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Ra (Egyptian God)
Young Sherlock Holmes (Alan Arnold) 81, 138; From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 140, 182; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 53; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 56, 69; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 25; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 305; "The Mystery of the Worm" (John Pelan) 198; The Curse of the Pharoahs (Kel Richards) 20
Temple of Ra: Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 20, 105, 222-223
See also: Amon-Ra

Rabelais, Francois (French Writer, 1494-1553)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 129, 134; Sherlock Holmes and the Boulevard Assassin (John Hall) 39
Rabelaisian: Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 120

Rachel (Bible - Genesis)
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Raleigh Legacy (L.B.Greenwood) 177
Rachel's Sisters: Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 64

Rachel (La Juive - Jacques Halevy)
The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 151

Rachel, Elisa (Swiss Actress, 1821-1858)
Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 295; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 178

Rachilde (French Author, 1862-1953)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 66

Rachmaninov, Sergei (Russian Composer, 1873-1943)
The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 266; The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 123

Racine, Jean-Baptiste (French Dramatist, 1639-1699)
Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 235; "The Matter of the Furnival Curse" (David L. Hammer) 89; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 87; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 230

Rackham, Arthur (English Artist, 1867-1939)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 135; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 89

Rackstraw, Ralph (HMS Pinafore - Gilbert & Sullivan)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 55-59, 64, 87

Radagaisius (Germanic Chieftain)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 379

Radcliffe, Anne Ward, Mrs. (British Writer, 1764-1823)
 The Scottish Ploy (Quinn Fawcett) 339; The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 140

Radcliffe, John (British Physician, 1652-1714)
Radcliffe Camera: The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 198

Raddle, Mrs (Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 155-159, 161, 165-166

Radek, Karl (Soviet Communist, 1885-1939)
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 106

Radu The Handsome (Ruler of Wallachia (1462-73))
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 411; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 64; The Holmes-Dracula File (Fred Saberhagen) 223

Raeburn, Sir Henry (Scottish Painter, 1756-1823)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 176, 178

Raffles, A.J. (Raffles series - Hornung)
"The Adventure of the Dorrington Ruby Seal" (John Kendrick Bangs)22-23, 30-44; Mrs Hudson and the Spirits' Curse (Martin Davies) 101, 127, 160-168, 178, 300; "The Adventure of the Honourable Cracksman" (M J Elliott) 25-26, 29-30; "The Problem of the Sore Bridge - Among Others" (Philip Jose Farmer) 35-63; "Too Many Stains" (Marvin Kaye) 326-327, 329; "The Ruby of Khitmandu" (Hugh Kingsmill); "The Case of the Hoodwinked Harriers" (Douglas Moreton) 69-77; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 85-86, 88, 92, 94, 345; "Raffles on the Trail of the Hound" (Barry Perowne); W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 10-11, 15, 38-42, 45-46, 51, 54-55, 58, 64-71, 74-75, 79-80, 94-120, 123, 125-129, 134-144, 172, 175, 181-182, 196-97, 223, 267-268, 273, 281-285; "The Adventure of the Clothes-line" (Carolyn Wells) 58, 60, 62; "The Adventure of the Mona Lisa" (Carolyn Wells) 22-23, 25-26; "Sure Way To Catch Every Criminal. Ha! Ha!" (Carolyn Wells) 106-108
Sherlock Holmes and the Man Who Lost Himself (Val Andrews) 22; "Introducing Mr. Raffles Holmes" (John Kendrick Bangs) 16-19; "The Adventure of the Brass Check" (John Kendrick Bangs) 93; "The Major General's Pepper-Pots" (John Kendrick Bangs) 224-225, 231; "The Nostalgia of Nervy Jim The Snatcher" (John Kendrick Bangs) 160-161; "A One Pipe Problem" (Dana Martin Batory) 65; The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 29; "The Adventure of the Noble Husband" (Peter Cannon) 45; The Case of the Blackmail Boys (Terrance Dicks) 80; The Cop Catchers (Terrance Dicks) 37; The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 59-61; "The Case of the Substitute Strangler" (Douglas Moreton) 40; "A Shambles in Belgravia" (Kim Newman) 191; "Places for Act Two!" (Bradley H. Sinor) 171
A.J.Lotteries: "The Adventure of the Odd Lotteries" (Robert L. Fish) 185-186, 188-191
'Raffles at the Albany?': Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 69

