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Amadeo I (Duke of Aosta & King of Spain (1870-73), 1854-1890)
"The Abandoned Brigantine" (Sam Benady) 15-16, 19, 22, 24
The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Jake & Luke Thoene) 102

Amahaggar, The (She - H. Rider Haggard)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 73

Amanda (Spock's Mother) (Star Trek - TV series)
Death's Angel (Kathleen Sky) 180-181, 209

Amati (Family of Violin Makers)
The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 73; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 104; "A Study In Lavender Lace" (Larry Townsend) 32
Amati Violins: "The Adventure of the Snitch in Time" (August Derleth & Mack Reynolds) 61; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 43; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 7; Hellbirds (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 208, 218-219, 223; Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 46; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 19; "Voiceover" (Edward Wellen) 226

Amaymon (Demon)
Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 125

Ambrosius (Arthurian Legend - King Arthur's Uncle)
Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 116

Ameche, Don (American Actor, 1908-1993)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 81

Ameer ben Ali (Algerian Murder Suspect, Carrie Brown Case)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 31-32, 34-39, 130-131, 188-189, 196

Amelia (A Masked Ball - Verdi)
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (Gilbert Pearlman) 95-104

Amenartas (She - H. Rider Haggard)
Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent Miller) 6

Amenhotep (Any of Several Pharoahs)
Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 35, 44-45, 227; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 70

Amenhotep IV: see Akhenaton

Amenophis (Any of Several Pharoahs)
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 72

Ames, Grant, III (Ellery Queen series - Ellery Queen)
A Study In Terror (Ellery Queen) 8-11, 26-28, 42-44, 67, 79-81, 106-108, 118-121, 132, 134, 146-147, 159, 162-163, 167

Amestris (Queen of Persia, 505-c.425BC)
Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 381

Amherst, Sir Jeffrey (British Soldier, 1717-1797)
"The Matter of the Furnival Curse" (David L. Hammer) 92; The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 156

Amin, Idi (President of Uganda (1971-79), 1925- )
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 99; The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 174

Amir Abdur Rahman Khan (Afghan Leader (1880-1901), 1844-1901)
Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 4, 6

Amir Shere Ali Khan (Afghan Leader)
The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 209, 249, 262, 266

Amir Yakub Khan (Afghan Leader)
The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 249, 259-260

Amis, Kingsley (British Author, 1922-1995)
The Book of the Dead (Robert Richardson) 43, 57

Amon: see Amun

Amos (Biblical Prophet - Amos)
Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 257

Amos & Andy (The Amos & Andy Show)
Amos & Andes: Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 36

Ampthill, Odo Russell, 1st Baron (British Diplomat, 1829-1884)
The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 119

Amr (Son of King Arthur)
Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 116, 118, 128-129, 169

Amr ibn al Aas (7th Century Ruler of Egypt)
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 140

Amun (Egyptian God)
From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 140; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 230; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 169; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 256; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 7, 112, 204, 225, 234
Amon-Ra: Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 140

Amures, Sunex (British Monk, Ghost said to haunt Borley Rectory)
Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 127, 136-139

Amworth, Mrs. (Mrs. Amworth - E.F.Benson)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 187-190, 193, 203, 205, 250-254, 283-284, 303

Amyitis (Wife of Nebuchadnezzar II)
"The Eight Pointed Cross" (Bill Paxton) 222

An Li: see Li Lien Ying

Ananias (Bible - Paul)
Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 416

Ananke (Lover of Zeus in Greek Mythology)
Reply Paid (H.F.Heard) 207

Anastasia, Grand Duchess (Wife of Grand Duke Nicholas)
Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 73-273

Anastasia Nikolaievna, Grand Duchess (Daughter of Czar Nicholas II, 1901-1918)
Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 91-92, 111, 115, 118, 120; Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 29-285; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 10-11; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 129, 198-202, 205, 219, 222
The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 162; Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 262

Ancient Mariner, The (The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
"The Case of the Borderland Dandelions" (Howard Engel) 38

