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D-, Minister (The Purloined Letter - Edgar Allan Poe)
Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 295

Da Gama, Vasco (Portuguese Explorer, 1460-1524)
The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 206; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 517

Da Rimini, Francesca (13th Century Italian Noblewoman in Dante's Inferno)
Embassy Row (Quinn Fawcett) 296

Da Vinci, Leonardo (Italian Painter & Scientist, 1452-1519)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 264, 267-268, 288; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 130, 133, 138, 140-141, 147, 171-172
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 109-110, 119, 137-138, 141; Young Sherlock Holmes (Alan Arnold) 24, 35, 43, 153; The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 75; "The Adventure of the Snitch In Time" (August Derleth & Mack Reynolds) 67; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 287; "The Adventure of the Wax Gamblers" (Adrian Conan Doyle & John Dickson Carr) 57; "The Adventure of the Forgetful Assassin" (M.J. Elliott) 110; Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula (Loren D. Estleman) 11-12; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 74, 152, 163, 166-169, 178-179, 193, 197; The Strange Doings of J. Leslie Ryder (Daniel Gracely) 18, 22, 25, 35-36, 38, 40-43, 46, 62, 135. 137-139, 144; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 27, 105, 174; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 164-165; "A Ballad of the White Plague" (P.C.Hodgell) 216, 231; My Hero (Tom Holt) 34, 199; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 190; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 32; The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror (Daniel Pinkwater) 538-539; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 143, 191; "The Case of Vittoria The Circus Belle" (Jay Sheckley) 294; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 177; Sherlock Holmes' Lost Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 112; The Jewelled Peacock of Persia (Jake & Luke Thoene) 103; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 89; Basil In Mexico (Eve Titus) 25-28, 65, 71 {De Virgilio}; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 170; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 209, 212, 222; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 190-191; "The Giant Rat of Sumatra" (Paula Volsky) 179; "The Adventure of the Mona Lisa" (Carolyn Wells) 24-26
DaVinci Cats: "Watson Comes Through" (Dana Martin Batory) 116

Daaé, Christine (Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux)
The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 43, 53, 58, 69-74, 77, 79, 82, 85-91, 93, 97-112, 117, 124, 128-129, 135-136, 139-140, 154, 159-164, 166, 169-175, 178-179, 181-185, 190, 192-195, 197-199, 201-205, 207, 209, 211-217, 220; "Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 151-160, 162-166, 169-181; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 4, 23-25, 27, 30-32, 35-47, 50-51, 67, 69, 71-78, 82-85, 88, 90, 92, 94-95, 99-100, 104, 107, 110-120, 122-126, 131, 135-137, 144-145, 148, 151-173, 176, 178, 180, 182-185, 190-195, 197-207, 209-212, 220-240, 242, 244-246
Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 73

Daaé, Daddy (Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux)
The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 69, 87, 101-102; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 36-37, 41-42, 69, 72, 74-75, 125, 162

Dacier, Bon-Joseph (French Philologist, 1742-1833)
Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 117

D'Acques, Melissa (Drachenfels - Jack Yeovil)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 51, 209

Dadd, ? (Father of Richard Dadd, ?-1843)
The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 71

Dadd, Richard (British Artist, 1819-1886)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 47; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 71

Daedalus (Greek Mythology)
Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 45; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 148-149, 151

Dafydd ap Gwilym (Welsh Poet, 1320-1380)
The Glendower Conspiracy (Lloyd Biggle Jr.) 221-222

Daggett, Elizabeth: see Gillette, Elizabeth

Dagon (Philistine Fertility God)
"Nightmare in Wax" (Simon Clark) 425; "The Drowned Geologist" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 306; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 221; Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 14
Armies of Dagon: "The Eye of Oran" (Win Scott Eckert) 28
Temple of Dagon: "The Eye of Oran" (Win Scott Eckert) 27

Dagon, Order of (The Big Fish - Kim Newman)
"The Eye of Oran" (Win Scott Eckert) 27

Dagon, Silver Eye of (Conan Comics)
"The Eye of Oran" (Win Scott Eckert) 26-29, 32-36, 38-41