Raffles, Sir Thomas Stamford (British Colonial Administrator, Founder of Singapore, 1781-1826)
Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 183; "The Case of the Wavy Black Dagger" (Steve Perry) 53; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 25, 118; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 203
Raffles Hotel: "The Giant Rat of Sumatra" (Orville Horwitz & H.A. Schroeder) 23; "The Adventure of the Sally Martin" (H. Paul Jeffers) 169; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 230

Rafn, Carl Christian (Danish Philologist, 1795-1864)
Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 8

Raft, George (American Actor, 1895-1980)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 34-36, 200, 209; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 113

Rage (One of the Seven Deadly Sins)
Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 41

Raglan, Fitzroy James Herbert Somerset, 1st Baron (English Soldier, 1788-1855)
"The Case of the Ups and Downs" (Douglas Moreton) 81; Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 107, 113

Rahere (Henry I's Jester, founded St. Bartholomew's Hospital)
Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 9; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 98, 105, 141; The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 42

Rahner, Mr (Father of Bess Houdini)
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 103

Rahner, Mrs (Mother of Bess Houdini)
Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 103; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 21

Rainbow, Johnnie (Alleged Mastermind behind Britain's Great Train Robbery)
The Rainbow Affair (David McDaniel) 8-10, 18-21, 24-29, 38, 41-42, 44-45, 47, 57-58, 63-64, 73, 75-77, 82-90, 96-97, 103, 110-113, 121, 124-125, 127-147, 151-155

Rains, Claude (British-American Actor, 1889-1967)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 37, 66, 81-82, 84, 92, 154-155, 163, 173

Rakosi, Matyas (Hungarian Politician, 1892-1971)
The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 95

Raktayamari (Supernatural Being in Buddhist Theology, a form of Yamatanka)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 76

Raktavija (Hindu Demon Army General)
The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 76

Raleigh (Journey's End - R.C.Sherriff)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 196, 199

Raleigh, John (American Sherlockian)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 109

Raleigh, Katherine (Champernowne) (Mother of Sir Walter Raleigh)
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Raleigh Legacy (L.B.Greenwood) 96, 131, 150, 174

Raleigh, Sir Walter (British Explorer 1552-1618)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 2-3, 5-6, 9-11, 16-17, 20, 27, 40, 42, 47, 52, 54-55, 61, 107-112, 115, 117-120, 124, 126-128, 135, 138, 146-147, 149-151, 153, 179-180, 184, 188, 190-191, 202; Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Raleigh Legacy (L.B.Greenwood) 1-2, 8, 14-15, 18, 24, 29, 35, 43, 55-56, 65, 68, 73, 78, 92, 94, 96-100, 102, 107, 124, 128, 131-135, 150-155, 159-160, 165-166, 174, 183-184
Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 178; Moriarty (John Gardner) 15; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 130; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 157; Hellbirds (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 38; Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 48; Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 75; The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist (Roberta Rogow) 154; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 86, 207
Raleigh Case: Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Raleigh Legacy (L.B.Greenwood) 104
Raleigh Legacy: Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Raleigh Legacy (L.B.Greenwood) 3, 7, 14-15, 40, 47, 50, 58, 77, 121, 150, 162-164
Raleigh Letter: Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Raleigh Legacy (L.B.Greenwood) 44, 49, 58, 73, 100-101, 104, 131, 168

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

Ram Singh (Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon - Movie)
"The Adventure of the Patient Adversary" (George Kaplan) 27, 29

Rama (Hero of The Ramayana)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 155

Ramanujan, Srinivasa (Indian Mathematician, 1887-1920)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) v-vi, 31-39, 45-46, 58, 60-70, 75, 87, 96-101, 124, 127, 132, 143, 148-149, 152

Rambert, Charles: see Jérôme Fandor

Rambert, Raymond (The Plague - Albert Camus)
"The Eye of Oran" (Win Scott Eckert) 29-31, 34-37, 39

Rambo (Rambo film series)
Ballet Rambo: Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 100, 226

Rameses (Any of Several Pharoahs)
The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 113; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 72; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 167

Rameses II (Egyptian Pharoah (1279-1212BC))
The Game (Laurie R. King) 45; "The Loss of the British Bark Sophy Anderson" (Gary Lovisi) 21-23; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 117-118, 170

