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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

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

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; "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; 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; 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; Moriarty (John Gardner) 251; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 35, 38, 66, 279; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 65, 192; The Lost Holmes (David Upton) 126, 232
The Albert Dock: 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 Albert Memorial: Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 5; 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: 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 Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 22; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 205; Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 166
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; 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 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; 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

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

Alencar, José de (Brazilian Writer & Politician, 1829-1877)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 246

Alexander, King (The Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope)
The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 36-37

Alexander, Prince (Netherlands, Son of William III, 1851-1884)
"A Case of Royal Blood" (Steven-Elliot Altman) 65-66, 75-76, 79, 83, 89-90; "A Matter of Royal Honour" (David L. Hammer) 78

Alexander I (King of Yugoslavia (1921-34), Crown Prince of Serbia, 1888-1934)
The Adventure of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons (James Francis Thierry) 38

Alexander I (Czar of Russia (1801-25), 1777-1825)
Alexander Palace: The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 26, 132
Alexanderplatz: Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 49, 63; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 129, 139

Alexander II (Czar of Russia (1855-81), 1818-1881)
I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 62-63, 65; Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 89, 113, 129-130, 139
Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 105; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 50; "The Adventure of the Seven Clocks" (Adrian Conan Doyle & John Dickson Carr) 27-28; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 51, 127; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 90, 103; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 45-46, 48; Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 55, 78; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 71, 76, 193, 293, 309; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 13-14, 27-28, 37, 55, 70, 91, 122-123, 125, 136, 196, 212, 218, 232, 271, 285, 302; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 63, 187; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 118; "The Case of the Old Russian Woman" (June Thomson) 120, 137
The last Tsar: The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 94
The Tsar: "The Adventure of the Old Russian Woman" (Ian Charnock) 107-108, 111; "Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 161; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 157
Tsarist: "The Adventure of the Old Russian Woman" (Ian Charnock) 110

Alexander III (Czar of Russia (1881-94), 1845-1894)
"The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 193
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 444; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 111-112, 133, 140, 144, 183, 295; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 50, 189, 273, 354, 443-444; The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 173; Sherlock Holmes and the Adler Papers (John Hall) 72; Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 9; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 43, 46, 48-49, 157, 162, 212, 220; Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 167; Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 78; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 28; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 35, 42, 47, 73, 85, 88, 97-98, 105, 117, 120, 126
Agent of the Tsar: "Tiger! Tiger!" (Elizabeth Bear) 46
Pont Alexandre III: "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 28; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 251
The Czar: The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 19; The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 27; The Raven League: Sherlock Holmes is Missing! (Alex Simmons & Bill McCay) 162-163
Czarist: The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 1
Czar's Men: The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 139
Czar's Ministers: The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 137
The Russian King: The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 162
The Tsar: The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 33, 38, 42, 63, 66, 87; "Tiger! Tiger!" (Elizabeth Bear) 32; "Cross of Gold" (Michael Collins) 336-337; Against the Brotherhood (Quinn Fawcett) 317; The Game (Laurie R. King) 13, 26; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 93-94, 211, 253; "An Envoy to Lhasa" (Ted Riccardi) 131, 142, 144; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 203, 212, 214; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 99; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 182-184; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 124, 137, 264
Tsarist: "Tiger! Tiger!" (Elizabeth Bear) 39; "Cross of Gold" (Michael Collins) 337; "The Case of Hodgson's Ghost" (Ted Riccardi) 49; "An Envoy to Lhasa" (Ted Riccardi) 125, 130-131
The Tsar of Rooshia: Dr Jekyll and Mr Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 50

Alexander VI, Pope: see Borgia, Rodrigo

Alexander Nevsky (Russian Hero & Saint, 1220-1263)
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 163
Nevsky Prospekt: Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 57; Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 261

Alexander of Battenberg, Prince (Ruler of Bulgaria (1879-86), 1857-1893)
I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 42-43; "Sherlock Holmes & 'The Woman'" (Michael Harrison) 112-115, 117, 120-121, 123-126, 128-129; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 123-124, 132

