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A & P Gypsies (American Band)
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 119

Aaron (Bible - Exodus)
From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 156; "The Return of the Speckled Band" (Edward D. Hoch) 89

Aaron's Rod (Bible - Exodus)
From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 153-156, 161
"The Return of the Speckled Band" (Edward D. Hoch) 88-89

Aaron, Hank (American Baseball Player, 1934- )
The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 294

Aashait (Egyptian Queen)
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 51

Abaddon (Angel of the Bottomless Pit in Hebrew Legend)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 382

Abadir (Phoenician Deity)
"The Black Heaven" (Ron Weighell) 134

Abbas II (Khedive of Egypt (1892-1914), 1874-1944)
"The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 129, 141

Abberline, Inspector Frederick G. (British Police officer - Ripper Case, 1843-1929)
Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 265, 281-282, 284
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 116, 118
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 25-32, 34, 36-38, 41, 45-49, 51-59, 70-75, 79, 106, 113, 126, 133, 136, 138, 156-165, 179-181, 188-189, 301-312, 319-322
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 59
"The Case of the Bespoke Bee Sting" (Douglas Moreton) 59-60, 62-63
"My Three Ripping Years at the Yard" (Douglas Moreton) 26-27
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 35-37, 50-52, 108, 176, 195, 212, 214-215, 265, 331, 356, 436
The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 8, 10, 97-100, 103, 139, 151
Brigade (M.J.Trow) 360-407
Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 149-150, 152, 156, 161, 169-171, 174, 177, 181
Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 15-18, 22-26, 31, 47-49, 63, 104-105, 118, 129, 150-151, 154, 160, 162-165, 177-178, 182, 184-186, 188, 196-198, 200-202, 219-220, 226-227, 230
Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 9-204
Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 20-180
Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 414, 482, 486-487, 501-505, 630
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 64-66, 70-71, 80-81
Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 12-13, 34-37, 40, 43-47, 53-57, 78, 86-90, 111, 113-115, 120, 124, 157-160, 162, 166-168, 173, 176, 187-188, 191-197, 231, 245-249, 256, 287
The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 57-62, 65, 69, 77-82
The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 74; "The Case of the Baker Street Dozen" (Arthur Douglas) 67, 77; The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 126; The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 32, 38; The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 251; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 22; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 14; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 23-24, 42, 79, 122, 223

Abbey, Henry E. (American Theatre Manager, 1846-1896)
Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 320-321, 323, 326-327, 331-332, 335-336, 343

Abbot, Lemuel Francis (British Artist, c1760-1802)
"The Medium Problem" (Steve Leadley) 227

Abbott, Edwin A. (British Author, 1838-1926)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 214, 278, 280

Abbott, William Lewis (British Jeweller & Archaeologist)
Sherlock Holmes and the Skull of Death (Robert E. McClellan) 112

Abbott & Costello (American Comedy Duo)
"The Adventure of the Ascot Tie" (Robert L. Fish) 8-9 {Abbott-Castle}

Abd al-Madjid (Ottoman Sultan (1839-61), 1823-1861)
"The Eight Pointed Cross" (Bill Paxton) 231, 237

Abdul Aziz ibn Saud (First King of Saudi Arabia (1932-53), 1880-1953)
"The Secret Marriage of Sherlock Holmes" (Shariann Lewitt) 262, 265-269, 275-283, 285-286

Abdul Hamid II (Ottoman Sultan of Turkey (1876-1909), 1842-1918)
"The Adventure of the Bulgarian Diplomat" (Zakaria Erzinçlioglu) 430-435, 438-439, 445, 456; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 7, 13, 28, 30-31, 58, 110-111
Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 16; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 60, 78, 125, 176; Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 10; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 54; "The Secret Marriage of Sherlock Holmes" (Shariann Lewitt) 280
Sultan Abdul Hamed: The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 10

Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem (American Basketball Player, 1947- )
The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 25

Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Saud (Saudi Leader (1889-91), Father of Abdul Aziz ibn Saud, 1850-1928)
"The Secret Marriage of Sherlock Holmes" (Shariann Lewitt) 266, 276

Abdullah Ibn Hussein (King of Jordan (1946-51), 1882-1951)
Time for Sherlock Holmes (David Dvorkin) 104, 159

Abednego (Bible - Daniel)
Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 165, 230-231