Daguerre, Louis (French Painter & Photographer, 1789-1851)
Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 302; "The Adventure of the Arabian Knight" (Loren D. Estleman) 163
Daguerrotype: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (K.J. Anderson) 55, 82, 243;"The Adventure of the Magic Alibi" (Philip J. Carraher) 11; From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 246; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 95; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 65; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 121; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 21; Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 65, 67; The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 265; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 211; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 183; "God of the Naked Unicorn" (Richard Lupoff) 293; Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 92; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 2 (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 119; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 130; The Affair of the Incognito Tenant (Lora Roberts) 54; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 87, 92

Dahl, Arlene (Norwegian-American Actress, 1925-)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 80

Dahmer, Jeffrey (American Serial Killer, 1960-1994)
Bloodline (Jill Jones) 16

Dailygraph Reporter, The (Dracula - Bram Stoker)
Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula (Loren D. Estleman) 28-39, 41-42, 45-48, 50-53, 55-59 {Thomas C. Parker}

Daimler, Gottlieb (German Engineer & Inventor, 1834-1900)
"The Bab Deception" (Bill Paxton) 166; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 107
Daimler Cars: Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 100; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 190-191, 267; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 166, 179; "The Case of the Scientific Recluse" (Ned Hubbell) 52; "The Incriminating Glove" (Ned Hubbell) 166; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 193; Hellbirds (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 68, 70-71; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 118, 120

Daisy, Princess of Pless (Mary Teresa Cornwallis-West) (Wife of Prince Henry of Pless, 1873-1943)
The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 203, 218, 227

Dakin, D. Martin (British Sherlockian)
Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 53

Dalai Lama (Tibetan Spiritual Leader)
The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 8; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 188; Sherlock Holmes in Tibet (Richard Wincor) 29

Dalai Lama, 1st, Gedun Drub (Tibetan Spiritual Leader, 1391-1474)
"The Adventure of the Missing Detective" (Gary Lovisi) 324, 326; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu)176-177, 184, 205, 207, 220

Dalai Lama, 5th, Lozang Gyatso (Tibetan Spiritual Leader, 1617-1682)
The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 147

Dalai Lama, 9th, Lungtok Gyatso (Tibetan Spiritual Leader, 1806-1815)
The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 234; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 151, 159

Dalai Lama, 10th, Tsultrim Gyatso (Tibetan Spiritual Leader, 1816-1837)
The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 156, 178, 210; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 159

Dalai Lama, 11th, Khendrup Gyatso (Tibetan Spiritual Leader, 1838-1856)
The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 156, 178, 210; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 159

Dalai Lama, 12th, Trinley Gyatso (Tibetan Spiritual Leader, 1856-1875)
"The Adventure of the Missing Detective" (Gary Lovisi) 326; Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent Miller) 29; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 156, 178, 180, 182, 210, 236; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 159

Dalai Lama, 13th, Thupten Gyatso (Tibetan Spiritual Leader, 1876-1933)
Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 230, 233-234, 252, 256; The Game (Laurie R. King) 26, 28, 88; "The Adventure of the Missing Detective" (Gary Lovisi) 318-319, 323-329, 332-333; Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World (Thos. Kent Miller) 27, 30, 32-42, 45, 52-56, 65, 67-68, 73; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 92, 104, 125-128, 131-132, 137, 140, 150-159, 166-168, 173-175, 177-178, 182-186, 190-191, 205, 207-209, 211-212, 214, 216, 219, 222, 224-226, 228, 234-236, 240, 242, 244-247, 249-250, 253-254, 256-259, 261; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 76, 88, 146, 152, 156-157, 162, 166, 170; "The Shadow of the Wolf" (Ron Weighell) 36-38, 42
The Case of the Reluctant Agent (Tracy Cooper-Posey) 91, 95, 98, 101; A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 141; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 43, 74; "Reichenbach" (Michael Kurland) 253; "Mycroft's Great Game" (Gary Lovisi) 119; "The Case of the Ups and Downs" (Douglas Moreton) 86; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 147, 157, 159