Alexander the Great (Alexander III of Macedonia (336-323BC), 356-323BC)
Young Sherlock Holmes (Alan Arnold) 133; The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 62; The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 145; The Star of India (Carole Buggé) 6; Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 26; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 36; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 2; "Sherlock Holmes and the Muffin" (Dorothy B. Hughes) 219; The Game (Laurie R. King) 44, 115; Death By Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 137; "The Moriarty Gambit" (Fritz Leiber) 298; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 161-162; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 40; "The Private Files of Mycroft Holmes" (Kim Newman) 18; "The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 151; "The Eight Pointed Cross" (Bill Paxton) 229; "The Adventure of the Extraterrestrial" (Mack Reynolds) 183; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 197; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 152; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 67; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 251; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 118, 278; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 214; Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 10; "The Curse of Nectanebo" (Ron Weighell) 64
Alexander-like: Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 395

Alexandra of Denmark (British Queen. Wife of Edward VII, 1844-1925)
Moriarty (John Gardner) 265, 295, 301, 303-307; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 39, 96, 176, 192-195, 203, 209, 211-213, 216-219, 228-230, 236-238, 248, 250-251, 256, 277; "The Adventure of the Grand Old Man" (H. Paul Jeffers) 188; Bloodline (Jill Jones) 63-64, 73, 226, 266; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 27; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 110, 155, 158-161, 165, 190; "Places for Act Two!" (Bradley H. Sinor) 162-163, 168, 172; "The Case of the Crown Jewels" (Donald Thomas) 90; "The Queen of the Night" (Donald Thomas) 322, 324; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 52-54, 158-159, 201; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 14; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 608-611, 630
The Glendower Conspiracy (Lloyd Biggle Jr.) 270; "The Case of the Lugubrious Manservant" (Rhys Bowen) 120; The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 52; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 101, 288, 315; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 167; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 112; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 322; Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 117; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 119; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 240, 265, 278-279, 343; "Sherlock Holmes & 'The Woman'" (Michael Harrison) 113; The Punjat's Ruby (Marian J.A.Jackson) 75; "The Adventure of the Illustrious Patient" (Michael Mallory) 80; "The Woman" (Aline Myette-Volsky) 190; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 340, 434; Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 128, 143; Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 63, 114-115; "Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 130; The Phantom of the Barbary Coast" (Frank M. Robinson) 106; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 48, 125; "The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 85; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 64; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 59; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 309
Alexandra Gate: "The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 89
Alexandra Limp: The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 174

Alexandra Feodorovna (Russian Tsarina, Wife of Nicholas II, 1872-1918)
Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 71-120; Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 23-285; Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 60, 69-70, 73, 75-77, 79, 81-82, 85-87, 89-92; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 9-12, 107; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 200-201
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 516; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 302; The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 12, 16, 26, 111-112, 137, 145, 162, 174, 177-179, 195, 202-204, 208, 229, 263, 268-269; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 147; "The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 187; Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 114; Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 262

Alexei (The Insulted and the Injured - Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 262

Alexei, Frank (American Potter, Murdered his Wife)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 152-153

Alexei, Mrs. (Wife of Frank Alexei, ?-1922)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 152-153

Alexei Alexandrovich Romanov (Russian Grand Duke, 1850-1908)
"The Adventure of the Seven Clocks" (Adrian Conan Doyle & John Dickson Carr) 12, 14-24, 26-31, 33-34; Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 68-73, 76-78, 80-83
Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 278

Alexis Nicolaievich Romanov (Tsarevich of Russia. Son of Nicholas & Alexandra, 1904-1918)
Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 71-121; Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 23-285; Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 79, 81, 86-87, 90-93; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 198, 200
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 516; The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 15, 111-112, 137, 162, 175, 179, 195, 208; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 131, 147The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 15

Alexius I Comnenus (Byzantine Emperor (1081-1118), 1048-1118)
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 145, 148

Alfonso X, The Wise (King of Leon & Castile (1252-1282), 1221-1284)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 143

Alfonso XII (King of Spain (1874-85), 1857-1885)
"The Major General's Pepper-Pots" (John Kendrick Bangs) 212-221
"The Gibraltar Letter" (Sam Benady) 35; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 212

