experience of Miss Anne Duffield" (John Lennon) 225; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 17

Fitzgerald, F. Scott (American Author, 1896-1940)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 26, 33; The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 129; Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 285-286; The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 33

Fitzgerald, George Robert 'Fighting' (Irish Duellist, 1748-1786)
"The Adventure of the Persistent Marksman" (Lillian de la Tour) 244

Fitzgerald, John (American Politician, Father of Rose Kennedy, 1863-1950)
The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 145

Fitzgerald, Mary "Mollie" McQuillan (Mother of F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1860-1936)
Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 159, 161-162

Fitzgerald, Zelda (Sayre) (Wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1900-1948)
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 49

Fitzhamon, Robert (Norman Lord of Gloucester, c.1064-1107)
Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 98

Fitzosbern, Osbern (Bishop of Exeter (1072-1103), c.1027-1103)
Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 49

Fitzroy, Robert (British Naval Officer, Captain of HMS Beagle, 1805-1865)
"The Adventure of the Naturalist's Stock Pin" (John L. Breen) 188; Sherlock Holmes' Lost Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 153

Fitzsimmons, Bob (British Prize-Fighter, 1862-1917)
Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 129

Fitzstephen, James Lynch (15th Centure Mayor of Galway)
"Victor Lynch the Forger" (Terry McGarry) 33

Fitzstephen, Walter (Son of James Lynch Fitzstephen)
"Victor Lynch the Forger" (Terry McGarry) 33

Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam (British Nobleman, 1745-1816)
Fitzwilliam Museum: Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 31, 124, 128-129

Five Kings, The (Kim - Rudyard Kipling)
The Game (Laurie R. King) 13, 24; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) xxii, xxiv, 7

Five Pointers, The (New York Gang)
The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 163

Fix, Mr (Around the World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 33-42, 71-81, 83-84, 86-89, 108, 113-124, 126-128, 144-155; "The Very First Affair" (Johan Heliot) 263, 266, 269

Flambeau (Father Brown series - G.K.Chesterton)
The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 7, 10, 13

Flamingo Croquet Mallets (Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 26

Flammarion, Camille (French Astronomer, 1842-1925)
"The Very First Affair" (Johan Heliot) 259, 268; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 85

Flanagan, Father (Boys Town - Movie)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 69

Flanagan, Thomas (Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 12-15, 17, 40

Flash, The / Barry Allen / Jay Garrick (Comic Book Character - Gardner Fox & Harry Lampert)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 141

Flashman, Harry (Tom Brown's Schooldays - Thomas Hughes)
"Flashman and the Tiger" (George MacDonald Fraser) 295-342
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 188

Flaubert, Gustave (French Author,1821-1880)
The Star of India (Carole Buggé) 161-162; "The Adventure of the Christmas Bear" (Bill Crider) 169; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 20, 58, 148; The Strange Doings of J. Leslie Ryder (Daniel Gracely) 56-57; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 195; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 146; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 101; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 181; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 56-57; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 68; "Voiceover" (Edward Wellen) 226; The Monster of St. Marylebone (Wayne Worcester) 30

Flavia, Princess (The Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope)
Sherlock Holmes and the Hentzau Affair (David Stuart Davies) 15-22, 24, 52, 61-63, 66, 98-101, 113, 115-127, 130-132, 135, 142-144, 147-149
The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 36-37; "A Shambles in Belgravia" (Kim Newman) 190

Flavius Silva (Roman Legion Commander)
O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 141

Flaybum, Miss (Bride of the Birch - Anonymous)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 36

Fleance (Macbeth - William Shakespeare)
"The Adventure of the Global Traveler" (Anne Lear) 74

Fleet, Frederick (Lookout on the Titanic, 1887-1965)
"Two Roads, No Choices" (Dean Wesley Smith) 153
Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 221

Fleetwood (British Train Driver, Killed in the Grantham Rail Disaster, ?-1906)
Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 18-22, 34, 57

Fleischmann, Samuel (London Tailor, Rented Premises Burned Down in the Sidney Street Siege)
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 135

Fleming, Alexander (British Bacteriologist, Discovered Penicillin, 1881-1955)
Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 110-112, 123-125, 128
Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 188; Basil and the Lost Colony (Eve Titus) 56

Fleming, Ian (British Author, 1908-1964)
"Hall of Fame" (A. Bertram Chandler) 42; Son of Holmes (John T. Lescroart) 12, 14; "The Case of the Ups and Downs" (Douglas Moreton) 84; Death of a Scavenger (Keith Spore) 74
Commander Flemming: The Adventure of the Dreaming Detective (Ralph E. Vaughan) 5, 9-10, 16, 20-22, 47

Fleming, Rhonda (American Actress, 1923- )
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 80, 82, 84, 153, 177-178, 182

Fletcher, J(oseph) S(mith) (British Author, 1863-1935)
"The Omnibus Murder" (R.E. Swartwout) 128