Dalai Lama, 14th, Tenzin Gyatso (Tibetan Spiritual Leader, 1935- )
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 34, 37, 40, 137-138, 149-150, 164, 171, 177

Dale, Jimmy (Jimmy Dale, The Grey Seal series - Frank L. Packard)
"God of the Naked Unicorn" (Richard Lupoff) 306

Daleks, The (Dr Who - TV series)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 83, 168, 228, 240, 266; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon) 89; My Hero (Tom Holt) 299; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 155; Evolution (John Peel) 144

Dali, Salvador (Spanish Artist, 1904-1989)
"The Adventure of the Disappearance of Whistler's Mother" (Robert L. Fish) 142; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 15; The Notched Hairpin (H.F.Heard) 92; My Hero (Tom Holt) 196

Dalio, Marcel (French Actor, 1900-1983)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 33

Dalton, John (British Chemist, 1766-1844)
Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 103; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 238 ; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 150

Dalton, Canon John Neale (The Duke of Clarence's Tutor, 1839-1931)
Bloodline (Jill Jones) 31
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 277-278

Daly, Augustin (American Theatrical Producer, 1838-1899)
Daly's Theatre: Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 221; The Jewel of Covent Garden (Wayne Worcester) 37

Daly, Dr. (The Sorceror - Gilbert & Sullivan)
The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 86

Dalziel, Supt. Andrew: see Dalziel & Pascoe

Dalziel & Pascoe (Dalziel & Pascoe series - Reginald Hill)
Mrs. Dalziel & Constable Pascoe: Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 112-113, 119

Damajanti, Nala (Exotic Dancer)
"Flashman and the Tiger" (George MacDonald Fraser) 314

Damballah Ouedo (Voodoo God)
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 142-143, 151

Damien, Father (Joseph de Veuster, Belgian Missionary, 1840-1889)
The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 22, 24-29, 31, 34, 84

Damocles (Greek Courtier)
"Mr. Homes Solves A Question of Authorship" (John Kendrick Bangs) 213
Coffin of Damocles: "The Adventure of the Clothes-line" (Carolyn Wells) 60
Damacles [sic] Sword: Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 98
Sword of Damocles: Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 145; "The Adventure of the Two Women" (Adrian Conan Doyle) 190; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 164
Truncheon of Damocles: Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 178

Damon & Phintias / Pythias (4th Century Sicilian Philosophers)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 125

Damrong Rajanubhab (Siamese Prince, 1862-1943)
The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 252, 257, 339-340, 383, 602

Dan (Bible - Genesis)
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Raleigh Legacy (L.B.Greenwood) 177

Dana, Charles (American Newspaperman, 1819-1897)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 116; The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 100

Danae (Mother of Perseus in Greek Mythology)
Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 90

Dance, Charles (British Actor, 1946- )
Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 109

Dancer (Santa's Reindeer)
Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 160

Dancing Men of Providence, The (Sherlockian Society)
"Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 63

Dandelos, Nick: see Nick the Greek

Dandridge (Fright Night - Movie)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 286-287, 290, 292

Daniel (Bible - Daniel)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Seven (Val Andrews) 93; Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 131; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 68; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 122; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 343; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 141; "Parris Green" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 208; Reply Paid (H.F.Heard) 120; The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 250; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 231; Bloodguilty (Raymond Thor) 63; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 222; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 196

Danilo, Prince (The Merry Widow - Franz Lehár)
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 141

Danilova, Alexandra (Russian Ballet Dancer, 1903-1997)
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 150

Dannay, Frederic(American Author (Ellery Queen), 1905-1982)
"Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 66

D'Annunzio, Gabriele (Italian Author, 1863-1938)
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 54

