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Quantrill, William Clarke (American desperado, led Quantrill's Raiders)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 238-239

Quantrill's Raiders (US Civil War Confederacy Guerilla Band)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 238-239
Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 74

Quasimodo (Notre Dame De Paris - Victor Hugo)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 91; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 36; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 132; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 56, 205, 373; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 218-219; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 377; The Case of the Frozen Scream (Thomas Brace Haughey) 44; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 11, 13; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 84; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 161, 224; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 105-107, 109-111, 113, 116-117, 121, 127-128, 133, 144, 241
A complete quasimodo: "Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 170
Quasimodo-like: Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 258
Quasimodo Shackles: The Spy Who Fell Off the Back of a Bus (Marc Lovell) 102, 107

Quatermain, Allan (Allan Quatermain series - H. Rider Haggard)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 22-50, 52-56, 58-77, 79-82, 84-93, 95-104, 106-107, 109-113, 121-126, 136-139, 145-146, 150-152, 154-158, 160-161, 163, 165-170, 172-176, 181-185, 187-188, 191, 193-195, 197-199, 205-213, 216-223, 226-227, 232, 235-237, 241-243, 245-247, 256-259, 269-270, 282, 285-289, 291, 293-294; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 17, 19, 21, 23-24, 26-27, 31-32, 34-43, 49-111, 115, 117-123, 140-144, 150-209, 212-216; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 4-11, 13-27, 29-33, 35-47, 49-52, 57-79, 81, 84-94, 110-117, 119, 123-124, 128-139, 141-144; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 22-23, 25-28, 30-43, 49, 51-60, 66-71, 79-81, 84-87, 90-92, 94, 96, 98, 100-105, 112-115, 122-135, 138, 142-146
The Adventure of the Peerless Peer (Philip José Farmer) 107-108; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 329; The Adventure of the Three Madmen (Philip José Farmer) 155-156; Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent Miller) 11; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 344, 349

Quatermain, Harry (Allan Quatermain series - H. Rider Haggard)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 123-124, 126, 136, 174, 258, 293; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 37; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 39

Quatermain, Marie (Marais) (Marie - H. Rider Haggard)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 57

Quatermain, Stella (Allan's Wife - H. Rider Haggard)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 56; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 39; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 101

Quatermain's Father (Allan's Wife - H. Rider Haggard)
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 49, 58, 81, 120, 152-153, 158, 176

Queen, Ellery (Ellery Queen series - Ellery Queen)
"The Final Problem" (Bliss Austin); "The Disappearance of Mr. James Phillimore" (Ellery Queen); A Study In Terror (Ellery Queen) 7-11, 26-28, 42-44, 66-67, 81, 106-108, 121, 132-135, 146-147, 158-164, 167-173
The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (James Anderson) 3; "Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 66;
Hillary Quinn: "Give Me Lib, or Give Me Death" (Rod Reed) 204-205, 208-209, 211
Tillary Quinn: Basil and the Lost Colony (Eve Titus) 47, 59, 81-82, 92, 103; Basil and the Pygmy Cats (Eve Titus) 17, 55, 65, 78, 81-82
"The Manor House Case" (Edward D. Hoch) (Written as if by Queen)

Queen, Inspector Richard (Ellery Queen series - Ellery Queen)
"The Final Problem" (Bliss Austin); "The Disappearance of Mr. James Phillimore" (Ellery Queen); A Study In Terror (Ellery Queen) 7-8, 11, 66-67, 108, 132-133, 135, 158-160, 167-173

Queen of Hearts, The (Alice In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll)
"Humpty Dumpty, Did he Fall? Or Was he Pushed?" (Victor G. Ambrus)
Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 62, 84, 88, 91

Queen of the Night, The (The Magic Flute - Mozart)
Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 60

Queens of the Stone Age (American Rock Group)
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 238, 279, 387-388

Queensberry, Lady Sybil Montgomery Douglas (Wife of 9th Marquess)
Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 13, 25, 37, 39, 63-75, 92, 158, 169

Queensberry, Archibald William Douglas, 8th Marquess of (British Aristocrat)
Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 68-69