Andersen, Hans Christian (Danish Storyteller, 1805-1875)
"A Case of Royal Blood" (Steven-Elliot Altman) 73; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 352, 401; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 48, 109, 177, 321; A Taste for Honey (H.F.Heard) 53; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 191-192; "The Black Heaven" (Ron Weighell) 132-133

Anderson, Bloody Bill (American Partisan)
The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 301

Anderson, Carl (American Sherlockian)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 5, 22, 42, 53, 104, 131, 176, 214, 216

Anderson, Chester (American Author, 1932- )
The Probability Pad (T.A.Waters) 7-11, 13-17, 19-21, 23-27, 30-39, 41, 54, 56-67, 70-85, 87-102, 104-107, 109-134, 136-144

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett (First British Woman Physician, 1836-1917)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 209; Dr. Mortimer and the Aldgate Mystery (Gerard Williams) 44

Anderson, John (American Tobacconist)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 118

Anderson, John Henry (Scottish Magician, 1814-1874)
The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 197

Anderson, Poul (American Author, 1926-2001)
The Danish scholar Anderson: "Sherlock Holmes, Dragon-Slayer" (Darrell Schweitzer) 121

Anderson, Sir Robert (Scottish Head of CID, 1841-1918)
"My Three Ripping Years at the Yard" (Douglas Moreton) 21, 26, 30, 32; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 106-108
"The Case of the Baker Street Dozen" (Arthur Douglas) 67; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 137; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 35, 37, 352, 374; The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 38; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 486; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 158-159, 173, 191, 245-247

Anderssen, Adolf (Polish Chess Player, 1818-1878)
"The Moriarty Gambit" (Fritz Leiber) 302

Andrade, Gomes Freire de (Portuguese General, 1757-1817)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 170

Andrássy, Gyula (Hungarian Prime Minister (1871-79), 1823-1890)
Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 63

Andrée, Salomon Auguste (Swedish Explorer, 1854-1897)
"The Sudden Death of Cardinal Tosca" (Isaac S. George) 75

Andrew, C.R. (American Sherlockian)
"Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 62-63

Andrew, Saint (Apostle, Patron Saint of Scotland)
"The Riddle of the Young Protestor" (Michael Mallory) 288, 291, 293; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 221; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 145-146; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 56, 157
Ogbourn St Andrews: The Lost Holmes (David Upton) 54
Order of St Andrew: Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 76
St Andrews (town): The Night Calls (David Pirie) 152
St Andrew's Church: Moriarty (John Gardner) 230, 247-248; "The Haunted House" (Watkin Jones) 18
St Andrew's College: "Sussex Interview" (P.M.Stone) 415
St Andrew's Cross: "The Riddle of the Young Protestor" (Michael Mallory) 292-293, 307; Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder (Barrie Roberts) 64
St Andrew's School: The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Daniel Gracely) 22
St Andrew's Society: The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 487
St Andrew's Street: "The Riddle of the Young Protestor" (Michael Mallory) 293-294, 297; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 120

Andrews, Dana (American Actor, 1909-1992)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 71, 135

Andrews, Dean (American Attorney, JFK Assassination)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 125-126

Andrews, Thomas (Irish Engineer, supervised design of the Titanic, 1873-1912)
Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 47-49, 160, 168-169, 171, 173-175, 220-223, 244
The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 25

Andropov, Yuri (Russian President (1983-84), 1914-1984)
Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 12

Angel, Heather (American Actress, 1909-1986)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 46

Angel, Miriam (Polish woman murdered by Israel Lipski, ?-1887)
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 86; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 270

Angel of Mons, The (Vision on World War I Battlefield)
"Angel Down, Sussex" (Kim Newman) 114; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J. Trow) 170

Angelo (Measure For Measure - William Shakespeare)
Against the Brotherhood (Quinn Fawcett) 151

Angelo, Henry (English-Italian Fencing Master, 1756-1835)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 17

Angels at the Tomb of Christ (New Testament)
An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 177, 213-214

Anglo, Mike (Comics Artist)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 103

Ankhasenamun (Wife of Tutankhamun)
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 7-10