Danny (Night Must Fall - Emlyn Williams)
The Cop Catchers (Terrance Dicks) 97

Dante Alighieri (Italian Poet, 1265-1321)
"The Adventure of the Brimstone Chalice" (Dr. Hill Barton) 284; The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 26; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 122; The Shadow of the Rat (David Stuart Davies) 60; The Tangled Skein (David Stuart Davies) 143; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 177; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 111, 167; From Prussia with Love (John DeChancie) 236; Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 83; Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 58; "Flashman and the Tiger" (George MacDonald Fraser) 302; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 56; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 134; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 12; A Taste for Honey (H.F.Heard) 30-31; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 170;"The Shadows on the Lawn" (Barry Jones) 142; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 348; Locked Rooms (Laurie R. King) 355; Death By Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 259; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 223; "The Human Mystery" (Tanith Lee) 256; Son of Holmes (John T. Lescroart) 11; "The Weeping Masks" (James Lowder) 99; "The Adventure of the Voorish Sign" (Richard A. Lupoff) 369; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 136; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Larry Millett) 47, 290; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 94; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 36; The Case of Emily V. (Keith Oatley) 67; Evolution (John Peel) 55; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 295; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 134, 252; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 20, 62, 149; "The Adventure of the Purple Hand" (D.O.Smith) 214; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 16; Sherlock Holmes' Lost Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 129; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 13; Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 17; "The Sect of the Salamander" (Ron Weighell) 103-104; The Tulpa (J.N.Williamson) 106
Dantesque: The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 119

Dantes, Edmund, The Count of Monte Cristo (The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas, Père)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 174
The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (James Anderson) 35, 41, 147, 156-158; The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 121; Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Bird (Frank Thomas) 81; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 219; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 75

Danton, Georges Jacques (French Revolutionary, 1759-1794)
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 190
Rue Danton: The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 96

Daoloth (The Render of Veils - Ramsey Campbell)
"Nightmare in Wax" (Simon Clark) 425

Daphnis & Chlöe (Greek Mythology)
The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 53

D'Acques, Melissa (Drachenfels - Jack Yeovil)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 51

Darby, Abraham (British Ironmaster, 1678-1717)
"The Remarkable Worm" (Carolyn Wheat) 204
Darbies: "The Remarkable Worm" (Carolyn Wheat) 204
Derbies: Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 16, 133

Darcy, Athena (Tarzan Alive - Philip José Farmer)
"The Shades of Pemberley" (Win Scott Eckert) 16

d'Arcy, Bess (The Evil in Pemberley House - Philip José Farmer)
"The Shades of Pemberley" (Win Scott Eckert) 12-13, 15-16, 36-40

Darcy, Fitzwilliam (Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 73-74, 79, 82-83
"The Shades of Pemberley" (Win Scott Eckert) 15-16; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 1
Mrs Darcy Bennett: Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 62

Darcy, Fitzwilliam Bennet (Tarzan Alive - Philip José Farmer)
"The Shades of Pemberley" (Win Scott Eckert) 16

Darcy, Sir Gawain (Tarzan Alive - Philip José Farmer)
"The Shades of Pemberley" (Win Scott Eckert) 16

Darcy, Thomas (Husband of Lady Howard, c.1586-?)
The Moor (Laurie R. King) 35, 72, 296

d'Arcy, Ursula (Tarzan Alive - Philip José Farmer)
"The Shades of Pemberley" (Win Scott Eckert) 13

Darius (King of Persia (521-485BC))
The Adventure of the Three Madmen (Philip José Farmer) 144; The Game (Laurie R. King) 46, 115; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 140; Basil and the Pygmy Cats (Eve Titus) 48, 50, 52-53, 56

Dark Lady, The (Subject/Addressee of certain of Shakespeare's Sonnets)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 36, 65-67, 97; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 16

Darkbloom, Vivian (Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov)
Judgment of Tears (Kim Newman) 18

Darling, Charles John, 1st Baron (Mr. Justice Darling) (British Judge, 1849-1936)
Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J. Trow) 139

Darling, Wendy (Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie)
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 21-22, 201, 203

Darling Family, The (Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie)
Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 77

Darnley, Lord Henry Stuart (Husband of Mary Queen of Scots, 1545-1567)
The Italian Secretary (Caleb Carr) 36-37, 39-41, 50, 122, 195-196; Sherlock Holmes and the Thistle of Scotland (L.B.Greenwood) 1, 194