Abel (Bible - Genesis)
Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 174; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 66; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 120; "The Adventure of the Ripper's Scrawl" (Michael Mallory) 36
See also: Cain & Abel

Abel, Bobby (English Cricketer, 1857-1936)
Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 304

Abel, Niels Henrik (Norwegian Mathematician, 1802-1829)
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 67

Abelard, Peter (French Philosopher & Theologian, 1079-1142)
"The Two Failures of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 8

Aberdare, Henry Bruce, 1st Baron (British Home Secretary (1868-73), 1815-1895)
"The Case of the Portuguese Sonnets" (Donald Thomas) 142

Aberdeen, Ishbel, Countess of (Wife of Lord Aberdeen, 1857-1939)
"The Case of the Crown Jewels" (Donald Thomas) 61-62

Aberdeen, Lord (Viceroy of Ireland)
"The Case of the Crown Jewels" (Donald Thomas) 61-63, 78, 90
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 8

Abingdon, Mr: see George Alexander Baird

Abingdon, W.L. (British Actor, Moriarty in Gillette's British tour, 1859-1918)
Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 572-573

Abinger, William Scarlett, 3rd Baron (British Soldier, 1826-1892)
The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 214

Abishag (Bible - Kings)
A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 224

Abou ben Adhem (Abou Ben Adhem - Leigh Hunt)
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 37, 235

Abraham (Bible - Genesis)
The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 118; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 330; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 156; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 299; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 176; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 130; O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 75, 234, 333; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 43; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 154, 197; Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent Miller) 58, 61; The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 44; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 48, 137, 262

Abrahams, Harold (British Athlete, 1899-1978)
Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 124

Absalom (Bible - Samuel)
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 167-169; Moriarty (John Gardner) 277; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 277; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 262; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 357

Abu Bakar (Sultan of Johor, 1833-1895)
"Murder To Music" (Anthony Burgess) 185

Abu Hassan (The Arabian Nights)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 238-248, 260

Ace (Dr Who - TV series)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 27-288; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 1-3, 55-56, 132-133, 214, 219, 221, 230-248, 256-259, 267-268, 274-284, 286-295, 298, 302-304

Achan (Bible - Joshua)
The Case of the Invisible Thief (Thomas Brace Haughey) 23; The Case of the Maltese Treasure (Thomas Brace Haughey) 51

Achilles (Warrior in Greek Mythology)
Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 39; "Hall of Fame" (A. Bertram Chandler) 31, 35; "The Musgrave Version" (George Alec Effinger) 9; "A Discreet Investigation" (Rohase Piercy) 38; "The Case of the Zimmermann Telegram" (Donald Thomas) 281; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 164; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 286
Achilles' Heel: "The Record of the Tarleton Murders" (Ian Charnock) 25; The Shadow of the Rat (David Stuart Davies) 124; The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 236; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 187; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 15; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 207; The Case of Emily V. (Keith Oatley) 345; "The Bughouse Caper" (Bill Pronzini) 175; Death's Angel (Kathleen Sky) 99
Achilles' Tendon: The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 114; Sherlock Holmes ~ The Way of All Flesh (Daniel Ward) 58
Tendo Achillis: Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 11
The Achilles (ship): Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 101-103, 121

Acteon (Hunter in Greek Mythology)
A Taste for Honey (H.F. Heard) 219

Acton, Lord (English Historian, 1834-1902)
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 89
"Power tends to corrupt...": Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J. Trow) 89

Adam (As You Like It - William Shakespeare)
"The Adventure of the Global Traveler" (Anne Lear) 74

Adam (Bible - Genesis)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 26-27
Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 306; The Scottish Ploy (Quinn Fawcett) 168; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 88-89; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 74; Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 381; The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 123; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 37-38; The Spy Who Fell Off the Back of a Bus (Marc Lovell) 93; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 99; "It's Clever, But Is It Art?" (M.J.Trow) 116; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 251; "The House That Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 295
Adam's Apple: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 99; The Final Solution (Michael Chabon) 58; A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 5; "The Reichenbach Secret" (David Stuart Davies) 396; Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 56; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 21-22; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 126; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 420; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 168; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 56; Murder, Mrs Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 26; "A Trifling Affair" (H.R.F. Keating) 201; Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 283; "The Adventure of Clergyman Peter" (Henry Ledgard & Andrew Singer) 73; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 103; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 116; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 26, 67; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 347; Eye of the Crow (Shane Peacock) 103; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 20; Death of a Scavenger (Keith Spore) 275; The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 190; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J. Trow) 45; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 79, 100; "The Sect of the Salamander" (Ron Weighell) 93; "The House that Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 286
Didn't know him / me from Adam: Mrs Hudson and the Spirits' Curse (Martin Davies) 223; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 37; The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 51; "The Adventure of the Other Detective" (Bradley H. Sinor) 49; "The Case of the Tell-Tale Hands" (Donald Thomas) 38; The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 5; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 83; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 152, 222, 257
Old Adam Rising: The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 159
Pre-Adamite: "The Drowned Geologist" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 300; "The Adventure of the Arab's Manuscript" (Michael Reaves) 273
Sons of Adam: The Probability Pad (T.A. Waters) 89
see also: Adam & Eve