Fletcher, Jessica (Murder She Wrote - TV series)
The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (James Anderson) 1-166

Fletcher, P.W. (Ship's Bugler Aboard the Titanic, 1886(?)-1912)
Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 68

Fletcher, Sir Walter (British Secretary of the Medical Research Council, 1873-1933)
"The Enchanted Garden" (H.F. Heard) 142

Fleurette: see Petrie, Fleurette

Fliess, Wilhelm (German Physician, 1858-1928)
Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 138, 188
The Case of Emily V. (Keith Oatley) 44, 128

Flinders, Matthew (British Explorer, 1774-1814)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Mummy's Curse" (H. Paul Jeffers) 86

Flint, Sir William Russell (British Artist, 1880-1969)
East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 43

Flite, Miss (Bleak House - Charles Dickens)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 128-129

Flood, Frederick Solly (Attorny General for Gibraltar, 1801-1888)
"The Abandoned Brigantine" (Sam Benady) 11, 25

Flora (Lola Montez's Poodle)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 140

Floral Sisters, The (American Vaudeville Act)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 162

Florodora Sextet, The (Chorus Girls of the Musical Floradora)
"The Anomaly of the Empty Man" (Anthony Boucher) 33

Fludd, Robert (British Philosopher, 1574-1637)
"The Case of the Fiery Messengers" (Ron Weighell) 8; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 23

Flush (Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Spaniel)
Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 375

Flying Dutchman, The (The Flying Dutchman - Wagner)
Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 183; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 60, 64, 74; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 85

Flying Robert (Struwwelpeter - Heinrich Hoffman)
The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 151, 177, 181, 187, 189-190, 196-197

Flying Scotsman, The (British Railway Train)
The Flying Scotsman (Quinn Fawcett) 81-308; "The Adventure of the Iron Box" (Ken Greenwald) 155-157; "Sherlock Holmes and the White Lady of Featherstone" (Tony Lumb) 4-7
"The Omnibus Murder" (R.E. Swartwout) 128

Flynn, Errol (American Actor, 1909-1959)
The Cinema Swindle (Terrance Dicks) 63; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 41; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 127; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 81; Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 157

Foch, General Ferdinand (French Commander of Allied Armies - World War I, 1851-1929)
Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 17-281

Fogg, Phileas (Around The World In 80 Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 1-18, 20, 22, 24-74, 76-132, 134, 136-142, 144-155; "The Very First Affair" (Johan Heliot) 258-277; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 13-15, 23-24, 26, 29, 37-40, 42, 45, 47-48, 53-54, 57, 62, 64, 66, 68-69, 76, 82-89, 91, 120-125, 127, 130, 136, 140, 144-145, 148, 151-155, 161, 165, 167-168, 171, 177-178, 184, 187-187, 189-190, 198, 202, 208, 210-212, 214-215, 217-219, 221-229, 232, 239-253; "Mouse and the Master" (Brian M. Thomsen) 141, 143-144
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 39; "The Adventure of the Russian Grave" (William Barton & Michael Capobianco) 32; The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 138; From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 80; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 217; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 118; "The Case of the Man Who Was Wanted" (Arthur Whitaker) 56

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fonda, Jane (American Actress, 1937- )
San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 179

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ford, Henry (Founder of Ford Motor Cars, 1863-1947)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 53; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 57, 176; A Taste for Honey (H.F.Heard) 35; "The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 167; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 67
Ford Motor Car: Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 12; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 318; The Moor (Laurie R. King) 242; Son of Holmes (John T. Lescroart) 88, 98, 161, 237; Creighton's Castle (Miriam Lynch) 9; Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 149; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J. Trow) 132; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J. Trow) 85
Ford Motor Company: Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 207
Ford Runabout: "The Incriminating Glove" (Ned Hubbell) 184
Ford Sedan: Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 1, 6, 72, 95, 106, 169, 229, 240
Ford Transit: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon) 203-204
Ford Tri-motor: "The Shades of Pemberley" (Win Scott Eckert) 40
Model T Ford: Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 91; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 69; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 1, 3

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

Ford, John T. (American Theatre Manager, 1829-1894)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 132, 139
Ford's Theatre: The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 60, 94, 112, 131-136, 140, 145-146, 148-150, 205, 227, 232-234, 237, 249, 255, 257, 288, 292, 334

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

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

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

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

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

Formby, George (British Entertainer, 1904-1961)
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 46, 56-57, 91, 99, 165, 204-205, 239, 241-247, 251-255, 257-261, 283, 290, 338, 369-370, 373
The Book of the Dead (Robert Richardson) 172

Forrest, Nathan Bedford (American Confederate General, 1821-1877)
Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 84

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

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

Forster, John (British Critic & Biographer, 1812-1876)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 265, 384, 388, 405, 408, 412, 414, 418; "Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 221, 225