Darracq, Alexander (French Car Designer, 1855-?)
Darracq Car: Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 59, 74, 94

Darras, General (French Military Officer, the Dreyfus Affair)
The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 63

Darrow, Clarence (American Lawyer, 1857-1938)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 196; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 311

Dart, Raymond (Australian Palaeoanthropologist, 1893-1988)
The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 16

D'Artagnan (The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas)
"The Queen of Air & Darkness" (Poul Anderson) 50; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 86; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 346; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 44; "God of the Naked Unicorn" (Richard Lupoff) 305-306; "The Adventure of the Glass House" (Michael Mallory) 62-64; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 202
D'Artagnan-like: Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 68
A Veritable D'Artagnan: Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 123
See also: The Three Musketeers

Darth Vader (Star Wars series - movies)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 78

Darwin, Charles (British Naturalist, 1809-1882)
"The Adventure of the Naturalist's Stock Pin" (Jon L. Breen) 185-199; Sherlock Holmes' Lost Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 57-58, 61-62, 65-78, 101, 133-134, 140, 151-161, 163-164
"Ten Lords A-Leaping" (Jake Arnott) 318; Sherlock Holmes and the Strange Events at the Bank of England (Graham Avery) 78; "The Adventure of the Inertial Adjustor" (Stephen Baxter) 274; The Giant Rat of Sumatra (Richard L. Boyer) 45; "The Case of the Martian Invasion" (Colin Bruce) 126; "Three Cases of Unfair Preferment" (Colin Bruce) 145; The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 46, 113, 118; "A Full Account of Ricoletti of the Club Foot & His Abominable Wife" (Ian Charnock) 149, 153, 162; "Matilda Briggs and the Giant Rat of Sumatra" (Ian Charnock) 218; The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 4; The Veiled Detective (David Stuart Davies) 124; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 149; "The Riddle of the Golden Monkeys" (Loren D. Estleman) 151; The Scottish Ploy (Quinn Fawcett) 168; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 15, 21-22, 31, 33, 40-41, 48, 52-53, 64, 70, 80, 96, 101-102, 105, 117, 141, 144; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 194; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 48; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 211; "The Spy's Retirement" (John Courtenay Grimwood) 269; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 33; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 156; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi)13; My Hero (Tom Holt) 104; Murder, Mrs. Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 152; An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 46, 123-124; The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 153; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 139; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 102; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 138; "Reichenbach" (Michael Kurland) 207; "A Father's Tale" (Sterling E. Lanier) 142; Son of Holmes (John T. Lescroart) 153; "The Strange Affair At Glastonbury" (Eddie Maguire) 4; Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 119; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 21, 41-42, 73, 93, 119, 141, 144, 160, 174, 239; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 120-121, 232; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 59-60, 67-68, 119, 198, 201; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 225, 312; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 144; The Case of Emily V. (Keith Oatley) 28, 74-75, 310; "The Adventure of the Marked Man" (Stuart Palmer) 98; Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 76-77; Evolution (John Peel) 211; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 7, 20, 145; "The Adventure of Ricoletti of the Club Foot (and his abominable wife)" (Roberta Rogow) 159; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 186; Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 204; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 85; Sherlock Holmes at the 1902 Fifth Test (Stanley Shaw) 24; The Case of the Missing Marquess (Nancy Springer) 19; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 104, 120-121, 172, 177; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 152; "The Case of the Sumatran Rat" (June Thomson) 178-179; "A Study In Lavender Lace" (Larry Townsend) 56; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 218; Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 105, 110, 313-314; Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 51-52; Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 18; Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 47; "The Case of the Rajah's Emerald" (Carolyn Wheat) 124
Dr S.S. Beagle: The Detective of London (Robert & Bruce Kraus)
Darwinian: "The Adventure of the Naturalist's Stock Pin" (John L. Breen) 192; Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 100; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 35, 40; Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 47; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 65; Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 74, 162; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 271; Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 63, 70; The Second War of the Worlds (George H. Smith) 83; "A Study In Lavender Lace" (Larry Townsend) 69; Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 51; Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 19
Darwinism: Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 161, 182, 185
Darwinist: The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 40, 130
Social Darwinism: Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 103; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 245; Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 37
NOTE: Mr Darwin in "The Adventure of Ricoletti of the Club Foot (and his abominable wife)" (Roberta Rogow)(157, 159-161, 163, 166-167) is one of Darwin's sons, but which is not specified.