Anmer (King George V's Horse in the 1913 Derby)
"The Adventure of the Librarian's Ghost" (Jon L. Breen) 35; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 62, 66, 69, 74, 137, 149, 169

Anna, Donna (Don Giovanni - Mozart)
San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 97

Anna (Empress of Russia (1730-40), 1693-1740)
Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 13

Anna O (Freud Case History)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 121

Anne (Queen of Great Britain (1702-14), 1665-1714)
"The Adventure of the Wax Gamblers" (Adrian Conan Doyle & John Dickson Carr) 64; Embassy Row (Quinn Fawcett) 219; The Notched Hairpin (H.F.Heard) 12; Slickensides (John Buxton Hilton) 37; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 152-153, 174, 192, 194; "The Holy Rood" (Alan Stockwell) 120, 123, 128; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 10; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 534; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 36
The British Crown: "The Gibraltar Letter" (Sam Benady) 30
Queen Anne Building: Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 52
Queen Anne Chair: The Adventure of the Dead Rabbits Society (Philip J. Carraher) 93, 96; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 67, 131; The Affair of the Incognito Tenant (Lora Roberts) 28; Sherlock Holmes and the Masquerade Murders (Frank Thomas) 2, 151
Queen Anne Desk: Good Night, Mr Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 137
Queen Anne Design: Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 105
Queen Anne Dwellings: The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 7
Queen Anne Furniture: The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Daniel Gracely) 36; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 65
Queen Anne Gate: Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 235
Queen Anne Houses: Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 44
Queen Anne Manor: "The Case of the Manor House Mystery" (June Thomson) 74
Queen Anne Period: Elementary, Mrs Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 164; The Affair of the Incognito Tenant (Lora Roberts) 16
Queen Anne's Gate: "The Case of the Uncommon Necklace" (Jane Rubino) 39, 59
Queen Anne's Lace: Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 155
The Queen Anne's Revenge: "The Adventure of the Death-Fetch" (Darrell Schweitzer) 470
Queen Anne Sideboard: The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 151
Queen Anne Spoons: Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 105
Queen Anne Street: Dr Jekyll and Mr Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 150
Queen Anne Style: Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 28, 263; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 16, 36
Queen Anne Table: W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 186

Anne of Austria (Wife of Louis XIII, 1601-1666)
The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 111; "The Adventure of the Glass House" (Michael Mallory) 60, 62-64; "A Study In Lavender Lace" (Larry Townsend) 69

Anne of Cleves (German Queen of England, Wife of Henry VIII, 1515-1557)
Sabrina The Teenage Witch: Hounded By Baskervilles (Mercer Warriner) 39

Anne of Denmark (English Queen, Wife of James I, 1574-1619)
The Quallsford Inheritance (Lloyd Biggle Jr.) 125

Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables - L.M.Montgomery)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 142
Anne of Green Bagels: Elementary, Mr Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 142

Anselm, St. (Archbishop of Canterbury, ?-1109)
St. Anselm's Church: Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J. Trow) 206-208, 210; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 39

Antaeus (Giant in Greek Mythology)
"Voiceover" (Edward Wellen) 242

Anthony, St. (Egyptian Hermit, 251-350)
 "From The Diary of Sherlock Holmes" (Maurice Baring) 419; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 51-52, 54, 69; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 98; "The Adventure of the Stuttering Ghost" (H. Paul Jeffers) 130; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 151
Falls of St Anthony: Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 25
Mission San Antonio de Valera: The Quest for Bowie's Blade (J.T. Edson) 1
Rue Saint-Antoine: The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 39, 158
San Antonio de Bexar: The Quest for Bowie's Blade (J.T. Edson) 18-21, 31-34, 43, 46, 50, 60, 63, 72, 75, 78, 97-100, 104, 107, 117, 122, 130, 173
Santo Antônio Hill: A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 33
St. Anthony's: "The Shadow of the Wolf" (Ron Weighell) 49
St. Anthony's Convent: A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 34
St. Anthony's Fire: "Art in the Blood" (Brian Stableford) 124, 134

