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

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

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

Kid Dropper: see Kaplan, Nathan

Kidd, Captain William (British Pirate, 1645-1701)
"Sherlock Holmes Boards A Pirate Craft" (Anon.) 34-35; The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 1-9, 11, 17, 19-21, 42-46, 53, 55, 58, 72-77, 80-81, 84, 87-89, 92, 104, 130, 139-157, 159-160, 166-167, 179-186, 188, 202-203
"Shady Sinners of the Styx" (Lawrence Daniel Fogg) 11; The Patient's Eyes (David Pirie) 205-206

Kierkegaard, Søren (Danish Philosopher, 1813-1855)
"And The Rest" (C.D. Ewing) 359; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 48, 91, 94, 109, 321

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

Killeen, Dr Timothy Robert (British Doctor, Coducted Post-Mortem on Martha Tabram)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 86

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

Kilvert, John (Soldier at Balaclava)
Brigade (M.J.Trow) 204-401

Kim (Kimball O'Hara) (Kim - Rudyard Kipling)
The Game (Laurie R. King) 7-14, 19-20, 22-29, 43, 87-92, 95-97, 124-125, 140-142, 156-159, 161, 164, 168, 171, 242, 253-255, 258-260, 265-266, 292-299, 302-303, 311, 321-347, 349-359, 364-365
Kim's Game: The Game (Laurie R. King) 14

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

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

Kim's Lama (Kim - Rudyard Kipling)
The Game (Laurie R. King) 22, 24-29, 43, 90, 327

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

King, Laurie R. (American Author)
The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) xi-xv

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

King, Mr (Chinese Boss, Sax Rohmer's Inspiration for Fu Manchu)
"The Riddle of the Golden Monkeys" (Loren D. Estleman) 145-148, 150, 152-153
Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 55, 78-79

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

King, Stephen (American Author, 1947- )
My Hero (Tom Holt) 52; The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 115

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

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

King Kong (Giant Gorilla in "King Kong" Movies)
 The Case of the Missing Masterpiece (Terrance Dicks) 91; The Cinema Swindle (Terrance Dicks) 68; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 63; The Probability Pad (T.A.Waters) 42

King of Hearts, The (Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll)
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 113; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 84, 128

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

Kingsley, Charles (British Writer, 1819-1875)
Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 94; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 29

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kipling, Carrie (Wife of Rudyard Kipling)
Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 455, 471-472

Kipling, Rudyard (British Author, 1865-1936)
Evolution (John Peel) 21-22, 44-48, 69, 79-80, 84-86, 93-95, 100105, 107-108, 110-111, 114-115, 117, 127, 144, 190-191, 194-196, 198, 206-207, 238-239, 242-244, 246-248, 251, 254-255; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 453-458, 471-481, 549; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 144-147; "The Case of the Rajah's Emerald" (Carolyn Wheat) 121-126
"Time Patrol" (Poul Anderson) 24; "The Adventure of the Misplaced Hound" (Poul Anderson & Gordon R. Dickson) 85; "The Redemption of Young Billington Rand" (John Kendrick Bangs) 136; The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 22; Pulptime (P.H.Cannon) 71; "The Adventure of the Young British Soldier" (Bill Crider) 20, 22, 25, 31, 33; Sherlock Holmes and the Hentzau Affair (David Stuart Davies) 58; The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 14, 82; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 167; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 326; The Adventure of the Three Madmen (Philip José Farmer) 128, 141, 150-151, 165; Embassy Row (Quinn Fawcett) 257; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 210; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 19; The Notched Hairpin (H.F.Heard) 102; The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 291; The Game (Laurie R. King) 8, 11, 83, 124, 260, 292, 328; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 213; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 173; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 3; "A Father's Tale" (Sterling E. Lanier) 123; "The Riddle of the Young Protestor" (Michael Mallory) 306; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) xxi-xxiv, 8, 73; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 141, 147, 182; Sherlock Holmes and the Harvest of Death (Barrie Roberts) 120; "The Strange Case of the Megatherium Thefts" (S.C. Roberts) 122; The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist (Roberta Rogow) 26, 53; Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test (Stanley Shaw) 118; "The Second Treaty" (Daniel Stashower) 352; "Five Rings In Reno" (R.L. Stevens) 95; "The Case Of the Greek Key" (Donald Thomas) 100; "The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 200; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 129; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 8; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 131; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 106-107; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 74; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 43; Dr. Mortimer and the Aldgate Mystery (Gerard Williams) 23-24; The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 60
Mr Rudyard's Cakes: Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 35
Rudyard Tippling: "The Shot in the Dark" (Wex Jones) 111