Darwin, Emma (Wife of Charles Darwin, 1808-1886)
Sherlock Holmes' Lost Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 67-68, 70, 73, 77-78, 153, 163
"The Adventure of the Naturalist's Stock Pin" (John L. Breen) 186, 189-190, 193

Darwin, Erasmus (British Scientist & Poet, 1731-1802)
"The Adventure of the Naturalist's Stock Pin" (Jon L. Breen) 195, 197; The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 5; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 7; Sherlock Holmes and the Harvest of Death (Barrie Roberts) 80

Darwin, Erasmus (Brother of Charles Darwin, 1804-1881)
Sherlock Holmes' Lost Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 163

D'Ascenzo, Nicola (Italian Artist, 1871-1954)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 205

Dashwood, Sir Francis (English Founder of the Hellfire Club, 1708-1781)
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 4; "The Queen of the Night" (Donald Thomas) 300; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 423
The Dashwood Club: "The Queen of the Night" (Donald Thomas) 300

Datchery, Dick (The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Charles Dickens)
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 11, 58-59, 81, 120-124, 193; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 233, 323, 387, 391, 395-397, 401, 407, 412; "Sherlock Holmes and the Drood Mystery" (Edmund Pearson) 159, 161-162; The Disappearance of Edwin Drood (Peter Rowland) 24-175; "Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 215-225

Dauntless, Richard (Ruddigore - Gilbert & Sullivan)
"The Dilemma of the Distressed Savoyard" (Crighton Sellars) 455-457, 459 {as Richard Abernetty}

Davenport, Basil (American Editor & Sherlockian)
"The Baker Street Irregulars Murder Case" (Henry T. Parry) 77

Davenport, Ira (American Spirit Medium, 1839-1911)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 49, 51

Davenport, William (1841-1877) & Ira (1839-1911) (American Spirit Mediums)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 36, 51, 157, 189; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 138; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 93; "The Case of the Phantom Chambermaid" (Donald Thomas) 260

Daventry, Mrs. (Mr. & Mrs. Daventry - Oscar Wilde)
"Cabaret Aux Assassins" (Cara Black) 223, 227

David (King of Judah & Israel (100-961BC), ?-961BC)
Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 70, 170; The Veiled Detective (David Stuart Davies) 195; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 278; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 224; O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 234; "A Discreet Investigation" (Rohase Piercy) 37-38; Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder (Barrie Roberts) 66; "The Russian Countess" (David Scott) 57; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 23, 134; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 142-143; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 115; The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 151-152
Davidic: Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 43
"Once In Royal David's City": "The Four Wise Men" (Peter Lovesey) 39, 42; "The Case of the Fiery Messengers" (Ron Weighell) 25
Star of David: Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 91; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 42, 50; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 173; The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death (Daniel Pinkwater) 329; "The Adventure of the Missing Coffin" (Laura Resnick) 78; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 56, 58
Star of King David: Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder (Barrie Roberts) 66
see also: David & Goliath

David & Goliath (Bible - Samuel)
Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 154-155; The Disappearing Diplomat (Terrance Dicks) 46; The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 34; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 304; The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 84; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 90; The Ritual (J.N.Williamson) 204
see also: David; Goliath

David, Jacques-Louis (French Painter, 1748-1825)
Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 108; "The Sainte-Geneviève Caper" (Alain le Bussy) 131; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 144; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 134

David, St (6th Century Bishop & Confessor)
Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 80
Davy's Day: "Flashman and the Tiger" (George MacDonald Fraser) 312
St David's, Pembrokeshire: "The Case of the Viceroy's Assistant" (Ted Riccardi) 23-24
St David's Station: Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 21

David-Neel, Alexandra (French Explorer, 1868-1969)
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 178, 199

Davidson, Garrie (American Theater Hand)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 213-215, 217