Anti-Christ, The
My Hero (Tom Holt) 276-278; The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 42-315
The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 278; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 483, 512; Death By Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 236; Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (Larry Millett) 150; "Angel Down, Sussex" (Kim Newman) 130; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 58; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 136

Antigonus (King of Macedonia)
O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 324

Antigonus (The Winter's Tale - Shakespeare)
The Probability Pad (T.A.Waters) 63

Antisthenes (Greek Philosopher, 444-371BC)
Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 460

Antonio (The Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 59; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 230; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 179

Antonio (The Tempest - William Shakespeare)
Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 304

Antonio (Twelfth Night - William Shakespeare)
"The Thief of Twelfth Night" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 217-219, 222-225, 228-229 {Antonia Oliver}

Antonioni, Michelangelo (Italian Director, 1912- )
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 17

Antony: see Mark Antony

Antrobus, Edmund (British Tea Broker)
Messrs Antrobus: Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 94

Anu / Anann (Celtic Goddess)
Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 56

Anubis (Jackal-Headed Egyptian God of the Dead)
Young Sherlock Holmes (Alan Arnold) 81, 83, 138, 162; The Scroll of the Dead (David Stuart Davies) 122; From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 151-152; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 231; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 68; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 294; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 32; The Curse of the Pharoahs (Kel Richards) 17, 20-21, 27, 44, 46-47, 89, 91-95, 97, 99; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 212; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 15, 181, 192; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 37; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 12, 111; "The Shadow of the Wolf" (Ron Weighell) 29; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 19

Aouda Jejeebhoy (Around the World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 51, 63-66, 68-72, 76, 78-80, 84-86, 88-91, 97, 105, 107-108, 110, 112-114, 116-119, 121-123, 126-127, 129-131, 134, 136, 138-142, 144-146, 149-155; "The Very First Affair" (Johan Heliot) 266-269, 276

Aouda's Parents (Around the World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 66

Aphrodite (Goddess of Love & Beauty - Greek Mythology)
"Mr. Sigerson" (Peter Beagle) 75; "Three Cases of Unfair Preferment" (Colin Bruce) 151;"Hall of Fame" (A. Bertram Chandler) 21; "The Adventure of the Bulgarian Diplomat" (Zakaria Erzinçlioglu) 449-450; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 23; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 156; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 263; "The Case of the Naked Bicyclists" (Donald Thomas) 109; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 371
Aphrodite's Retreat Bookstore: A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 11, 53, 55, 263

Apis (Sacred Bull of the Ancient Egyptians)
"The Curse of Nectanebo" (Ron Weighell) 62

Apollo (Greek God)
Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 223; The Adventure of the Three Madmen (Philip José Farmer) 125; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 164; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 1; "The Enchanted Garden" (H.F. Heard) 135; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 209; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 62; The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 204; "The Eight Pointed Cross" (Bill Paxton) 229; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 60, 145, 160, 168-169, 223, 236
Apollo 11: The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 35
Apollo XIII: The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 110
Gallery d'Apollon: The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 164-165, 167
The Apollo: The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 285

Apollyon (Dr. Nikola stories - Guy Boothby)
"The Mystery of the Worm" (John Pelan) 195

Apostles, The (Followers of Jesus)
Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 178

Apperson (The Big Parade - Movie)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 297

Apuleius, Lucius (Roman Writer, 125-200)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 89

Aquinas, St. Thomas (Italian Philosopher and theologian, 1225-1274)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 65; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 12

Arabi Pasha (Egyptian Nationalist Leader, 1841-1911)
"A Singular Affair at Trincomalee" (Ted Riccardi) 232-234, 236-239, 241-242, 246
The Raven League: Sherlock Holmes is Missing! (Alex Simmons & Bill McCay) 66

Arachne (Weaver in Greek Mythology)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 144

Aramis (The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas)
The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 44; "Mrs. Farintosh and the Opal Tiara" (James R. Stefanie) 139
See also: The Three Musketeers

Araújo Porto Alegre, Manuel de (Brazilian Artist & Scholar, 1806-1879)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 87

Arawn (King of Annwn in Celtic Legend)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 65