Alfonso XIII (King of Spain (1886-1931), 1886-1941)
"Murder To Music" (Anthony Burgess) 253, 260, 262-263, 266-267, 269
"The Major General's Pepper-Pots" (John Kendrick Bangs) 212; Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 16; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 40; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 95; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 73, 81, 87, 93, 97, 130

Alfred the Great (King of the West Saxons (871-99), 849-899)
The Quallsford Inheritance (Lloyd Biggle Jr.) 61; The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 50; Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 32; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 84; "The Strange Affair At Glastonbury" (Eddie Maguire) 37; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 57; "The Case of the Gustaffson Stone" (June Thomson) 184; "The Bound of the Haskervilles" (T.P.J.) 168
The Alfred Jewel: "The Case of the Gustaffson Stone" (June Thomson) 184-185

Alfredo (La Traviata): see Germont, Alfredo

Alger, Horatio (American Author, 1932-1899)
Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 111; The Probability Pad (T.A.Waters) 68

Algy (Biggles series - Capt. W.E.Johns)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 140, 190-192, 295, 302, 310

Algy Pug (Rupert Bear stories - Mary Tourtel)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 114-115

Alhazred , Abdul (Author of the Necronomicon in stories by H.P. Lovecraft)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 90; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 213; "The Adventure of the Arab's Manuscript" (Michael Reaves) 272-275, 278, 283, 288, 291, 294; "The Giant Rat of Sumatra" (Paula Volsky) 171; "A Case of Insomnia" (John P. Vourlis) 339; "Death Did Not Become Him" (David Niall Wilson & Patricia Lee Macomber) 408-409, 418; A Night in the Lonesome October (Roger Zelazny) 72, 139, 181, 268, 270
Abd al-Azrad: The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 173
Alhazrad: "The Adventure of the Other Detective" (Bradley H. Sinor) 43
Alhazred (spaceship): "The Interrupted Game" (Dana Martin Batory) 125

Ali Baba (The Arabian Nights)
Chronicles of the Lost Years (Tracy Cooper-Posey) 83; Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 239; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 164; The Case of the Ranjipur Ruby (Anthony Read) 24; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 18
Ali Baba's Cave: Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 159; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 223

Ali Pasha (Viceroy of Egypt): see Muhammad Ali Pasha

Ali Pasha (Turkish Governor of Albania, c1740-1822)
Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 209-212, 214, 228, 232-234, 237

Alice (Alice In Wonderland & Through The Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll; also Alice Liddell (1852-1934) Model for Carroll's Character)
"The Case of the Detective's Smile" (Mark Bourne) 20-25; My Hero (Tom Holt) 149; "Alimentary, My Dear Watson" (Lawrence Schimel) 209-212; "Call Me Wiggins" (Norman Schreiber) 80, 84, 91-93, 97-98; "Mouse and the Master" (Brian M. Thomsen) 141, 143
"The Adventure of the Librarian's Ghost" (Jon L. Breen) 24, 32, 35; Chronicles of the Lost Years (Tracy Cooper-Posey) 153; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 24, 84, 87, 89, 115, 126, 144; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 50, 53-55, 108, 177, 181; Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 117; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 52, 95, 318; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 174, 259, 424; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 199; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 203; The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 1; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) xii, Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 3; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 170; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 220; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 79, 185; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 123; The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist (Roberta Rogow) 18; The Disappearance of Edwin Drood (Peter Rowland) 35; The Problem of the Missing Miss (Roberta Rogow) 14, 83; "The Adventure of the Other Detective" (Bradley H. Sinor) 46; Basil in the Wild West (Eve Titus) 53; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 85

Alice Maud Mary, Princess (Daughter of Queen Victoria, 1843-1878)
The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 136-137
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 187

Alivardi Khan (Nawab of Bengal (1740-1756), ?-1756)
The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 12

All The King's Horses (Humpty Dumpty - Nursery Rhyme)
"Humpty Dumpty, Did he Fall? Or Was he Pushed?" (Victor G. Ambrus)