Davidson, Randall Thomas (Archbishop of Canterbury (1903-28), 1848-1930)
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 156
The Archbishop of Canterbury: The Game (Laurie R. King) 214; Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 120

Davies (Husband of Mary Kelly): see Davis

Davies, Emily (British Feminist and Educator, 1830-1921)
Sherlock Holmes and the Strange Events at the Bank of England (Graham Avery) 81

Davies, Moll (English Theatre Dancer, Mistress of Charles II)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 64

Davies, Thomas (Introduced Johnson to Boswell)
The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 1; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison)

Davis (First Husband of Mary Kelly)
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 170

Davis, Andrew Jackson (American Spiritual Healer, 1826-1910)
The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 14, 207

Davis, Bette (American Actress, 1908-1989)
Murder Most Irregular (H. Paul Jeffers) 4

Davis, Elmer (American Journalist & Sherlockian, 1890-1948)
"Murder at the Murray Hill" (Edgar W. Smith) 60, 67
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 20; Murder Most Irregular (H. Paul Jeffers) 23; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 3-4; "The Curious Incident of the Dogs In the night-Time" (Wolcott Gibbs) 146

Davis, Jefferson (US Confederate President (1861-65), 1808-1889)
The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 114, 120, 122; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 62, 231; Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 91, 114-115

Davis, John (Ripper Case, Carman who Found Chapman's Body)
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 91; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 48, 52-53
 "The Case of the Baker Street Dozen" (Arthur Douglas) 63; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 169

Davis, Noah K. (American Professor of Moral Philosophy & Religion)
The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 53

Davis, Richard Harding (American Writer, 1864-1916)
Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 74-75, 156, 215

Davison, Charles (Father of Emily Wilding Davison)
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 68, 97, 137, 188

Davison, Emily Wilding (British Suffragist - Threw herself in front of king's horse at the Derby, 1872-1913)
"The Adventure of the Librarian's Ghost" (Jon L. Breen) 35; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 50, 57, 61-64, 66, 68-70, 73-75, 78, 95-98, 137, 149-150, 168-169, 187-188

Davy, Sir Humphrey (British Chemist, 1778-1829)
"A Case of Mis-identity" (Colin Dexter) 121; Evolution (John Peel) 139;"The Wandering Corpse" (John Taylor) 10
Davy Lamp: "The Scarlet Woman" (Watkin Jones) 109

Davy, Peter (Widdecombe Fair - Song)
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J.Trow) 169

Dawn Patrol, The (The Dawn Patrol - Movie)
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 111

Dawson, Charles (English Solicitor, Discoverer of the Piltdown Man, ?-1916)
Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 10, 17, 20-21, 25-27, 29-30, 34-38, 40-49, 51-52, 57-85, 92-94, 98-99, 118-122, 138-171, 173-188, 191, 193-207, 211-216, 221-223, 234-235, 238-242, 244, 246, 250, 253-256, 259, 262, 265-284; Sherlock Holmes and the Skull of Death (Robert E. McClellan) x, 10, 13, 16-19, 25, 29, 64, 76-79, 81-82, 86, 95, 98, 107-108, 112, 133, 150, 176

Dawson, Charles (American Hotel Clerk)
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 199-200, 232-233

Dawson, Emily (First English Woman Magistrate)
Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 73

Dax, Colonel (Paths of Glory - Movie)
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 333

Day, Alfred (English Railway Signalman, Witness to the Grantham Rail Disaster)
Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 20, 34, 42, 57

Day, Doris (American Actress, 1924- )
Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 218; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 71; The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror (Daniel Pinkwater) 432

Day, Harry (Houdini's UK manager)
The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) {Harry Dayton} 27-28, 34, 106, 115-116, 171, 178, 180, 187-188, 192, 202-203, 226, 231

Daybreak Boys, The (New York Gang)
Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 184

Daystrom, Dr. Richard (Star Trek - TV series "The Ultimate Computer" episode)
"The Mechanical Pup" (Dana Martin Batory) 94

Dazhbog (Slavic Sun God)
Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 145