Arbuckle, Fatty (American Actor, 1887-1933)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 201; Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 281; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 37; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 138

Arbuthnot, Sandy, Lord Clanroyden (Greenmantle - John Buchan)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 39

Arcati, Madame (Blithe Spirit - Noel Coward)
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 105

Archer, Fred (English Jockey, 1857-1886)
I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 72

Archer, Frederick Scott (English Photographer, 1813-1857)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 87

Archer, Jeffrey (British Author & Politician, 1940- )
My Hero (Tom Holt) 191

Archer, Lew (Lew Archer series - Ross MacDonald)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 8-419
"Dogs, Masques, Love, Death: Flowers" (Barry N. Malzberg) 340

Archer, William (British Drama Critic, 1856-1924)
Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 189; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 45; The Case of the Vanishing Corpse (Robert Newman) 48

Archimedes (Greek Mathematician, 287-212BC)
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 57; The Case of the Reluctant Agent (Tracy Cooper-Posey) 27; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 21; Reply Paid (H.F.Heard) 189; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 109
Archimedean: The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 16
Archimedes Principle: The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 59

Ardan, Doc (The City of Gold and Lepers - Guy d'Armen)
"The Eye of Oran" (Win Scott Eckert) 35, 37-40; "The Shades of Pemberley" (Win Scott Eckert) 35-37, 40; "The Vanishing Devil" (Win Scott Eckert) 59-73

Ardashir I (King of Persia (224-241))
The Jewelled Peacock of Persia (Jake & Luke Thoene) 26, 139

Arden, Jane (Jane Arden comic strip - Monte Barrett & Frank Ellis)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 217

Ares (Greek God of War)
"Mr. Sigerson" (Peter Beagle) 75; "The Case of the Martian Invasion" (Colin Bruce) 123, 132; "Hall of Fame" (A. Bertram Chandler) 21; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 7

Argo, The (Jason's Ship - Greek Mythology)
"The House That Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 288-289
Argosies: Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 7
The Chronic Argonauts

Argus (Giant with 1,000 eyes in Greek Mythology)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 162

Argyll, Sir John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, Duke of (Governor General of Canada (1878-83), 1845-1914)
"The Case of the Crown Jewels" (Donald Thomas) 74, 88, 91

Ariadne (Greek Mythology)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 132; Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 84; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 105; "The Case of the Amateur Mendicants" (June Thomson) 53; "The House That Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 274
Ariadne's Thread: "The Fairy Thieves" (Dana Martin Batory) 150

Ariel (The Tempest - William Shakespeare)
"The Queen of Air & Darkness" (Poul Anderson) 50; The Haunting of Torre Abbey (Carole Buggé) 193; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 95; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 31; "Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 223
An Ariel: Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 223

Ariosto, Dr (Sumuru series - Sax Rohmer)
"The Eye of Oran" (Win Scott Eckert) 28; "The Vanishing Devil" (Win Scott Eckert) 71

Aristedes, St. (2nd Century Athenian Philosopher)
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 409

Aristide, Capitaine (Langelot series - "Lieutenant X")
"The Eye of Oran" (Win Scott Eckert) 26-27, 34, 40-41

Aristides the Just (Athenian Statesman, 530-468BC)
Reply Paid (H.F.Heard) 228

Aristophanes (Greek Dramatist, 448-388BC)
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 158; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 22; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 14, 87; Son of Holmes (John T. Lescroart) 11; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 47; A Study in Terror (Ellery Queen) 43

Aristotle (Greek Philosopher, 384-322BC)
Masterminds of Falkenstein (John DeChancie) 247; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 74; "The Riddle of the Golden Monkeys" (Loren D. Estleman) 152; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 53; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 52; Moriarty (John Gardner) 201; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 200; My Hero (Tom Holt) 305; "Reichenbach" (Michael Kurland) 207; "The Human Mystery" (Tanith Lee) 256; The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas (Tracy Mack & Michael Citrin) 36; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 30; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 191; The Case of Emily V (Keith Oatley) 103-104; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 29; The Affair of the Incognito Tenant (Lora Roberts) 14; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 24; The Case of the Missing Marquess (Nancy Springer) 46; Sherlock Holmes' Lost Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 133; "The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 54; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 201; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 47, 173; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 69, 239; The Monster of St. Marylebone (Wayne Worcester) 132
Aristotelean: "Years Ago & In A Different Place" (Michael Kurland) 172