Adam & Eve (Bible - Genesis)
"The Case of the Missing Patriarchs" (Logan Clendening M.D.) 331; "The Adventure of the Command Performance" (J.W. Sovine) 20
Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 66; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 103; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 216; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 271; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 228; The Spy who Fell off the Back of a Bus (Marc Lovell) 93; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 168; The Night Calls (David Pirie) 92; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 184; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 120; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 73
see also: Adam; Eve

Adam, Brother (German Monk & Beekeeper)
The Moor (Laurie R. King) 273-274

Adam, Robert (Scottish Architect, 1728-1792)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 45

Adam Family, The (18th Century Scottish Architects & Furniture Designers)
Adam Decoration: "The Adventure of the Persistent Marksman" (Lillian de la Tour) 244
Adam Fireplace: Necropolis (Basil Copper) 77, 179; Sherlock Holmes and the Thistle of Scotland (L.B. Greenwood) 25; "The Case of the Incumbent Invalid" (Claire Griffen) 54; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 241, 268
Adam Furniture: The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 35
Adams: The Limehouse Text (Will Thomas) 54

Adamant, Adam (Adam Adamant - TV series)
The Rainbow Affair (David McDaniel) 55-58
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 310

Adamnan, St. (Irish Abbot & Scholar, 625?-704)
The Waters of Death (Kel Richards) 42

Adamastor (Os Lusíadas - Luís de Camões)
By Adamastor: "Adventure of the Opera Ghost" (Steven Philip Jones & Aldin Baroza) 36

Adams, Abigail (Wife of US President John Adams, 1744-1818)
A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 227

Adams, Alice (Alice Adams - Booth Tarkington)
Creighton's Castle (Miriam Lynch) 112

Adams, Fanny (British Child, Murder Victim, 1858-1867)
Sherlock Holmes and the Harvest of Death (Barrie Roberts) 46-47

Adams, John (aka. Alexander Smith, Crew Member of HMS Bounty, 1760-1829)
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 190

Adams, Maude (American Actress, 1872-1953)
"The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 465, 469, 481

Adams, Robert (British Gunsmith, 1809-1870)
Adams .450: Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 34, 57, 153; Evolution (John Peel) 201; Sherlock Holmes and the American Angels (Barrie Roberts) 124, 151; Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder (Barrie Roberts) 155, 165, 169, 183, 190; Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 82, 85, 123-124, 134, 142; Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 84-85, 143, 155; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 87, 93
Adams Pistol: "The Weeping Masks" (James Lowder) 109; Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 149, 175
Adams Revolver: Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 92; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 245; "Flashman and the Tiger" (George MacDonald Fraser) 325; "The Case of the Rising Ransom" (Douglas Moreton) 131; The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 118, 120-121, 123; Sherlock Holmes ~ The Way of All Flesh (Daniel Ward) 29
Adams Six-shooter: "Flashman and the Tiger" (George MacDonald Fraser) 299

Adamson, Richard (Security Chief at Tutankhamun Excavation, 1901?-1982)
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 86-90, 95, 100-101, 105, 109, 113, 163

Adcock, Arthur St John (English Novelist, 1864-1930)
Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J. Trow) 27

Addison, Christopher, Lord (British Politician, 1869-1951)
The Case of the Second Séance (Sam McCarver) 106-107, 112, 157, 204, 206-207, 210

Addison, Joseph (British Writer & Statesman, 1672-1719)
"The Curious Incident of the Dogs in the Night-Time" (Wolcott Gibbs) 147; "The Case Of the Greek Key" (Donald Thomas) 138
Addison's Walk: "The Case of the Greek Key (Donald Thomas) 138