Kipling, John (Son of Rudyard Kipling, 1897-1915)
The Game (Laurie R. King) 11

Kipling, Josephine (Daughter of Rudyard Kipling, 1892-1899)
 Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 455

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

Kirchhoff, Gustav (German Physicist, 1824-1887)
Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 66

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

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

Kirk, Captain James T. (Star Trek - TV series)
"Everything Comes In Circles" (Dana Martin Batory) 14-15; "A Nostalgic Country of the Mind" (Dana Martin Batory) 5-6, 9-12; My Hero (Tom Holt) 164-165, 195; Death's Angel (Kathleen Sky) 1-27, 29-41, 43-45, 47-57, 62, 64-79, 86, 94, 96-102, 104, 110-112, 125, 127-135, 142-143, 148-150, 152, 154-155, 157-158, 160, 163-170, 172-174, 176, 178, 180, 182-183, 185, 187, 189-191, 195, 197-198, 201-202, 204-205, 207-212
"The Captive Bride" (Dana Martin Batory) 69-70; "The Color of Death" (Dana Martin Batory) 56; "A One Pipe Problem" (Dana Martin Batory) 60-66; The Case of the Disappearing Dragon (Narinder Dhami) 24; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 200

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kissinger, Henry (German-American Diplomat, 1923- )
Henry Gropinger: The Strange Case of the End of Civilisation as we Know It (John Cleese, Jack Hobbs & Joe McGrath) 7-44

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

Kitchener, General Horatio Herbert (British Soldier, 1850-1916)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 15, 24-28, 49, 52, 65, 84-88, 99-100, 107, 132-135, 137, 149, 153-154, 163, 165-167, 172-177, 179, 181-182, 188-189, 191, 196-197, 200, 205-207, 209, 212-214, 221, 223-225, 228, 240-241, 244, 248-251, 254-266, 272, 275-276, 278; Hellbirds (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 171, 211; "Mentioned in Dispatches" (Douglas Moreton) 129-130; "The Sound of the Buskervilles" (Douglas Moreton) 115-116; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 167-169, 171; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 126-132, 134-135, 183
Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R.Bensen) 33; "The Adventure of the Eyrie Cliff" (Rick Boyer) 102-103; Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 128; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 301; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 50-51, 82, 346; "Murder, Mrs. Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 11, 55; The Final Toast" (Stuart M. Kaminsky) 38; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 22; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 86; "The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 148, 163, 186; Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 125; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 123; "The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 36; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 17, 196; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J. Trow) 184; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 96; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 14; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 413; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 124-125, 137-139, 141; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 179; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 18

Kitticut, King (Rinkitink In Oz - L. Frank Baum)
"Sherlock Holmes in Oz" (Ruth Berman) 431, 434

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

Klaatu (The Day The Earth Stood Still - Movie)
Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 219

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

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

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

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

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

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

Klimo (The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds - Guy Boothby)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 104

Klimt, Gustav (Austrian Painter, 1862-1918)
 The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 149; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 63-64; Dead Man's Confession (Cass Lewis) 78

Klinger, Leslie S. (American Lawyer, Editor & Sherlockian)
The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 311