Rameses VI (Egyptian Pharoah (1141-1133BC))
Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 169-170, 172, 186, 194

Rameses VIII (Egyptian Pharoah (1133-1126BC))
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 119

Rameses X (Egyptian Pharoah (1108-1098BC))
Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 186

Rameses XI (Egyptian Pharoah (1098-1070BC))
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 73

Ramones, The (American Rock Group)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 179

Rampa, Dr. Tuesday Lobsang (Cyril Henry Hoskins, British Occult Writer, 1910-1981)
Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent Miller) 2

Ramsay, Allan (Scottish Poet, 1686-1758)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 176; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 28

Rand, Carrie (American Socialist)
The Rand Club: The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 103
The Rand School of Social Science: The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 82-83, 93, 99

Randall, Joan (Captain Future series - Edmond Hamilton)
"God of the Naked Unicorn" (Richard Lupoff) 309

Randall, Rebecca (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm - Kate Douglas Wiggin)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 37
Death of a Scavenger (Keith Spore) 106

Raneferef: see Neferefre

Ranhofer, Charles (French Chef, 1836-1899)
The Adventure of the Dead Rabbits Society (Philip J. Carraher) 44

Ranjitsinji, Kumar Shri 'Ranji' (Indian Cricketer, 1872-1933)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 9, 112; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 74, 77-78, 80, 82
Mrs Hudson and the Spirits' Curse (Martin Davies) 161; Hellbirds (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 67

Ransley, George (English Smuggler)
The Quallsford Inheritance (Lloyd Biggle, Jr.) 253

Rantzen, Esther (British Television Personality, 1940- )
My Hero (Tom Holt) 64
"Inspector Ransome, known to his lads as 'Esther'": Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 29

Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny: see de Chagny, Raoul

Raphael, Archangel (Apocrypha - Book of Tobit)
"The Book of Tobit" (H. Paul Jeffers) 97

Raphael (Italian Painter, 1483-1520)
"The Adventure of the Captive Forger" (Philip J. Carraher) 118; The Strange Doings of J. Leslie Ryder (Daniel Gracely) 31; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 124; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 233; "The Sulky Pony" (Alan Stockwell) 38
Pre-Raphaelite: The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 41; Good Night, Mr Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 97; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 56; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 393; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 143; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 118; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 231; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 115; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 86 75; "Slaves of Silver" (Gene Wolfe) 279

Rapunzel (Fairy Story Character)
Mrs Hudson and the Malabar Rose (Martin Davies) 99; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 223; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 126; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 148; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 225; Sherlock Holmes and the Adler Papers (John Hall) 79; Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 39, 198

Rapunzel's Witch (Fairy Story Character)
Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 39

Ras Thavas (John Carter series - Edgar Rice Burroughs)
"God of the Naked Unicorn" (Richard Lupoff) 307

Rasher, Bully Boy (The Adventure of the Wax Gamblers - Adrian Conan Doyle & John Dickson Carr)
The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Richard L. Boyer) 71-72; "The Adventure of the Wax Gamblers" (Adrian Conan Doyle & John Dickson Carr) 55-56, 59

Rashi (French Religious Scholar, 1040-1105)
A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 92

Raskolnikov (Crime & Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 9, 34, 400; The Case of Emily V (Keith Oatley) 63, 124, 343

Rasputin, Grigori Efimovich (Russian Holy Man, 1872-1916)
Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 71, 74-76, 80-82, 87-90, 93-97, 99-104; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 28-29, 130-133, 229-231, 300, 323-325, 346-353, 355, 361, 363-369, 403-405, 408, 412, 416-417, 419-425, 430-431, 434, 437-438, 454-455, 457, 468, 472-474, 476, 483-484, 490, 494, 498-500, 503, 507-511, 513-519; The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 15, 111-112, 137, 145, 162, 177-179, 195, 204-211, 213-215, 218, 228-229, 268-269, 291, 298, 305; Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 23-284; Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 76-77, 81-87, 89-92; Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 64, 173, 179, 181, 205, 275-277, 280-281, 283-297, 304, 309-310; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 28-30
Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 28, 34-35; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 49, 131, 147; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 125; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 15, 18; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 32
Rastov: A Night in the Lonesome October (Roger Zelazny) 9-260

NOTE: Rasputin is the companion of the narrator of the chapters from a Yellow Book in Carole Nelson Douglas's Chapel Noir (23-24, 117-118, 164-165, 202-206, 208-209, 247-248, 260-262, 350-351), although his identity is not revealed until its sequel, Castle Rouge. He also appears briefly, again un-named, in Tatyana's hotel room in Douglas's Irene's Last Waltz (264-265, 274, 363).