Queensberry , John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of (British Aristocrat, 1844-1900)
Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 13, 21, 25, 39, 67-74, 76, 89-90, 92, 95, 98, 110-111, 128, 135, 152-153, 157-161, 170-171; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 126, 162-163; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 194-195; W.G.Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 167-173, 176-179, 186-187, 189, 192-193, 195-200, 203, 205, 209-211, 214-216, 246, 270-275; "The Two Failures of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 3, 11-16, 19; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 170-179, 190, 232
From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 88; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 183, 185; The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 177; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 87-89; The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 39, 43; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 15; The Spy who Fell off the Back of a Bus (Marc Lovell) 48; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 54, 57-58, 73, 78, 97-98; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 174; "The Adventure of the Arab's Manuscript" (Michael Reaves) 286; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 23, 137; "Five Rings In Reno" (R.L.Stevens) 96; "The Case of the Peasenhall Murder" (Donald Thomas) 186; "The Case of the Racing Certainty" (Donald Thomas) 76; "The Case of the Gustaffson Stone" (June Thomson) 214; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 167-168, 196; "Exit Centre Stage" (M.J.Trow) 240; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 116-117; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 413; The Lost Holmes (David Upton) 130
Queensberry Rules: Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 21, 126, 142; "The Problem of the Sussex Scalping" (David N. Cisler) 116; From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 88; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 237; A Puzzle for Sherlock Holmes (Robert Newman) 95; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 209, 257; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 338; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 256; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J. Trow) 167; "The House that Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 299; The Monster of St. Marylebone (Wayne Worcester) 182

Queensberry, Percy Sholto Douglas, 10th Marquess of (British Aristocrat, 1868-1920)
Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 25, 69, 72; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 176

Quelch, Horace Henry Samuel (Billy Bunter series - Charles Hamilton)
Sherlock Holmes and the Greyfriars School Mystery (Val Andrews) 13-109

Quentin, St (Early Christian Saint)
San Quentin Prison: Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 145

Quesenberry, Elizabeth (Aided John Wilkes Booth)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 165

Quetzalcoatl (Aztec God)
"The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 84

Quiet Observer: see Erasmus Wilson

Quiller-Couch, Arthur (British Writer, 1863-1944)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 24-25, 64, 80

Quilp, Daniel (The Old Curiousity Shop - Charles Dickens)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 81, 156, 158, 162, 173
Quilpine: The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 158

Quilty, Clare (Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 91

Quin, James (British Actor, 1693-1766)
"Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 223

Quinby, Moses (American Beekeeper, 1810-1875)
A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 109

Quincannon, John (Quincannon & Carpenter series - Bill Pronzini)
"The Bughouse Caper" (Bill Pronzini) 131-203

Quince, Peter (A Midsummer Night's Dream - William Shakespeare)
Watson's Choice (Gladys Mitchell) 43

Quincy, Dr R (Quincy, M.E. - TV series)
Quincey (the police surgeon): Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 131

Quinn, Sir Patrick (Head of Special Branch)
The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 125, 189, 198, 202, 228, 245, 257-258, 260, 274, 278; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 11, 52-54, 72, 123-126, 158-160, 175-177, 217; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 116-117, 119, 123, 131-133, 136-137, 157-159, 201-202, 241; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 54, 69-71, 77-78, 83-84, 87-90, 100-101, 117, 123, 128, 144, 148-153, 156, 164, 178, 185, 188, 216-218, 220-223
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 24; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 96

Quinn, Lady (Wife of Sir Patrick Quinn)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 149-150

Quintilian (Roman Writer & Orator)
The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 271; "The House That Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 280

Quixote, Don (Don Quixote - Miguel De Cervantes)
"Hall of Fame" (A. Bertram Chandler) 33
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 100; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 270; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 120; "The Adventure of the Elite Type" (Robert L. Fish) 196; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 154; They Might Be Giants (James Goldman) 83; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 277; The Case of the Maltese Treasure (Thomas Brace Haughey) 65; "The Adventure of the Ripper's Scrawl" (Michael Mallory) 30; The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 25; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 42, 45; The Patient's Eyes (David Pirie) 84; The Affair of the Incognito Tenant (Lora Roberts) 86, 88-90; The Disappearance of Edwin Drood (Peter Rowland) 33; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 236; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 16; Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis(Brett Spencer & Dorian David Altamont) 89; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 181; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 137
Quixotic: Against the Brotherhood (Quinn Fawcett) 196; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 64; "The Case of the Hoodwinked Harriers" (Douglas Moreton) 77; "Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 61; "The Case of the Phantom Chambermaid" (Donald Thomas) 235; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 32
Quixotically: The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 102; "The Case of the Eccentric Bequest" (Jane Rubino) 182
Quixotry: The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 16

Quong Lee (Limehouse stories - Thomas Burke)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 51, 53-56