Ark of the Covenant, The (Bible - Exodus)
Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 150; O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 234, 333, 336; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 189; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 117

Arlen, Michael (British Novelist, 1895-1956)
Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 155

Arliss, George (British Actor, 1868-1946)
Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 141-142; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 141

Arlott, John (British Cricket Commentator, 1914-1991)
John Arslightly: Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 76-79

Armand, Alexander (Husband of Inessa Armand)
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 93-94

Armand, Inessa (Russian Political Activist, Lenin's Mistress, 1874-1920)
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 36, 43, 77-79, 81-86, 88-97, 101, 105, 110-111, 118-120, 122-155, 158-186, 192, 202-207, 210-220, 222-263, 266-267, 281-283

Armani, Giorgio (Italian Fashion Designer, 1934- )
The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 71

Arminius (Dracula - Bram Stoker)
Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula (Loren D. Estleman) 99; Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 114

Arminius, Jacobus (Dutch Theologian, 1560-1609)
Arminian: Footsteps in the Fog (Kel Richards) 189
Arminianism: Footsteps in the Fog (Kel Richards) 189

Armstrong, Louis (American Jazz Musician, 1900-1971)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 242-245
Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 379;
Trumpeter Armstrong: Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 190-192, 197

Armstrong, Neil (American Astronaut, 1930- )
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 140

Armstrong, Warwick (Australian Cricketer, 1879-1947)
Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test (Stanley Shaw) 100

Armstrong, Sir William (British Inventor & Engineer, 1812-1900)
Armstrong Breech Mechanism: The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 316
Armstrong Gun: The Italian Secretary (Caleb Carr) 49; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 250, 351
Armstrong-Sidley: Sherlock Holmes and the Masquerade Murders (Frank Thomas) 130

Armstrong-Jones, Anthony, Lord Snowdon (British Photographer, Husband of Princess Margaret, 1930- )
Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 52-53; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 172

Arnold, Benedict (American General & Traitor, 1741-1801)
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 218; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 25; The Probability Pad (T.A.Waters) 109

Arnold, Mary ('The Female Monster', British Woman who blinded her own child)
Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 54

Arnold, Matthew (English Poet, 1822-1888)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 183; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 166; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 106

Arnold, Samuel (British Composer, built London Lyceum Theatre, 1740-1802)
The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 84

Arnold, Samuel (American Charged as Conspirator of John Wilkes Booth, 1834-1906)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 65-66, 71, 123-130, 154, 157, 185, 199, 230-231, 236, 267

Arnold, Thomas (English Educator, Headmaster of Rugby School, 1795-1842)
"Flashman and the Tiger" (George MacDonald Fraser) 300; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 52; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 11; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 73

Arnold, Superintendent Thomas (British Policeman, Ripper Case, Interviewed Matthew Packer, 1835-?)
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 152, 301, 303; "My Three Ripping Years at the Yard" (Douglas Moreton) 23-25
"The Case of the Bespoke Bee Sting" (Douglas Moreton) 59; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 38

Arnold, William S. (Brother of Samuel Arnold)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 126

Aronnax, Professor Pierre (20,000 Leagues Under The Sea - Jules Verne)
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Philip José Farmer) 10, 108-112

Aronson, Marvin E. (American Sherlockian)
"There's a Time and a Place for Everything" (Marvin Aronson) 47-58

Arragon, Prince of (The Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare)
Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 104

Arrhenius, Svante (Swedish Chemist, 1859-1927)
Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 150

Arrowsmith, Dr. (Arrowsmith - Sinclair Lewis)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 222-224, 248

Arsace (Semirande - Rossini)
"The Phantom of the Barbary Coast" (Frank M. Robinson) 109