Rassendyll, Robert, Lord Burlesdon (The Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope)
Sherlock Holmes and the Hentzau Affair (David Stuart Davies) 23-25, 48-52, 59, 78, 151

Rassendyll, Rose, Lady Burlesdon (The Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope)
Sherlock Holmes and the Hentzau Affair (David Stuart Davies) 49; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 84

Rassendyll, Rudolf (The Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope)
Sherlock Holmes and the Hentzau Affair (David Stuart Davies) 11-12, 14-17, 20, 22-26, 32, 39, 49-53, 60-62, 66, 74, 88, 96-98, 100-101, 103-108, 110, 112-115, 118, 121, 124, 126, 128-132, 142-152; The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 84-85
The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 36-37; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 84

Raston Robots (Dr. Who: The Five Doctors - TV series)
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 119

Rat, The (The House that Jack Built - Nursery Rhyme)
"The House that Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 280, 297-298

Rat Man (Freud Case History)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 121, 149

Rathbone, Anna (Basil Rathbone's Mother)
Brigade (M.J.Trow) 405

Rathbone, Basil (British Actor, 1892-1967)
"Sound Alibi" (Peter Guttridge) 24-27; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 90, 138; "An Encounter In Central Park" (Basil Rathbone) 185-190; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 405
Pulptime (P.H.Cannon) 37; The Barker Street Regulars (Susan Conant) 175; The A.I. Gang: Operation Sherlock (Bruce Coville) 150; The Cinema Swindle (Terrance Dicks) 63; "A Scarletin Study" (Philip Jose Farmer) 193; "The Adventure of the Snared Drummer" (Robert L. Fish) 85; They Might Be Giants (James Goldman) 61; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 147; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 139; Murder Most Irregular (H. Paul Jeffers) 18, 107; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 127; Watson's Choice (Gladys Mitchell) 16; The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death (Daniel Pinkwater) 398; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 107, 110; "The Lion of Draksville" (Julian Rathbone) 167; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 244; "The Murder of Conan Doyle" (Ray Russell) 263; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) viii; "Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 58; The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 37, 58, 205; Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 157

Rathbone, Edgar (Basil Rathbone's Father)
Brigade (M.J.Trow) 405

Rathbone, Major Henry (American Soldier, Present at Lincoln Assassination, 1837-1911)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 66, 135, 144-145, 179, 217, 291

Rathbone, Julian (British Author, 1935- )
"The Lion of Draksville" (Julian Rathbone) 136, 167

Rathbone, Ouida (Bergère) (Wife of Basil Rathbone, 1885-1974)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 147

Ratty (The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 132-136; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 114-115
Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 164

Ravel, Maurice (French Composer, 1875-1937)
"Stately Homes and the Invisible Slasher" (Arthur Porges) 97

Raven, The (The Raven - Edgar Allan Poe)
Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 68, 83; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 102, 257; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 257, 310; "The Enchanted Garden" (H.F.Heard) 124; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 153, 232; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 49

Ravna, Dr. (Kiss of the Vampire - Movie)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 332, 364, 366-368, 370

Rawlinson, Sir Henry (British Archaeologist & Diplomat, 1810-1895)
Basil and the Pygmy Cats (Eve Titus) 56

Ray, Aldo (American Actor, 1926-1991)
East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 91

Rayjavarti (Licchavi Queen, Wife of Dharmadeva)
"The Case of the French Savant" (Ted Riccardi) 96-97, 100, 116-117

Rayleigh, John William Strutt, 3rd Baron (English Mathematician & Physicist, 1842-1919)
I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 19

Raymond of Toulouse (Crusader)
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 145

Raynaud, Maurice (French Physician, 1834-1881)
Raynaud's Syndrome: "The Thief of Twelfth Night" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 218

Reade, Winwood (British Author, 1838-1875)
"The Case of the Sabotaged Scientist" (Colin Bruce) 70; A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 197; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 96; "The Matter of the Furnival Curse" (David L. Hammer) 89; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 84; The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 28; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 25