Allah (Supreme Deity of Islam)
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 141; The Case of the Reluctant Agent (Tracy Cooper-Posey) 33, 71, 96-97, 106, 112, 186, 196; "The Modern Radio Sleuth" (Jay Coote) 79; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 318; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 5, 268; "The Adventure of the Arabian Knight" (Loren D. Estleman) 150; Against the Brotherhood (Quinn Fawcett) 183; The Scottish Ploy (Quinn Fawcett) 27, 32, 97; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 69; The Notched Hairpin (H.F.Heard) 112-113, 116; A Taste for Honey (H.F.Heard) 221; An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 36; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 240, 242, 244; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 124-127, 176, 228; O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 13, 72, 315; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 13; "The Secret Marriage of Sherlock Holmes" (Shariann Lewitt) 262-264; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 31; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 104; Eye of the Crow (Shane Peacock) 58, 64, 220; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 82, 96, 137; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 166; "A Singular Affair at Trincomalee" (Ted Riccardi) 233; The Holmes-Dracula File (Fred Saberhagen) 223; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 176, 204; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 191, 193, 228, 237; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 6, 9; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 131; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 49, 54, 63-64, 66, 68, 129, 133, 150; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 119; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 377; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 90-91, 147, 162, 164-165, 168, 174, 177, 187, 198, 261, 272, 275, 282, 287, 295; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 209; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 270
Allah Knows: Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 9
Allahu Akhbar: Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J. Trow) 147
La illah il'allah: Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 105
Mashallah: "The Adventure of the Arab's Manuscript" (Michael Reaves) 275
Shadow of God: The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 111

Allan, John (Edgar Allan Poe's Step-Father, ?-1834)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 299; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 86, 136; The Night Calls (David Pirie) 149

Allard, Kent: see The Shadow

Allen, Barry: see The Flash

Allen, Fred (American Entertainer, 1894-1956)
Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 112

Allen, Joseph (British Police Constable, Found Alice McKenzie's Body)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 104

Allen, Mrs (Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen)
Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 47

Allen, Woody (American Actor & Director, 1935- )
The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 326

Allenby, Edmund, Viscount (British Field Marshal, 1861-1936)
Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 25-28, 34; O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 28-367; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 117-123, 125, 127
The Case of the Reluctant Agent (Tracy Cooper-Posey) 198-199; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 287, 291, 293; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 4, 14; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 58

Alley, Henry (American Apiarist)
The Affair of the Incognito Tenant (Lora Roberts) 64, 171

Alleyn, Edward (British Actor, 1566-1626)
Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 100-186
The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 30-31
Alleyn's Head Inn: The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 95

Alleyn, Roderick (Roderick Alleyn series - Ngaio Marsh)
"The Ultimate Crime" (Isaac Asimov) 340; "The Adventure of the Illustrious Impostor" (Anthony Boucher) 85

Allison, Fran (American TV Presenter, 1908-1989)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 216

Allsop, Henry (British Brewer)
Allsop's Pale Ale: Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 126

Allured, Private Charles (Soldier at Balaclava, ?-1854)
Brigade (M.J.Trow) 207

Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence (British Artist, 1836-1912)
The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 75-77, 81, 99-100, 107, 175, 194
The Notched Hairpin (H.F.Heard) 92, 95; "It's Clever, But Is It Art?" (M.J.Trow) 112; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 37; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 82

Almeida, Belmiro de (Brazilian Artist & Editor, 1858-1935)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 11

Almeida, Felinto de (Brazilian Writer, 1859-1903)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 117

Almeida, Jose Ferraz de, Jr. (Brazilian Artist, 1850-1899)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 87

Almquist, C.J.L. (Swedish Author, 1793-1866)
Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 9

Aloysius Gonzaga, St. (Italian Priest, 1568-1591)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 121

Alphonse & Gaston (Cartoon Characters created by Frederick Burr Opper)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 48

Altgeld, John P. (American Political Leader, 1847-1902)
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 159, The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 275

Altman, Benjamin (American Merchant, 1840-1913)
B. Altman's: Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 48, 59, 90, 99, 121, 184, 409

Alva, Fernando çlvarez de Toledo, Duke of (Spanish General, 1507-1582)
Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 147

Alverstone, Sir Richard E. Webster, Lord (British Lord Chief Justice, 1842-?)
The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 5, 139, 194-195, 200, 204, 207-209, 211-212; "The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 160

Alvin and the Chipmunks (American Pop Group)
Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 224