Artemis (Greek Goddess)
Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 19; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 162; "The Case of the Ferrers Documents" (June Thomson) 118
Temple of Artemis: "The Eight Pointed Cross" (Bill Paxton) 222

Artemisia (Wife of Mausolus of Caria)
"The Eight Pointed Cross" (Bill Paxton) 228-230, 232, 234, 238

Artful Dodger, The (Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 123
Sherlock Holmes and the Egyptian Hall Adventure (Val Andrews) 84; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 119; Murder, Mrs. Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 23, 28; "The Case of the Racing Certainty" (Donald Thomas) 36

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

Arthur (Duke of Brittany, 1187-1203)
"A Case of Identity" (Randall Garrett) 60

Arthur (Strüwwelpeter - Heinrich Hoffman): see The Inky Boys

Arthur, Chester A. (US President (1881-85), 1829-1886)
The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 101, 120, 132-133, 156-158, 160; "The American Ambassador" (David Scott) 3, 22

Arthur, Prince, Duke of Connaught (Son of Queen Victoria, 1850-1942)
"The Gibraltar Letter" (Sam Benady) 31-47

Arthur Pendragon (Legendary British King)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 62, 265, 270
The Glendower Conspiracy (Lloyd Biggle Jr.) 94, 145, 390; "The Case of the Unmarked Graves" (Colin Bruce) 87, 89-90, 101; The Star of India (Carole Buggé) 30, 49, 121; The Italian Secretary (Caleb Carr) 89; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 182; From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 22; Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 40; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 84, 111; "A Case of Identity" (Randall Garrett) 60; "The Mystery of Avalon" (Paul D. Gilbert) 38, 41, 43-44, 55-56, 60; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 2; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 173; My Hero (Tom Holt) 268; "Morte De Sherlock" (Stephen A. Kallis) 171; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 194; The Moor (Laurie R. King) 109; "The Secret Marriage of Sherlock Holmes" (Shariann Lewitt) 270; The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas (Tracy Mack & Michael Citrin) 36; "The Strange Affair At Glastonbury" (Eddie Maguire) 31; "The Vale of the White Horse" (Sharyn McCrumb) 34; The Rainbow Affair (David McDaniel) 26, 28; Watson's Choice (Gladys Mitchell) 53; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 153, 330; "The Adventure of the Marked Man" (Stuart Palmer) 100; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 46; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 44; The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 54; Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 80, 112, 116-118, 126-128, 142, 146-147, 156, 158, 169-170; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 10; "The Adventure of the Other Detective" (Bradley H. Sinor) 43; The Second War of the Worlds (George H. Smith) 152; Sherlock Holmes and the Masquerade Murders (Frank Thomas) vi; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 38; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 4, 135, 191; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 193; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 176; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 59-60; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 131; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 94, 207; Dr. Mortimer and the Aldgate Mystery (Gerard Williams) 67, 171, 210; Sherlock Holmes in Tibet (Richard Wincor) 4
Arthurian: The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 194; "The Mystery of Avalon" (Paul D. Gilbert) 38, 41-42, 48, 51; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 82; My Hero (Tom Holt) 4; The Moor (Laurie R. King) 109; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 330; Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David) 95; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 314, 364
Arthur's Seat: The Italian Secretary (Caleb Carr) 89; Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 116
Arthur's Son: Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 112, 116-117, 127-128, 142, 146-147, 158, 169
Arthur's Stone: Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 126; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 330
Bedd Arthur: Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 156, 168-170
The King Arthur Pub: Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 73, 77-78
Sons of Arthur: Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 169

Arthur William Patrick Albert, Prince (Duke of Connaught, Third Son of Queen Victoria, 1850-1942)
The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 203; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 15-207
Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 44-45; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 167

Artilleryman, The (War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells)
Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 190-191, 193-201, 206 {Mr. Morgan / Moran}

Arundel, Anne (British Noblewoman, 1605-1639)
Anne Arundel County: The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 124

Arundhati (Hindu Goddess)
"The Case of the French Savant" (Ted Riccardi) 100

Arviragus (Cymbeline - William Shakespeare)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 113