Reading, Rufus Daniel Isaacs, 1st Marquess of : See Sir Rufus Isaacs

Reagan, Nancy (Wife of Ronald Reagan)
Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 256; The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 92

Reagan, Ronald (American Actor & President (1981-89), 1911- )
Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 255-256; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 9; The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror (Daniel Pinkwater) 612

Reavis, James (American Fraudster, "Baron of Arizona", 1843-1914)
Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder (Barrie Roberts) 132-133

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm: see Rebecca Randall

Rebeccas, The (Welsh Social Protestors)
The Glendower Conspiracy (Lloyd Biggle Jr.) 182-403

Reber, Henri (French Composer, 1807-1880)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 89

Récamier, Jeanne (French Socialite, 1777-1849)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 62, 65-68, 70, 98-100, 102-103, 143, 154, 160-161, 192
Recamier Couch: "The Adventure of the Persistent Marksman" (Lillian de la Tour) 257
RécamierSalon: The Pursuit of the House-Boat (John Kendrick Bangs) 66, 68

Rechab (Bible - Jeremiah)
Rechabites: Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J. Trow) 205

Recklinghausen, Friedrich Von (German Pathologist, 1833-1901)
Recklinghausen's Disease: "The Adventure of Zolnay The Aerialist" (Rick Boyer) 30

Rector, George (American Hotelier)
Rector's: Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 39, 268

Red Baron, The: see Von Richthofen, Manfred

Red-Crosse Knight (The Faerie Queen - Edmund Spenser)
A Taste for Honey (H.F.Heard) 161

Red Crow: see Mekasto

Red Death, The (The Masque of the Red Death - Edgar Allan Poe)
Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 104; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 369; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 232-236, 267, 273, 278; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 171-172, 194; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 107-110, 112, 115-116, 147, 164, 172

Red-Headed League of New Jersey (Sherlockian Society)
"Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 62

Red Hot Peppers (American Jazz Band)
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 41

Red King, The (Alice Through The Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll)
Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 84

Red Queen, The (Alice Through The Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll)
Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 228; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 199; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 110; "The Thing Waiting Outside" (Barbara Williamson) 112

Red Riding Hood: see Little Red Riding Hood

Red Tomahawk (Sioux Tracker, Killed Sitting Bull)
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 405, 424-429, 432-440, 442, 449-450, 452, 454, 457-458, 474
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 387-388

Red Weed, The (The War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 98-99, 120, 130, 132-133, 143-145; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 14, 16, 80, 147, 172; Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 84, 92, 135, 149
The Second War of the Worlds (George H. Smith) 113

Redford, Robert (American Actor, 1937- )
My Hero (Tom Holt) 222

Redgrave, Vanessa (British Actress, 1937- )
A Three-Pipe Problem (Julian Symons) 151, 155

Redmond, John (Irish Nationalist politician, 1856-1918)
Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 545-547

Redway, George (British Publisher)
"The Black Heaven" (Ron Weighell) 116

Redway, Ralph: see Hamilton, Charles

Reed, F.S. (Doctor's Assistant, Examined Kidney - Ripper Case)
The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 19

Reed, Kate (Dracula - Bram Stoker: Character appears in Stoker's working notes, but not the finished novel)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 24, 30, 33, 96, 99-103, 122, 170-175, 177, 195, 198, 201, 203-205, 207, 210, 266, 285-287, 313, 317-318, 321-322, 365-366, 398-399, 404, 432, 444; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 49-60, 89-95, 99, 110, 120-125, 144-149, 155, 174, 190-193, 195, 200-204, 222-226, 234-239, 247-252, 257-262, 269-275, 288, 290, 293-301, 304-306, 308-309, 311-312, 314-316, 323, 335, 344-349, 351, 353-356

Reed, Oliver (British Actor 1938-1999)
"Jack The Ripper" (Graeme Garden & Bill Oddie) 71

Reed, Walter (American Physican, 1851-1902)
Walter Reed Hospital: Death of a Scavenger (Keith Spore) 285; The Adventure of the Dreaming Detective (Ralph E. Vaughan) 21

Reeve, Ada (British Music Hall Artiste)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 170

Reform Club Flunkey (Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 11

Regan (King Lear - William Shakespeare)
The Flying Scotsman (Quinn Fawcett) 64; My Hero (Tom Holt) 59