Ade, George (American Author, 1866-1944)
"Shady Sinners of the Styx" (Lawrence Daniel Fogg) 10

Adeluf (Son of King Arthur)
Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 116

Adenauer, Konrad (German Politician, 1876-1967)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 140

Ader, Clement (French Aviation Pioneer, 1841-1925)
Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 164

Adie, Kate (British Journalist, 1945- )
The Adie Prize: Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 150

Adler, Alfred (Austrian Psychologist, 1870-1937)
"And The Rest" (C.D. Ewing) 363

Adler, Clara (Gramercy Park - Paula Cohen)
"Recalled To Life" (Paula Cohen) 205, 219

Adler, Baron Doctor Kirke (Lover of Lola Montez)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 232, 263, 397-398

Adler, Nathan Marcus (Chief Rabbi of the British Empire, 1803-1890)
"The House That Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 264
The Chief Rabbi: Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 58

Adler, Dr. Victor (Austrian Politician, 1852-1918)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 18, 60

Adonis (Beautiful Youth in Greek Mythology)
Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 8; Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 36; Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance (Larry Millett) 299; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 232; "The Case of Anton Furer" (Ted Riccardi) 170; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 109, 198; "Mouse and the Master" (Brian M. Thomsen) 141; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 83; Dr. Mortimer and the Aldgate Mystery (Gerard Williams) 89; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 301
An Adonis: Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 139; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 269; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 95; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 339
Adonis Face: The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 194
Handsome as Adonis: "The Case of Peter the Painter" (Donald Thomas) 235

Adye, Colonel (The Invisible Man - H.G. Wells)
Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 6, 19

Aeneas (Roman Mythology, Hero of Virgil's Aeneid)
 The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 163, 165; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 245; Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David Altamont) 229
see also: Dido & Aeneas

Aeolus (Grrek God of the Winds)
Aeolian Society: The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 25, 201

Aeiirii (Carnacki series - William Hope Hodgson)
"The Grantchester Grimoire" (Chico Kidd & Rick Kennett) 174, 177

Aesculapius: see Asclepius

Aethelwald: see Athelwalh

Aesop (Greek Writer of Fables, 620-560BC)
"Shady Sinners of the Styx" (Lawrence Daniel Fogg) 10; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 23; The Adventure of the Missing Brother (Eugene Edmund Snyder) 151; The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 40

Afonso VI (King of Portugal (1656-1667), 1643-1683)
The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 46

Aga Khan III (Head of Ismaili Sect, 1877-1957)
The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 164

Agamemnon (King of Mycenae in Greek Mythology)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 69; A Taste for Honey (H.F.Heard) 119; The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 323; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 115; "The Case of the Greek Key (Donald Thomas) 137, 149; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 164

Agar, Robert (British Train Robber)
Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 25

Agassiz, Louis (Swiss-American Naturalist, 1807-1883)
Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 229, 312

Agatha, St. (Sicilian Martyr, 3rd Century)
Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 113

Agatha, Sister (Dracula - Bram Stoker)
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 24

Agathe (Der Freischutz - Weber)
The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 59

Agnes, St (4th Century Martyr)
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 60
St Agnes Church: "The Adventure of the Man Who Never Laughed" (J.N.Williamson) 152, 154-155, 159
St Agnes Light: The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 520

Agnew, Spiro (American Politician, 1918-1996)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 216

Agnew, Thomas (English Art Dealer, 1794-1871)
Moriarty (John Gardner) 17-18, 21
Agnews: "Sherlock Holmes and 'The Woman'" (Michael Harrison) 119

Agostini, Angelo (Brazilian Artist, 1843-1910)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 11, 30, 53, 60, 247

Agrippa (Struwwelpeter - Heinrich Hoffman)
The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 82-83, 85, 100, 135, 150-151, 153, 155-157, 162-163, 168, 172, 175-176, 180-182, 186-187, 189-191, 195, 199

Agrippa, Henry Cornelius, Von Nettesheim (German Writer & Magician, 1486-1535)
The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J. Trow) 191-192; "The Black Heaven" (Ron Weighell) 120

Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius (Roman Soldier & Statesman, 63-12BC)
Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 181; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 82

Agrippa d'Aubigné, Théodore (French Poet & Historian, 1552-1630)
"The Black Heaven" (Ron Weighell) 120