Klingons (Star Trek - TV series)
"The Captive Bride" (Dana Martin Batory) 73; "The Chalice of Skorr" (Dana Martin Batory) 100; "The Interrupted Game" (Dana Martin Batory) 132; "A One Pipe Problem" (Dana Martin Batory) 63; "Quadrumvirate" (Dana Martin Batory) 40; "Zindernuff's Treasure" (Dana Martin Batory) 167; My Hero (Tom Holt) 179; Death's Angel (Kathleen Sky) 2-5, 22, 43, 136, 192, 201

Klosowski, Severin: see George Chapman

Knave of Hearts, The (Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 26; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 87, 128, 148, 156

Knewstub, Fabian (British Engraver) : see Frederic Jenner

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

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

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

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

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

Knights of the Round Table (Arthurian Legend)
"The Case of the Unmarked Graves" (Colin Bruce) 92; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 237, 254; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 84; "The Mystery of Avalon" (Paul D. Gilbert) 41; Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 392; "The Secret Marriage of Sherlock Holmes" (Shariann Lewitt) 270; Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 117; Sherlock Holmes and the Masquerade Murders (Frank Thomas) vi; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 135; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 94

Knights Templar, The
 "The Adventure of the Stuttering Ghost" (H. Paul Jeffers) 129-130; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 11

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

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

Knox, John (Scottish Religious Reformer, 1513-1572)
Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 39

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

Knox, Ronald (British Scholar & Sherlockian, 1888-1957)
"The Omnibus Murder" (R.E. Swartwout) 128
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 115; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 404

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

Koch, Robert (German Scientist, Pioneer of Bacteriology, 1843-1910)
The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 34, 117

Kochel (Botanist, Developed numbering system for Mozart's works)
"A Matter of Murder In Hampstead" (David L. Hammer) 35

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

Koh-i-noor, The (Diamond in the British Crown Jewels)
Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (Gerald Frow) 113, 124-126; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 446; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 86
"The Thief of Twelfth Night" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 220;"Sherlock Holmes and the Muffin" (Dorothy B. Hughes) 219; The Game (Laurie R. King) 116, 173; "The Loss of the British Bark Sophy Anderson" (Gary Lovisi) 36; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 345; "The Queen of the Night" (Donald Thomas) 292, 294

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

Ko-Ko (The Mikado - Gilbert & Sullivan)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 77-83, 85-86, 89

Kolchak, Carl (Kolchak: The Night Stalker - TV series)
An Angry Little American Reporter: Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 172-173, 175
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 275

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

Koller, Karl (Austrian Ophthalmologist)
Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 176

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

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

Korak (Tarzan series - Edgar Rice Burroughs)
The Adventure of the Three Madmen (Philip José Farmer) 90, 96

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

Korby, Roger (Star Trek - TV series "What Are Little Girls Made of?" episode)
"A One Pipe Problem" (Dana Martin Batory) 64-65

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

Kosminski, Aaron (Ripper Suspect)
Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 172-177, 196
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 118, 200; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 338; Bloodline (Jill Jones) 19; The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 38-39; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 45, 150

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

Kostaki (The Pale-Faced Lady - Alexander Dumas)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 53, 56, 78-80, 82, 84, 127-138, 291-297, 351-356, 375-378, 388-391, 397, 434; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 15-16

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

Kraepelin, Emil (German Psychiatrist, 1856-1926)
Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 58

Krafft-Ebing, Richard (German Neurologist, 1840-1902)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 70-72, 77-78, 95, 128, 137, 146-147, 174, 243, 273, 313-314, 331, 444, 458, 497, 499, 518; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 186, 188, 256, 258, 265, 342, 345-348, 359-360, 404, 413, 435, 451, 467; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 33-35, 50, 121, 123, 180, 213, 280, 447; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 129; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 126; "The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 173; "The Case of the Naked Bicyclists" (Donald Thomas) 98; "The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 288, 290; "A Letter To Posterity From John H. Watson, M.D." (Donald Thomas) 5 ; "The Queen of the Night" (Donald Thomas) 310; "The Two Failures of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 9