Regan, Jack (The Sweeney - TV Series)
Sergeant Regan: Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 15-17

Regnard, Jean-François (French Dramatist, 1656-1710)
The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 88

Regulus, Marcus Atilius (Roman General)
The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 246

Reid, John (The Lone Ranger - George W. Trendle)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 152

Reid, Wallace (American Actor, 1892-1923)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 201

Reilly, Frank F. (Sherlockian)
Basil In Mexico (Eve Titus) 77, 112

Reilly, Sidney (Russian-born British Spy, 1874-1925)
Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 13-19, 23, 34; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 202, 218-219

Reinstein, Professor (Captain America Comics)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 118

Reisner, George Andrew (American Archaeologist)
A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 15

Reith, Lord (Head of the BBC)
"The World According To Uncle Albert" (Penelope Wallace) 148

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch Artist, 1609-1669)
Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 86, 181; "The Adventure of the Snitch In Time" (August Derleth & Mack Reynolds) 67; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 239; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 50; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 177; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 194; The Strange Doings of J. Leslie Ryder (Daniel Gracely) 137; The Case of the Frozen Scream (Thomas Brace Haughey) 18; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 298; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 124-125; The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 204; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 190; "The Sainte-Geneviève Caper" (Alain le Bussy) 131; The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 29; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 122; Sherlock Holmes' Lost Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 138; "The Case of the Maplestead Magpie" (June Thomson) 82; Dr. Mortimer and the Aldgate Mystery (Gerard Williams) 87; "The Bothersome Business of the Dutch Nativity" (Derek Wilson) 12-13, 17, 19, 22-24, 26

Remington, Eliphalet (American Gunsmith, 1793-1861)
E. Remington & Sons: "The Case of the Phantom Chambermaid" (Donald Thomas) 264
Remington Derringer: The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 135
Remington .44: "Flashman and the Tiger" (George MacDonald Fraser) 304, 306, 308, 312-313
Remington Printer: "Quadrumvirate" (Dana Martin Batory) 27, 39
Remington Revolver: My Hero (Tom Holt) 306
Remington Rifle: The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 126
Remington Typewriter: Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 9; My Hero (Tom Holt) 307; Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 31; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 128; "The Sporting Gent" (Alan Stockwell) 73; Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J. Trow) 9, 25; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 21, 124, 126; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 38, 84; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 119; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 77, 87; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 167
30.30 Remington: Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 157

Rémy-Martin, Paul-Emile (French Vintner)
Rémy-Martin Cognac: The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 366; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 112

Renato (A Masked Ball - Verdi)
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (Gilbert Pearlman) 97-104

Renault, Captain (Casablanca - Movie)
"The Greatest Detective of All Time" (Ralph Roberts) 312

Renault, Louis (French Car Designer, 1843-1918)
Renault Cars: Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 35-36, 42-44, 48, 58, 60, 82, 84-86, 91, 94-95, 101, 105-106, 110, 125, 128, 133, 151, 187, 212-213, 216-217, 248, 309, 313-314; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 142

Renfield (Dracula - Bram Stoker)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 130; Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 85, 113-115; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 9, 113-114, 140-141, 143, 145-146, 221, 327, 416, 425
Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 171
Renfield's (Restaurant): Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 128-131, 168
NOTE: In Tom Holland's Supping with Vampires, Lizzie Seward (228-229, 300, 302-304, 309, 461) is presented to us as the original of Stoker's Renfield.

Reni, Guido (Italian Artist 1575-1642)
"Parris Green" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 207

Reno, Major Marcus (American Military Leader, 1834-1889)
"Flashman and the Tiger" (George MacDonald Fraser) 298

Renoir, Pierre Auguste (French Artist, 1841-1919)
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 232
"The Adventure of the Captive Forger" (Philip J. Carraher) 129; The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 151; "The Adventure of the Connoisseur" (Paul D. Gilbert) 9; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 38; The Disappearance of Edwin Drood (Peter Rowland) 107; A Three-Pipe Problem (Julian Symons) 173; No Ordinary Terror (J. Brooks Van Dyke) 211

Renos Gang (American Train Robbers)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 29

Renshaw, Anne Tillery (American Editor)
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 29, 32

Renzo (The Betrothed - Alessandro Manzoni)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 51