Aguecheek, Sir Andrew (Twelfth Night - William Shakespeare)
"The Thief of Twelfth Night" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 217, 219-221, 223, 225-226, 228-229 {Andrew Oliver}; "Sherlock Holmes and the Muffin" (Dorothy B. Hughes) 212

Aguétant, Marie (French Courtesan)
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 8-9, 71, 255-256, 258-260

a-ha (Pop Group)
 Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 224

Ah Sin (Plain Language from Truthful James, or The Heathen Chinee - Bret Harte)
The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 20

Ahab (Biblical King - Kings)
The Notched Hairpin (H.F.Heard) 142

Ahab, Captain (Moby Dick - Herman Melville)
"Hall of Fame" (A. Bertram Chandler) 28-29; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 177; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 126; "The House That Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 264

Ahmad Arabi (Arabi Pasha, Egyptian Revolutionary Leader, 1839-1911)
I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 47; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 47

Ahrimanes (The Sorceror - Gilbert & Sullivan)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 109

Ahura Mazda (Zoroastrian God)
Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 118

Aida (Aida - Verdi)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 338

Aida Ouedo (Voodoo Goddess)
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 142

Aidan, St. (Irish Monk, 600?-651)
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 245, 326; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 68

Aidan of Ferns, St (Irish Bishop, c550-632)
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 245, 285

Ainsworth, William Harrison (British Author, 1805-1882)
The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 120

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

Akbar (Mughal Emperor of India (1556-1605), 1542-1605)
The Game (Laurie R. King) 116

Akbar Khan (Afghan Leader)
"The Specter of Tullyfane Abbey" (Peter Tremayne) 64

Akhenaton (Amenhotep IV / Ikhnaton / Neferkheprure-Waeare, Egyptian Pharoah (c.1353-1335BC))
From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 139-140, 153; "The Adventure of the Arabian Knight" (Loren D. Estleman) 154; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 106, 170-172, 227-228; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 10, 12, 111, 225
Amenhotep IV: Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 170
Ikhnaton: Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 106, 170-171

Akihito, Prince Komatsu (Japanese Military Leader, 1846-1903)
Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J. Trow) 612

Akiva ben Yosef (Jewish Rabbi, ?-135)
A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 4, 92, 134, 137, 149, 335; O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 45

Akond of Swat, The (The Akond of Swat - Edward Lear)
Arthur and the Bellybutton Diamond (Alan Coren) 11-12, 49
Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 71, 138; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 24

Al-Jebal: see Old Man of the Mountain

Al Mamun (Caliph of Baghdad, (813-33), 786-833)
Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 169-170

Aladdin (The Arabian Nights)
Stanley Bagshaw and the Frantic Film Fiasco (Bob Wilson)
"The Adventure of the Bulgarian Diplomat" (Zakaria Erzinçlioglu) 450; Holmes on the Range (Steve Hockensmith) 2; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 252; Elementary, Mrs. Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 8; The Game's Afoot Mrs. Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 173; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 241, 258, 261, 264-266; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 286; The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 297; The Case of the Ranjipur Ruby (Anthony Read) 24; Count Dobermann of Pinscher (Brenda Sivers) 52; Hound in the Highlands (Brenda Sivers) 46; "The Case of the Maplestead Magpie" (June Thomson) 83, 86; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 144; Dr. Mortimer and the Aldgate Mystery (Gerard Williams) 96
Aladdin's Cave: The Night Calls (David Pirie) 234; The Case of the Stolen Sparklers (Anthony Read) 91

Aladdin's Genie (The Arabian Nights)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 265, 269-273; Stanley Bagshaw and the Frantic Film Fiasco (Bob Wilson)
"The Adventure of the Bulgarian Diplomat" (Zakaria Erzinçlioglu) 450; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 53; Holmes on the Range (Steve Hockensmith) 2; Elementary, Mrs Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 8

Aladdin's Lamp (The Arabian Nights)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 241, 258-259, 261, 265-267, 269-271
"Shady Sinners of the Styx" (Lawrence Daniel Fogg) 17; Holmes on the Range (Steve Hockensmith) 2; Elementary, Mrs Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 8; The Case of the Ranjipur Ruby (Anthony Read) 24
An Aladdin's Lamp: Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 252

Aladdin's Princess (The Arabian Nights)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 264-271, 273

Aladdin's Sorcerer (The Arabian Nights)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 259, 265-271

Alard, Jean-Delphin (French Composer & Violinist, 1815-1888)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 89