Kraken, The (Sea Beast of Norse Legend)
From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 186-188, 190-193, 196-199, 207-208, 260; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 328-330
"The Case of the Missing Energy" (Colin Bruce) 20, 45; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 79; Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 123; The Second War of the Worlds (George H. Smith) 149; "The Giant Rat of Sumatra" (Paula Volsky) 196
The Kraken's Egg Inn: The Adventure of the Dreaming Detective " (Ralph Vaughan) 35, 38

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

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

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

Kreisler, Fritz (Austrian Violinist, 1875-1962)
Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 314-315
"Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 218; "The Case of the Sporting Major" (Donald Thomas) 140

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

Krips, Josef (Orchestral Conductor)
The Case of the Maltese Treasure (Thomas Brace Haughey) 45

Kris Kringle: see Santa Claus

Krishna (Hindu God)
Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 150, 173; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 2; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 153, 155; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 98; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 186, 193
Hare Krishna: Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 12, 21-22

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

Krogman, Wilton (American Sherlockian)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 109

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

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

Kronje, General Piet: see Cronje, Piet

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

Kropotkin, Peter Alekseyevich (Russian Anarchist, 1842-1921)
The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 137-140, 143, 245-246, 248-249, 284
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 52

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

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

Kruger, Paul (South African Politician, 1825-1904)
Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R.Bensen) 34; "The Puzzle of the Vanishing Laboratory" (Peter Calamai) 20; "The Devil and Sherlock Holmes" (Loren D. Estleman) 17; "Flashman and the Tiger" (George MacDonald Fraser) 298; The Dracula Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 67; "The Matter of the Solitary Cellist " (David L. Hammer) 73; "The Adventure of the Faithful Retainer" (Amy Myers) 370; "The Adventure of the Second Violet" (Daniel Stashower)201; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 156; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 131, 135; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 491
Krugerrand: Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 115, 119, 131, 135

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

Krupp, Alfred (German Industrialist, 1812-1887)
The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 58; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 105; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 64, 179; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 607

Krupp Family (German Industrialists)
Against the Brotherhood (Quinn Fawcett) 143, 179; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 102
Krupp-Bosch: The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 185-186
Krupp Company: The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 16; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 64, 158, 179, 194
Krupp Germania Aktiongesellschaft: The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 7
Krupp Ironworks: Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 65, 180
Krupp Munitions: Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 68
Krupps Cannon: Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 184, 190, 192, 195
Krupps Field Artillery: The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 13
Krupps Gun: The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 316

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

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

Kschessinska, Mathulde (Russian Ballerina)
Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 100

Ku Klux Klan (American White Supremacist Society)
 Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 169-170, 178, 248
 The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 96; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 202; Reply Paid (H.F.Heard) 105; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 86; "The Hidden Church" (Watkin Jones) 34; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 73; Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 59; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 110, 268; "The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 77-78; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J. Trow) 165; The Probability Pad (T.A. Waters) 88

Kuan Yin (Boddhisatva of Compassion)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 28, 36, 44
 See also: Avalokitesvara

Kuang Hs¸ (Chinese Emperor (1875-1908))
"The Adventure of the Celestial Snows" (George Alec Effinger) 334-336, 340, 342-344
The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 95; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 105, 155, 158, 187, 256-257; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 139, 185; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 246, 427; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 312

Kubelik, Rafael (Swiss Conductor & Composer, 1914-1996)
"The Adventures of the Moving Picture House"(Wex Jones) 113

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

Kubla Khan (Kubla Khan - Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 145, 167; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 187; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 9, 93-94, 105; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 73, 169; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 232; Sherlock Holmes in Tibet (Richard Wincor) 15

Kubrick, Stanley (American Film-maker, 1928-1999)
San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 187

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

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

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

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

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

Kurr, William (British Conman, De Goncourt Affair)
Moriarty (John Gardner) 186, 188, 205-206; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 40-42; "The Case of the Racing Certainty" (Donald Thomas) 22, 81-82, 85-90; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 118-119, 124

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

Kuryakin, Illya (The Man From UNCLE - TV series)
The Rainbow Affair (David McDaniel) 14-33, 37-59, 71, 73-74, 79-103, 105-130, 132-149, 153-157

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

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