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

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

Forsyte, Soames (The Forsyte Saga - John Galsworthy)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 310

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

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

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

Fort, Charles (American Collector of Oddities, 1874-1932)
"The Adventure of the Man Who Never Laughed" (J.N.Williamson) 145-146, 159
"The Anomaly of the Empty Man" (Anthony Boucher) 31; "The Adventure of the Extraterrestrial" (Mack Reynolds) 167

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

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

Fortinbras (Hamlet - William Shakespeare)
"The Case of the Danish Prince" (Miles Kington) 138-139
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 234, 320; My Hero (Tom Holt) 166; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 43; "The Case of the Vatican Cameos" (June Thomson) 141; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 171-172, 177

Fortnum, William (17th/18th Century British Footman & Grocer)
Fortnum & Mason: The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 69; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 250-252; Moriarty (John Gardner) 89; The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 99, 145; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 196; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 112, 176, 194; No Ordinary Terror (J. Brooks Van Dyke) 31
Fortnum's: W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 191, 275; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 124, 134

Fortuna (Roman Goddess of Chance)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 68

Fortune, Dame (Personification of Luck or Fate)
The Adventure of the Three Madmen (Philip José Farmer) 123; Embassy Row (Quinn Fawcett) 156; Sherlock Holmes and the Boulevard Assassin (John Hall) 77; Elementary, Mrs Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 132; "The Adventure of the Arab's Manuscript" (Michael Reaves) 278; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 46
Blind Fortune: The Holmes-Dracula File (Fred Saberhagen) 75, 115, 145, 156, 185
Lady Fortune: Sherlock Holmes ~ The Way of All Flesh (Daniel Ward) 40, 42

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

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

Fortune, Reggie (Reggie Fortune series - H.C.Bailey)
"Murder in the Library" (Harold Gray) 171-172

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

Fosbery, George Vincent (British Soldier, 1832-1907)
Webley-Fosbery: The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 169

Fosco, Count (The Woman In White - Wilkie Collins)
"The Queen of the Night" (Donald Thomas) 296, 298

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

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

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

Fouquet, Nicolas (French Minister, 1615-1680)
The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 86

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

Fowell, Lt. Newton Plomer (British Soldier killed at Maiwand, ?-1880)
Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 11-13

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

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

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

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

Fox, Margaret (?-1893) & Kate (?-1892) (American Mediums)
Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 23; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 13; The Guilty Abroad (Peter J. Heck) 208; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 36; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 95

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

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

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

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

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

Fragonard, Jean-Honore (French Painter, 1732-1806)
The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 94; "The Adventure of the Connoisseur" (Paul D. Gilbert) 14; "Holmlock Shears Arrives Too Late" (Maurice Leblanc) 22; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 61; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 64; "The Case of the Itinerant Yeggman" (June Thomson) 171
Fragonard-blue: Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 10

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

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

France, Cpl. T. (Soldier at Balaclava)
Brigade (M.J.Trow) 211

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

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

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

Francis of Assisi, St. (Italian Preacher, 1182-1226)
The Barker Street Regulars (Susan Conant) 20; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 28; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 145, 228; The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 161; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 130; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 62; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 92; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 26
Franciscan: "The Adventure of the Brimstone Chalice" (Dr. Hill Barton) 281; The Quest for Bowie's Blade (J.T. Edson) 1; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 143, 145; "The Accidental Murderess" (H. Paul Jeffers) 52; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 92
San Franciscan: San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 188; "The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 460
San Francisco: Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 8, 37, 94, 118; Dr Jekyll and Mr Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 247; The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 83, 112-113, 115, 119, 137; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 10, 15, 17, 19, 28, 35, 28, 46, 61, 63-64, 68, 88, 125, 133, 139-140, 145, 147, 169, 188, 200; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 19; My Hero (Tom Holt) 214; The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 1, 3, 11, 14, 16, 19, 23, 25, 27-28, 34, 36, 53, 59, 73, 77, 83, 97, 110, 112, 120, 126, 138-140, 165, 172, 206, 238-241, 292, 303, 308, 312, 321, 353; Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 131, 136, 148, 182, 187, 211, 213, 236, 250, 254, 260, 265, 275, 296, 336, 348, 369, 381; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 45; "The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 460-465, 470; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 131; Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 226; Evolution (John Peel) 100; Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder (Barrie Roberts) 32; "Second Fiddle" (Kristine Kathryn Rusch) 279-280; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 309; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 117, 127, 131
S„o Francisco Square: A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 230
St Francis Hotel: The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 169; Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 25, 27, 29, 31, 79, 90, 141, 152, 156, 164, 196, 210, 218, 237, 253, 301, 314, 325, 331, 347, 379, 384, 387-388, 399

Francis Xavier, St. (Spanish Missionary, 1506-1552)
S‚o Francisco Xavier: A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 204