Alaric I (King of the Visigoths (395-410), 370-410)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 379

Alauddin Khalji (Sultan of Delhi, (1296-1316), 1255-1316)
Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 137

Alban, St. (First English Martyr, ?-309)
Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 67
St. Albans: "The Case of the Open and Shut" (Douglas Moreton) 101, 110; "The Case of the Substitute Strangler" (Douglas Moreton) 41-42, 49; "The Case of the Two-Faced Transom" (Douglas Moreton) 89, 92, 94, 96; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 53-54, 59, 66, 75
St Alban's Church: "The Case of Peter the Painter" (Donald Thomas) 196

Albatross, The (The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
"The Devil and Sherlock Holmes" (Loren D. Estleman) 9

Albatross, The (Robur The Conqueror - Jules Verne)
From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 80

Albee, Edward F. (American Theatre Impresario)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 26, 99
Albee Theatre: Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 101

Alberich (The Ring Cycle - Richard Wagner)
The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 265

Albert (King of Saxony (1873-1902), 1828-1902)
Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 130, 132-133, 138, 140, 142, 144-145, 149, 159
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 289; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 33
NOTE: Albert, King of Saxony was one of the four Kings who rode in the Deadwood Stage with the Prince of Wales at Queen Victoria's Jubilee performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. In Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush he is misidentified as the King of Norway (p.132)

Albert, Prince (German-born Consort of Queen Victoria, 1819-1861)
 "A Study In Emerald" (Neil Gaiman) 10-11, 23; Moriarty (John Gardner) 251-252, 256, 258-259; "The Adventure of the Other Detective" (Bradley H. Sinor) 52-56, 58, 61; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 7-10, 13, 18-20, 187-188, 200
 The Glendower Conspiracy (Lloyd Biggle Jr.) 386; The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Richard L. Boyer) 102; "Three Cases of Relative Jealousy" (Colin Bruce) 115; "Holmes and the Loss of the British Barque Sophy Anderson" (Peter Cannon) 80; The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 52; The Italian Secretary (Caleb Carr) 4, 13-14, 64, 86, 100; "The Adventure of the Conk-Singleton Papers" (John Dickson Carr) 270-271; Arthur and the Purple Panic (Alan Coren) 14, 21; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 69; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 76; "The Adventure of the Christmas Tree" (William L. DeAndrea) 176; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 321; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 105; Absolute Discretion (Grant Eustace) 12, 103; "The Lady Downstairs" (Christopher Fowler) 69; The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 181; Young Sherlock: The Adventure At Ferryman's Creek (Gerald Frow) 76; The Adventure of the Three Dragons (Luke Steven Fullenkamp) 49; Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 140; Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 108; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 91, 94; The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 150, 152; The Case of the Maltese Treasure (Thomas Brace Haughey) 30; Slickensides (John Buxton Hilton) 119; Holmes on the Range (Steve Hockensmith) 116; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 90-91, 93, 247; The Punjat's Ruby (Marian J.A.Jackson) 166; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 212; "The Adventure of Exham Priory" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 380; "The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 481; In Search of Watson (Tracy Mack & Michael Citrin) 12; "The Adventure of the Queen’s Letters" (Michael Mallory) 207; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 26; Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance (Larry Millett) 235; "Angel Down, Sussex" (Kim Newman) 134; A Puzzle for Sherlock Holmes (Robert Newman) 136; "All That Glitters" (Bill Paxton) 10; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 53; Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 52, 76, 93-94; 102-103; "The Case of the Highland Hoax" (Anne Perry & Malachi Saxon) 131, 139; The Werewolf Club Meets Oliver Twit (Daniel & Jill Pinkwater) 90; "The Adventure of 221C" (Steve Punt & Hugh Dennis) 185; Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 166; "The Adventure of Ricoletti of the Club Foot (and his abominable wife)" (Roberta Rogow) 145, 149, 155; The Problem of the Missing Miss (Roberta Rogow) 2, 11, 231; The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist (Roberta Rogow) 25; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 167; The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 83; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 13; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 55, 123, 126, 493, 499, 603; The Raven League: Sherlock Holmes is Missing! (Alex Simmons & Bill McCay) 159; The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets (Nancy Springer) 4; "The Case of the King’s Evil" (Donald Thomas) 87; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 307; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 207; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 96, 138-139; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 24, 113-114, 248; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 57; "The Mystery of Headless Valley" (Ronald C. Weyman) 21; A Night in the Lonesome October (Roger Zelazny) 200
Albert Chain: The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 36; Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 41; The Veiled Detective (David Stuart Davies) 108; The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 251; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 35, 38, 66, 279; Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 28, 112; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 65, 192; The Lost Holmes (David Upton) 126, 232
The Albert Dock: "The Steamship Friesland" (Peter Calamai) 194; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J. Trow) 419; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 114; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 120, 182
Albert Embankment: Sherlock Holmes and the Thistle of Scotland (L.B. Greenwood) 13; "The Case of the Tell-Tale Hands" (Donald Thomas) 46
The Albert Memorial: Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 5; Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 149, 297; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 235; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 22; "The Adventure of the Missing Countess" (Jon Koons) 311; "The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 89
Albert Street: Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 16, 29-30, 40, 60-61, 97, 154, 165, 194
Langtry Alberts: The Return of Moriarty (John Gardner) 251
Prince Albert Frock Coat: The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 277
Prince Albert Row: Stanley Bagshaw and the Frantic Film Fiasco (Bob Wilson)
Prince Albert Coat: "The Adventure of the Coughing Dentist" (Loren D. Estleman) 109; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 22; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 205; Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 166; Wilde About Holmes (Milo Yelesiyevich) 288
Prince Albert's Own Hussars: The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 119
The Royal Albert Hall: Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 5-6; Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Seven (Val Andrews) 45; Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 6, 127; Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 46; "The Adventure of the Dying Doctor" (Colin Bruce) 7; The Haunting of Torre Abbey (Carole Buggé) 161, 257; "The Strange Case of the Tongue-Tied Tenor" (Carole Buggé) 337-338, 340-342, 347-349; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 76; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 65, 192; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 235; Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 19; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 39-40, 42-44, 53; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 27; "The Case of the Incumbent Invalid" (Claire Griffen) 61; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 164; "The Singular Affair of the Dying Schoolboys" (H. Paul Jeffers) 147; "The Adventure of the Missing Countess" (Jon Koons) 310; "The Ciphered Message" (Henry Ledgard & Andrew Singer) 111; The Case of the 2nd Séance (Sam McCarver) 117; Hellbirds (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 22, 76, 205, 209-216, 219, 221; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 107; The Affair of the Incognito Tenant (Lora Roberts) 96; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 223; "The Flat-Top Desk" (Alan Stockwell) 30; "The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 89; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 223; No Ordinary Terror (J. Brooks Van Dyke) 221; Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 28; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 4
The Royal Albert Museum: Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 183
Victoria & Albert Museum

Albert I (King of Belgium (1909-34), 1875-1934)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 68

Albert I (Prince of Monaco (1889-1922), 1848-1922)
Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 112, 139, 160-163, 166-168, 185, 189-190, 209, 219-222, 224-225, 227-228, 230-231, 259-260, 262-266, 278-279, 282-283, 289, 294, 296, 299, 306, 323-324, 327, 329, 338, 347, 353, 355, 359-362, 364-365, 367
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 109; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 111; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 33; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 109

Albertus Magnus (Philosopher & Saint, 1206-1280)
The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 213

Albinoni, Tomaso (Italian Composer, 1671-1750)
Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test (Stanley Shaw) 47

Albright, Captain Red (Captain Midnite - Radio Show)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 3, 6, 8-10, 21-26, 65-66, 72-73, 104, 138, 153-155, 157, 347

Alceste (Alceste - Jean-Baptiste Lully)
The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 33

Alcock, Charles W. (British Sportsman, Founder of the F.A.Cup)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 196; Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test (Stanley Shaw) 31-143

Alcock, Sir John William (British Aviator, 1892-1919)
see: Alcock & Brown

Alcock & Brown (British Aviators)
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 51; The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 362

Alcott, Louisa May (American Author, 1832-1888)
"Sherlock Holmes and the Mummy's Curse" (H. Paul Jeffers) 90

Aldate, St. (English Bishop, ?-600)
St. Aldate's Church: "Call Me Wiggins" (Norman Schreiber) 73

Aldbryht (7th Century British Saxon Warrior)
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 75

Aldhelm, St. (English Prelate, 639(?)-709)
St. Aldhelm's Head: Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 181; "Art in the Blood" (Brian Stableford) 122, 131
St Aldhelm's Point: The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 257, 279, 286

Aldington, Richard (British Poet, 1892-1962)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 11